island, complete with amenities, wait for it, that include x box game consoles, ping pong tables, fluff and fold laundry, plenty of controversy, with residents housed in homeless shelters, a stark contrast to rundown conditions they live in. meanwhile, the situation at the southern border is spiralling out of control. the el paso mayor is denying the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency over the influx of illegal immigrants, but comments at a city council meeting last month suggest otherwise. did the white house ask you not to declare a state of emergency? absolutely not. one of the things i m thankful for the white house, the federal government, they ve done a really, really good job working with us, helping us to make sure we get funding to be able to do the job that border cities are required to do. i had a conversation this morning or yesterday with the chief of the u.s. border patrol, chief ortiz, and he does not support declaring a state of emer
we ll go live to the capital of ukraine and get the latest from inside moscow in just a minute. plus, does the future of the war in ukraine hinge on the midterms in the u.s.? the republican victories in the house and senate mean less money or less military support? we ll dig into that, plus get a gut check on a couple of big races you haven t heard a whole lot about. finally, jury selection just getting under way in the second sex crimes trial of harvey weinstein. the stakes have been raised exponentially after he was given a chance to appeal his new york conviction. what are the chances he could be allowed to walk free? we start with the brutal attacks in ukraine and apparent return to tactics that russia used early in the war to try to terrorize and kill civilians. it represents the biggest, most widespread attack in months. russia claims that it was going after energy and military command facilities. but the vast majority were civilian targets, including an apartment
moscow with how mr. putin is justifying the escalation in violence. we will get to all of that. welcome, everyone. i m alex witt in for hallie jackson from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we will get to msnbc correspondent erin mclaughlin and also white house correspondent kelly owe dodge. eri kelly o donnell. erin, what is it like where you are and where do you see this current escalation going? around 8:00 this morning, we heard five explosions here in kharkiv, what is the second largest city in ukraine, striking, according to ukrainian officials electrical infrastructure in the kharkiv region, leading to power outages in the city itself, with ukrainian officials say a couple of hours ago, power was restored to the city. this kind of missile strike is actually not all that unusual for kharkiv. it s a weekly occurrence. nothing like what we saw unfold in kyiv, the capital today, in which missiles rained down on the capital, damaging the residential buildings, a chi
crisis. let s begin with peter live on the north lawn. hi, peter. jillian, if the supreme court does not intervene, title 42 could end today. the lack of information lately from officials here at the biden white house about what they want to happen after title 42 goe crs curious about what exactly the biden white house wants to happen next. we ve got the biden administration and most democrats who don t see this as anything but a win. they re seeing this an success at the border. every person that you talk to in the biden administration says this is not a problem. you talk to the president, he said there s other problems that we have. officials here are saying less about migrants arriving at the southern border than about migrants being bussed to d.c. the white house says governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any local authorities. this was a cruel dangerous and shameful stun
considerable political heft behind his replacement. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team and her program. and deliver for the people of this country. johnson and truss then took separate planes to the 1,100 mile round trip to scotland to visit the queen. johnson submitting his res nag, and truss being invited to form a new government. meetings which are strictly private. for britons looking on, support amidst a cost of living crisis is their top priority. truss will be expected to lay out a new vision and quickly. the leadership contest lasted six long weeks. during which the pound slumped to its lowest rate against the dollar since 1985. returning to london, truss stood where johnson had stood hours before. britain can ride out this storm, she said, as thunder cracked and lightning struck over london. details of how will follow this week. we shouldn t be daunted by the challenges we face. as strong as the s