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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfal ....
his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded survivors this as chaos unfolds at some of the nation s busiest airports thousands of flights have been canceled, as many americans try to head home after the holidays. we will have the very latest on the travel delays. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire in for joe, mika and willie. also with us at the table msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst executive editor of the recount, host of the hell and high water podcast, the man ....
Left, and we ve already seen that from very much folks on the far left of the political spectrum who quite correctly ask the question billions and billions to ukraine, why not you heard it in that focus group why not florida, my native state, which got hammered by hurricanes, for example so listen respectfully, know it s going to come from both sides. the second point and i think this is the key thing, your question, what do you say to them and i think you begin by saying, look, russia is a malignant force under vladimir putin they know that you heard it in their comments i think you work on that aspect. you talk about the war crimes, the rape, the torture, the invasion who invaded who? this is magical thinking to say, oh, this is something we pushed putin in a corner and therefore he invades ukraine so make the tactical point that ....