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
than playoff seedings. this is about a man s long term health on twitter tua has to think long and hard ever to play this game again he s had a great season one has to wonder if he should be suiting up. let s turn back to politics now, a report in t the new york times, details a small group of voters broke with its own voting history to reject open extreme candidates for the health of the political system
look after noble yeats so in retrospect i would have done things differently on that front. let s ta ke let s take you back to america now. the nba play in tournament games are now locked in and the playoff seedings are too after a frantic final night in the nba regular season. our sports news correspondent nesta mcgregor has followed the developments and earlier i asked him to talk us through the dramatic final day. as you know, the 30 team nba split into two conferences, the west and the east. basically up until last night, where those teams would finish in the rankings were still up for grabs. if you look at the headlines, in the east, the miami heat, no one thought they would win that division but they have done so and last night they lost to orlando
that is a challenge and given the way the playoff seedings are done now every game is important. so a loss here could mean the packers are you know, don t get a first-round bye. if you look in terms of the league response, you know, both rodgers and the packers will be waiting to see what the nfl decides. in previous cases when they ve found teams and players not adhering to protocols they have fined them. six figures for the new orleans saints, seattle seahawks, las vegas raiders. there have clearly been instances of rodgers not following protocols. it is going to, you know, would they suspend him? would they fine him? these are all things we re waiting to hear from the nfl. he clearly misled the public there and the press. do we know if he misled his