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plus, if you haven t seen these pictures, you want to. and underwater volcano near tonga has ree resulted for the third time in four days, those pictures captured by satellite. a massive eruption over the weekend sparked tsunami advisories across the u.s. west coast. and in china, major changes now to the winter olympics, which are less than three weeks away. amid coronavirus concerns tickets will not be sold to the general public but distributed by authorities instead. the country s zero covid policy has meant stringent restrictions, new lockdowns, beijing reporting its first case according to its numbers of the highly transmissible omicron variant just this past saturday. we begin first with the winter storm wreaking havoc across the eastern united states this morning. cnn s dianne gallagher is in charlotte, north carolina. polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it s a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us ....
the business owner who captivated the country about a story ofs becoming american. why is crime surging in blue city. a democrat takes their best shot to explain. and no one knows the libs like jesse watters. when he was promoted to primetimehe they got triggered. folks, the democrats are losing. their power grip is slowly loaning on their multi-year covid fare campaign. next to the supreme court, joe biden is not now allowed to enforce his ridiculous vaccine mandateyo nationwide. body sovereignty. if you don t have that you have nothing, the rest is for naught. for the people who helped us get through the pandemic, healthcare workers? but only in the did the left lose their argument in the supreme court. they are also losing it in the court of public opinion. things that were once banned from being uttered are now being shouted from the rooftops in a celebratory tone. the cdc adjusting its quarantine requirements from 10 days to 5 days. even lord fauci giving his stamp ....
the business owner who captivated the country about a story ofs becoming american. why is crime surging in blue city. a democrat takes their best shot to explain. and no one knows the libs like jesse watters. when he was promoted to primetimehe they got triggered. folks, the democrats are losing. their power grip is slowly loaning on their multi-year covid fare campaign. next to the supreme court, joe biden is not now allowed to enforce his ridiculous vaccine mandateyo nationwide. body sovereignty. if you don t have that you have nothing, the rest is for naught. for the people who helped us get through the pandemic, healthcare workers? but only in the did the left lose their argument in the supreme court. they are also losing it in the court of public opinion. things that were once banned from being uttered are now being shouted from the rooftops in a celebratory tone. the cdc adjusting its quarantine requirements from 10 days to 5 days. even lord fauci giving his stamp ....
story, what are we learning at this hour? alex, we re learning more right now about the man who was at the center of this entire situation. the fbi dallas field office revealing his identity, malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a british citizen, the fbi saying they re not aware at this point of anyone else who was involved with the situation. the joint terrorism task force is continuing to follow up according to the fbi on all possible leads. that s what we know about the person at the center of this. president biden weighing in today and here is where it gets confusing, alex. think about how meticulous and careful the fbi has been with every single detail of what has unfolded and where they stand with the investigation, not wanting to jeopardize anything. president biden just moments ago describing what he said was what he believes are some of the facts at this point that akram had landed potentially from britain, not clear when in the united states, had acquired a we ....
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening just a minute past 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific. we have more breaking news related to that hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas. the fbi has released the identity. president biden is giving some new details after talking with attorney general merrick garland. and we are also hearing from the suspect s family. let s go to msnbc s sam brock. i think it was his brother that spoke, sam? reporter: that s correct, alex. the suspect s owner brother expressing heartache and also suggesting that mental health issues may have played a role here. now, there s been a lot of developments over the course of the afternoon, alex, including, as you said, the revealing of the identity of the suspect. that came from the fbi s dallas office here just within the last couple of hours. his name is malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a b ....