happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
heartbreaking stories emerging from the shooting, the 2-year-old boy who lost both of his parents, rescued by strangers. his father killed shielding his son from the gunfire. stephanie ramos is standing by. the january 6th committee hears from a major witness this week. former president trump s white house counsel pat cipollone set to testify under subpoena, appearing behind closed doors on friday. cipollone was a witness inside the west wing as the attack was unfolding at the u.s. capitol. overseas toight, new weapons in ukraine s arsenal are now being deployed. our team has a rare first-hand look at ukrainian forces armed with u.s. long-range rockets capable of hitting russian targets more than 40 miles away. receiving a hand-written letter from wnba star brittney griner, the white house says the president and vice president spoke with her wife today. their message to griner tonight. a scathing new report says authorities in uvalde, texas, had several chances to stop
of this city. hundreds upon hundreds of people have turned out to give this last farewell. life from our worlds, orbiting stars, far beyond our own. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 12, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house committee investigating the capitol hill riot is set for its seventh hearing looking to draw connections between former president trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his knowledge of the violent attack that would take place on the u.s. capitol. the bipartisan group of lawmakers have already interviewed several people and today s hearing will likely vofl excerpts from the deposition of pat cipollone. and we also expect to hear from steven ayers, who entered the capitol illegally and later pleaded guilty. he is one of at least two witnesses expected to testify later today. the big focus will be on how extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers ma
links between extremist groups like the oathkeepers and the proud boys and members of former president trump s inner circle. marshall cohen is live in washington this morning with a preview for us. how does the committee plan to connect those dots, marshall? reporter: good morning, it is all about the right wing extremist groups and donald trump and the committee has been making the case that this was so much more than a wing k and a n, this was a real affiliation to create a violent attempted overthrow. so as you mentioned, we re expecting in-person testimony from two witnesses today. i ll break them down for you. the first is a guy by the name of jason tatenhove, former national spokesman of the oathkeepers. their members breached the capitol on capital 6 and some charged with sedition. this guy tatenhove was not part of the group on that day, he hadn t been affiliated but he h critic these days of their right wing violent ideology and their anti-government views. so he w
one of the many heartbreaking stories emerging from the shooting, the 2-year-old boy who lost both of his parents, rescued by strangers. his father killed shielding his son from the gun fire. stephanie ramos is standing by. the january 6th commit teal hears from a major witness this week. former white house counsel pat cipollone set to testify, wg the ansidind closedfray unldg at the u.s. overght, weaponin arsenalre b de our te ok at ukrainian forces with u.s. rockets capable of hitting 40 miles away. also tonight, after receiving a hand-written letter from wnba star brittney griner, the white house says the president and vice president spoke with her wife today. their message to griner tonight. a skaifting new report says authorities in uvalde, texas, has several chances to stop the massacre at robb elementary before it started. the report finds an officer armed with a rifle had the gunman in his sights before he went into the school and waited for permission to shoo