Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. Tornadoes slamming the northeast. And the major hurricane now bearing down on the u. S. , historic in size. First, the images coming in tonight, that rare tornado on the ground near providence, rhode island. The twister crossing Interstate 295. A driver telling authorities her car was lifted into the air. Two tornados in massachusetts. Homes damaged, trees down. Trevor ault standing by with late reporting. Also tonight, bracing for that rare monster hurricane in the west. The first ever Tropical Storm watch now issued for southern california. The storm, hilary, a powerful category4 hurricane as we come on tonight. Winds up to 130 miles per hour. Millions now bracing for heavy rain and flash flooding. Major American Cities in the bullseye from san diego to las vegas. Meteorologist lee goldberg timing this out. We are just back from maui tonight, and 24 hours after answering tough questions on why maui did not sound those sirens
Road conditions remain extremely hazardous with reports of at least one avalanche. Firefighters in texas struggle with the biggest wildfire in the states history. Red flag warnings are up in a dozen states. 14 million under fire weather alerts. Our weather team is following it all, including that new storm in the west and the warmup in the east. Also tonight, the final push to super tuesday. Donald trump hopes to build on recent wins. The Supreme Court poised to rule on whether he can be removed from a states ballot, and if trump wins the nomination, would nikki haley support him . What shes now saying about the gop pledge. Maryalice parks with the new developments. Pressure is mounting on israel with the u. N. Reporting that children are starving in gaza, saying air drops from the u. S. And other nations simply are not enough. Israel is defending its military operation. One official insists its allowed Tens Of Thousands of aid trucks into gaza. Tom soufi burridge reports from israel.
reportedly killed by a ukrainian missile strike. outfront obtaining new video from the front lines in ukraine. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, former president trump about to be arrested for the second time in ten weeks. he s preparing to be formally placed under arrest and processed tomorrow at the federal courthouse in miami. of course, trump is the former president in american history to face federal charges. there are 37 counts in the indictment including willful retention of national defense information and trying to thwart the government s attempts to retrieve and find the documents themselves. now, if you combine it just to give you a sense of the magnitude of what we re looking at here, the charges would carry a total maximum of 400 years in prison. this is important for everyone to understand how very serious these charges are. trump is expected to spend the night tonight at his golf club in miami. and tomorrow he ll make
morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down