hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
oh, nancy, nancy, nancy. bring her out here. we re coming in if you don t bring her out. [ bleep ] you. you back up. hundreds of trump supporters radicalized by trump s lies in some of those cases specifically about what mike pence as vice president could and could not do. now, we also know that his grievances and lies sit at the fulcrum of a grave and growing current domestic violent extremism threat in the united states that law enforcement contends with every single hour of every day. and lo and behold, donald trump, once again, over the weekend, lit a match to the tinderbox that is american politics with the midterm elections just weeks away now. the response, notably, from republican leaders, was particularly limp and pathetic. a statement by donald trump posted on his ailing platform went after senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and his wife, elaine chao, in particularly personal times. chao resigned in the wake of the january 6th insurrection. we ll read th
president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to mr. pence because of the. the vice president team feared that the president of united states posed a legitimate threat to him, believe it or not. in the very next day, sure enough, the trump mob stormed the capitol, chanting, hang mike pence. more from the report, quote, mike meadows, the white house chief of staff, is reported to have told colleagues that mr. trump said that perhaps mr. pence should have been hanged. we now know that the january six committee is investigating this reporting. they are also looking into a newly-revealed plan to overturn the 2020 election. in a recent court filing, we learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backd
learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backdrop of all these new details, a shift is taking place within the republican party. they re in the 2020 election, as we all know, republicans claim that voter fraud was happening everywhere you look, all the time. now, as this year s primary unfold, we are seeing a very different reaction to election results. suddenly, everything is fine, there is no fraud anymore. you see, when it is republican races on the line, all the votes are somehow magically legitimate. curious how they have changed their tune in such a short time. joining me now is david jolly, an msnbc political analyst and national chairman of the conservative movement, molly jong-fast, it contributing writer for the atlantic and author an
mcconnell freezes for the second time in front of reporters. the senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. are america s aging leaders becoming a liability? i ll speak with franklin foer, the author of the last politician, a new book about president biden, with an inside account of how the oldest president in history operates. and buy american. the u.s. warns china that american businesses may stop investing if conditions do not improve. otherwise, it s too risky, and as i said, uninvestable. how escalaing tensions with china made it far worse. i ll talk to commerce secretary gina raimondo. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, jake sherman, co-founder of punchbowl news, former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, and republican strategist sara fagen. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this