maine. a potentially dangerous mix of snow and freezing rain blanketing major roads. airlines cancelling more than 2,700 flights. the severe weather also causing significant delays. power now knocked out for more than 267,000 customers across georgia, alabama, florida and the carolina. this storm expected to shift up the east coast now with some cities like pisi expecting up to four inches of know. let s go now to cnn meteorologist tom seder who is monitoring the movement of this storm. tom, tell us how things look right now. well, jessica, we are in day two of a three-day event. you can see where the winter warnings are in effect now. from areas of the deep south all the way up towards say maine. mississippi to maine really. but yesterday it started it as the system dug out areas of the dakotas. 8 to 12 inches of snow. des moines, iowa, 14 inches, snow all the way down through areas of arkansas and memphis hit good and then can you still see the snow falling in areas of mi
we begin with an update on that breaking news from colleyville, texas, where a hostage situation has been unfolding for hours at a synagogue. colleyville police report the hostage-taker is communicating with fbi negotiators. they say no injuries have occurred inside the synagogue. the hostage-taker is demanding the release of terrorist aafia siddiqui, who s serving a life sentence in federal prison in fort worth and has tied to isis and al qaeda. let s bring in nbc news morgan chesky. morgan, what are you seeing on the ground? well, a wide perimeter has been set up around congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, that is 30 miles outside dallas, alicia. authorities have been on the scene for hours. we learned from colleyville police this call came in for them to respond at 10:41 local time this morning. that is when they found out that this hostage situation had developed and that a man believed to be armed had entered that building where they were holding service
the release of terrorist aafia siddiqui, who s serving a life sentence in federal prison in fort worth and has tied to isis and al qaeda. let s bring in nbc news morgan chesky. and nbc chief investigator officer morgan dean. morgan, what are you seeing on the ground? well, a wide perimeter has been set up around congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, that is 30 miles outside dallas, alicia. authorities have been on the scene for hours. we learned from colleyville police this call came in for them to respond at 10:41 local time this morning. that is when they found out that this hostage situation had developed and that a man believed to be armed had entered that building where they were holding services at the time. that s what started this ongoing dialogue that is still happening as we speak. we do know that this man who is believed to have been taken at least a rabbi and three others hostage inside synagogue is in ongoing talks with federal authorities. fbi ho
joe biden putting it all out there today, making a last ditch push for voting rights, telling the senate it s time to change the filibuster. it s a move against solid gop opposition, not to mention two members of his own party. today, we call on congress to get done what history will judge, pass the freedom to vote act. pass it now! also ahead, the january 6th committee saying it wants information from rudy giuliani at some point, as they release more subpoenas today. and was he lying? whether novak djokovic lied to enter the country. joining me now, jessica dean and john. we will talk about what the president did today, john. president biden making a major push for the two voting rights bills, comparing it to be on the side of dr. king, john lewis, he is putting it on the line now. what happens if it doesn t work? no voting rights? no build back better? well, that certainly could be one result, don. both are difficult. i think the white house is more confident that a
gounder and mayor lori lightfoot of chicago where schools have closed. president biden hits back on january 6th. the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. amid worries about the future of american democracy when you ve 9,600 threats against members of congress, that s not a small thing. that is january 6th continued. republicans overwilliamingly pledge their loyalty to donald trump. by removing the fraud, donald trump won. i ll be joined by congress plan adam kinzinger, a member of the january 6th committee. joining me are nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander, anna palmer, founder of punchbowl news, democratic pollster cornell belcher, and former white house political director under george w. bush, sara fagen. welcome to sunday, it s meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press wit