Parkland School Shooting. Oh, and shes also said that democrats should be executed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is very concerned about the ongoing threats to members of congress and she says now the enemy is coming from within the house of representatives. There are new developments this morning in the effectiveness of vaccines against new coronavirus strains. Earlier results from Drugmaker Novavax show it is 89 effective against the regular strain, but only 60 effective against the variant that we are seeing in south africa. That is worrying health officials. Whats more, people in the trial who had been previously infected with the first strain are getting infected again with the new strain. So this really has the potential to change some of the framing in the battle in this pandemic. The first cases of that strain were now found in the united states. That happened for the first time yesterday. It happened in individuals who had not traveled and have no connection to each oth
life in its tracks and left dozens of people dead. in eastern europe, millions of ukrainians are grappling with freezing temperatures in the dark with no power after russia unleashed another brutal series of missile strikes across the country today. we re going to take you live to kyiv. also this hour, the new year could bring some relief at the pump. we re going to take a look into why some experts say gas prices could continue to tumble in 2023. and in 25 hours from now, house lawmakers will release former president trump s tax returns to the public. what we can expect all coming up. but we begin with the latest on the recovery hours after a blizzard left 76 people dead nationwide. in buffalo, new york, we have national guard troops helping to dig that community out. then in rochester, state officials broke out a handy new vehicle with a tool that acts as a claw to pick up and drag cars and vans to clear the roadways. there you see it. but the travel chaos triggered by
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 of ma
evidence that he was even asked, the trump was even asked, to give his documents back. he was cooperating with him on this issue for months now. so i take it to the extreme extent? i think that s why you re seeing so much backlash from republicans, and seeing everyone coalesce. it doesn t matter what side of the issue they are on with trump. i have seen a lot coalesce around this. because it does seem unjust. this all comes as the new nbc eufaula today says a 57% of americans believe the investigations into trump should continue. at this breaking news this hour, republican senator lindsey graham s granulators to money on election interference. that is now in question. a federal appeals court, today, in fact just a short while ago, temporarily blocked testifying in georgia. setting the case now back to the district court ought to determine if that subpoena should be partially quashed or modified. no reaction today from the january six committee, days after mike pence says th
patel, an msnbc medical contributor. maura, what s the latest? what do we know? reporter: according to the first lady s communication director, she confirmed the first lady tested positive via pcr test. she developed mild symptoms yesterday evening, monday evening despite testing negative on monday morning, during one of her covid testing cadences that the president and first lady do. when she started feeling the symptoms, she tested negative on an antigen test but then positive via pcr test. she s on vacation with the president and some family members. we know hunter and his wife have been here in south carolina. the first lady will stay here until she receives two negative covid tests. we haven t gotten updates on her symptoms this morning. we know she s been prescribed a round of paxlovid just like we saw the president had been when he initially tested positive. the first lady is 71 years old. we ll obviously be in touch with her office as the days go on to make sure we