carley shimkus. the first time posting and i m really looking forward to this, but i will say tens of thousands of americans are without power on the coast. cursing the cancellation of flights over the weekend and leaving havoc on the roadways. and also touching down in florida, for code tornadoes leveling thousands of homes, tracking storms all morning long with meteorologist. it was a little rough getting into work this morning. i m not going to lie. it was actually like actually, we will go to griff. griff come i m going to tell you it was like that movie with tom cruise, world of the wars for snowstorms and it s been horrible this morning. griff: that is right. for all of the of users tuning in early, you have to take stock of the ice. i remember watching the snow falling last night, watching football, snow in the backyard. it was quite pretty. i was taking pictures of the winter wonderland. but then i woke up to the ice. boy, it was slippery getting to the car. be
for todd piro. i m ashley in for carley shimkus. we talked earlier, it was dicey getting into new york state with snow and ice and flooding. we had a mixed bag of everything this morning. glad to be with you here safely on this monday morning. tens of thousands of americans are without power on the coast. the storm canceling thousands of flights over the holiday weekend and reeking havoc on the road. extreme weather in florida, four tornados tear through neighborhoods levelling homes. janice dean will have the latest on the storm coming up. another fox news alert. two teens arrested in the texas synagogue shooting. they said the attack did not target the jewish community. lauren joins us live. terrorism investigators in the u.k. haven t said much else about the teens they detained or if they face charges with the attack in texas. here is a look at the suspect. a 44-year-old british national traveled to the u.s. in early january. on saturday, he took four hostages at a c
trump inner circle, i ll speak with michael cohen, former fixer of president trump. what is the shift of priorities as the hail mary plan emerges to push voting reforms. a new hour of msnbc reports starts right now. we will begin this morning in the senate which only just adjourned at 4:00 after a marathon session pushed through votes on judicial and cabinet nominations. the big news is what mitch mcconnell is saying about the january 6th select committee. were you personally in contact with mark meadows? i was not. i do think we re all watching, as you are, what is unfolding on the house side and it will be interesting to reveal all of the participants involved. we are watching the investigation that s occurring in the house. reading about it like everyone else. it will be interesting to see what facts they find. it was a horrendous event. i think what they re seeking to find out is something that the public needs to know. read the reports every day. it will be i
christmas shopping season. also breaking tonight senate republicans with the help of democrats vote to block president biden s federal vaccine mandate for private employers and a live report where things stand right now and what happens next. jurors and the jussie smollett trail will reconvene and hours after deliberation set to resume a second day. the legal panel standing by the live to weigh in and we began with the americans crime crisis and rising tide of criticism of progressive policymakers refusing to acknowledge or address the problems of some of their cities. cheap breaking news correspondent trace gallagher is on the case tonight good evening, trace. three weeks to go in 2021 more homicide records could still fall but for at least a dozen major u.s. cities, this has been a year to forget. philadelphia leads the list with 521 murders breaking a record set back in 1990. five other cds toledo, baton rouge, columbus, indianapolis and louisville broke mike broke on th
tonight. jonathan hunt in los angeles where the county district attorney is defending himself against criticisms of his progressive policies and practices but we start with correspondent bryan llenas in new york. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. numbers don t lie. tonight crime statistics are validating how many people feel in cities across the country. crime is up across the board and leaders are struggling to find solutions and silver linings. new york city, the safest of the top 20 big cities. no, s mayor bill de blasio painting optimistic portrait today of crime in the big apple despite startling headlines like the murder of a columbia university student stabbed to death in a city park sunday or the nypd s own statistics showing crime is up 3.4 percent in the big apple compared to last year. while murders are nearly the same, felony assaults are up about 9%. auto grand larceny is up more than 14%. and hate crimes are nearly doubled. nypd commissioner dermo