good morning. welcome to your new day, friday, december 27th. john avlon is here. we are following these two breaking aviation emergencies. the first is a plane crash. a passenger plane carrying 98 people has gone down in kazakhstan just seconds after takeoff. at least 12 people are dead. we ve not gotten an update on the numbers yes. authorities say this beck air flight hit a concrete fence and slammed into a two-story building when it went down. now dozens of survivors are being treated in local hospitals, including at least eight children. look at the aftermath there. it s amazing there are survivors. our other breaking story is in hawaii where the coast guard is frantically looking for seven people on a tourist helicopter that s gone missing in kauai. no sign of the helicopter or its passengers. let s begin with nathan hodge live in moscow on the kazakhstan
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i m abby phillip. it s friday, december 27th, and 38 days to the iowa caucuses. than a dozen people killed in a crash in kazakhstan. 93 passengers and 5 crew members were onboard the bek air flight that went down just after takeoff. cnn s nathan hodge is live in moscow. nathan, it s incredible that there s so many survivors. what do we know what happened to this flight? reporter: yeah, a catastrophic scene that could have been far, far worse. the bek air fokker 100, took off in kazakhstan, headed for the country s capital, but lost altitude shortly after takeoff and crashed on the ground, hit a concrete wall and crashed into a two-story building. we ve seen some frightening scenes on the ground, as first
the dot here in new york. friday, december 27th. i m willie geist. still with us, mike barnicle. the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the action network reverend al sharpton. republican strategist and msnbc political analysts susan del percio. jiengd our conversation, national politics correspondent for the washington post ann gearrin. columnist for the new york times brett stevens. and professor of history tulane university, walter isaacson. good morning and welcome to you all. brett, i want to start with your piece, one that s got a lot of people talking this morning in the new york times entitled what will it take to beat donald trump? brett writes in part, bill clinton and barack obama both campaigned for and woman the white house on the watch word hope. what watch word it will take for a democrat to win this time? my suggestion, soap. nearly three years in donald trump s presidency, america needs a hard scrub and a deep cleanse. as with most bullies, the key
i m not making this up. we will get to the faux outreach surrounding that just ahead. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s friday, december 27th. with us we have msnbc contribute by thetor michael barnicle. republican strategist susan de l percio, host of msnbc politics nation and president of the nation action network reverend al sharpton and nction nebc new correspondent with us in washington, heidi. good morning. i always say the friday between new year s and christmas you know who your friends of. and here you are. rev, you had a big christmas, as you always do. 28 years at national action network. in year our special guest was