can t rent a car to go back to boseman. there s no flights back to boseman, no flights to nashville until christmas eve or christmas or like the 26th. so stressed. boy, oh boy. that s the situation at the airport. but then out on the roads, people at home with no elect electricity. good morning, it is friday, december 23rd, poppy and kaitlan are off. sara sidner is with me. i m happy to be here. usually i m out there and you re in here. but it s dangerous and getting worse by the minute. we re covering the blizzard wreaking havoc ahead of the holidays nationwide. living in limbo, migrants braving freezing temperatures for a chance to reach the united states. a cnn report from the border. one man is responsible. the january 6th committee report declares donald trump caused the insurrection. what the panel recommends now. but we begin with this, more than 200 million americans spending the holiday weekend under wind chill alerts as an arctic blast plunges temperatur
comcast business. powering possibilities. hello, everyone. it is the top of the hour. thanks so much for being with us. i m kate bolduan. it is the storm impacting pretty much everyone in one way or another across the country today. more than 200 million americans under windchill alerts and holiday travel plans are getting much more complicated by the hour for so many people. life-threatening cold has pushed all the way to the gulf coast and the mexico border and with more than 70 million americans facing temperatures below zero today, blizzard warnings remain in effect for more than 11 million people, mostly near the great lakes. areas near buffalo could see up to three feet of snow. they ve been getting walloped already this season and making matters worse, the damaging winds that knocked out power for more than a million customers from texas to new england, all of this is wreaking havoc on typically one of the busiest travel days of the year. more than 3,900 flights have
weekend. we don t want spring break. we don t ask for it. we endure it. more than 4,000 children in the country s second largest school district will not be attending class today due to a teacher s union strike. i feel my kids are probably being left behind. here is the lucky contestant. money, bottom. christian crosby there to cob congratulate. it ain t me brian: that is jacksonville, florida, where everyone is still sleeping where they are rehabbing their facilities there. these guys don t have to practice 100-degree weather. jaguars. 100-degree in the summer. going to be lid on that place. steve: jacksonville? brian: just on the dome where they practice. get out of the sun. 100 degrees in pads. one of the reasons i didn t become a professional football player. katie: too much humidity on your hair. brian: don t wear a helmet head had a dent in it. we have a lot to discuss besides jacksonville. steve: first, let s discuss the fact that katie is
president trump responding to the panel s findings, specifically where they say he is to blame for the deadly riot. also this hour, if you re trying to travel for the holidays, pack your patience, as they say. we re tracking a massive winter storm blankets much of the midwest, and the east coast. bitter cold temperatures bringing snow and ice to millions of americans. thousands of flights canceled. and at least a million people are without power. plus, a growing humanitarian crisis at the border with mexico. migrants being turned away from shelters as temperatures plunge in texas. a report from el paso coming up. we start this hour with the latest revelations from the january 6th select committee s final report. joining me now are nbc news congressional correspondent judy tsirkin, danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst and mel harvin, former chief of homeland security, and intelligence for the district of columbia. thank you all for joining us.
for six mayors. if you stand up for me, i will stand up for you. it s important now that we get it right this time. if you don t get it right we re not gonna recognize this country tomorrow. one thing i will absolutely always get right is making sure that we stand for the important things in washington d.c.. welcome to our viewers in the states and around the. world i m in new york, it s not 1 am on the u.s. east coast. officially election day in america. republicans are more confident than they have been to this point. that is saying something. control both houses of congress. democrats are playing defense here. traditionally blue states to rising crime, president joe biden s lower approval right. republicans have had the best chance in house of representatives. gop they would bring an end to gop speaker who would most likely go to republican. republicans were taken troll i ve just won t see. georgia, nevada, pennsylvania all are toss-ups right now. arizona s leading d