amara lloyd. msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it has christmas day many have yet to know thei families to two historic winte storm that we ve bee monitoring all weekend for you over 5000 flights in the unite states have been delayed o completely canceled today. the airports in buffalo ne york is completely close and we remain so until tuesday this storm is just as much deadly as it is inconvenient at least through people dyin from weather related causes an hundreds of thousands losing power. also this hour look at how families in ukrain are making the most of the holiday. despite the ongoing war there. plus we ll delve into ho trump s taxes and the 800 plus -page report released by the january six committee coul spell trouble for the former president going into the new year let s start with the sever weather that is wreaking havoc across the country this holida weekend. in and on this christmas day msnbc correspondent jess curses here in new york city ready to update
weekend. mike toobin at o hare airport in chicago with a nightmare. we begin with max gordon in hamburg, new york, south of buffalo tonight. good evening, max. reporter: good evening, mike. all day today, waves have been crashing over the railing behind me as 14 to 18 foot swell. the parking lot that i am standing next to right here coming apart in neighborhoods near us had to be evacuated because of a storm surge pushed through and it is causing flooding. this bomb cyclone, we had to deal with heavy snow and extremely gusty winds. a gus of 72 miles per hour was recorded at the buffalo international airport. white out condition and 0 visibility and had to shut down operations at the airport, no flights in and out. road conditions are very treacherous right now. the city of buffalo banning all vehicle traffic and other counties across western new york saying don t go on the roads, tens of thousands of people are without power. this storm is packing quite a punch here in west
with all on this. sandra: a big line-up, but an economy in crisis. americans are looking for solutions to those surging gas prices and the highest inflation in decades. but it has democrats staring down a red wave in november as more and more voters are coming to the conclusion biden administration is not up to the task. hello, and welcome as we begin a brand-new week. sandra smith in new york. john: great to see you back after a long weekend. john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . the price of gasoline setting a record high the tenth day in a row, an average of $5 a gallon. the cost to fill up the tank up 103% since president biden took office. sandra: and people are certainly taking notice. those numbers putting democrats hopes in jeopardy in november, 83% of the american people in a new abc news poll say the economy is the top issue for them heading into the fall. now desperation setting in at the white house as word comes, president biden might
investigating a series of shootings at a medical building near a hospital several people are dead and the gunman said to be armed with a rifle is also dead according to police. police responding to a call late this afternoon about shooter in a building near st. francis hospital. shots fired we see blood on the ground reporter: tonight, chaos in tulsa five people are dead including shooter after police say a man with a rifle entered a medical facility south of downtown. i need them now reporter: authorities say the gunman went to the second floor but it s too early to know why he chose that location police confirming the shooter s death. they have confirmed that the shooter has been taken down and they are actively sweeping it. every room, every floor of every building on the campus to make sure that there s nobody else and everybody will be safe to go home to their loved ones reporter: the fbi and atf on the scene while details come in. friends and family huddle o
bipartisan policy on gun reform stands this morning. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thursday, june 2nd, i m sorry. still a long week, folks. thursday, june 2nd. thanks for joining us. just over a week since gunfire rang out in uvalde, texas, we begin this morning with another mass shooting in america. and four people are dead, and several others injured after a gunman armed with a rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma. the gunman who has not yet been identified apparently also died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to police. the chief of police there in tulsa said that officers arrived at saint francis hospital at 4:56 p.m., just minutes after reports of a gunfire were first called in. officers heard shots and made their way to the second floor. where they found the gunman and victims. at a news conference, tulsa s deputy police chief praised the quick response of office