happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
york civil fraud that could up end his business empire. the former president under oath for hours, sparring with the judge who pressed trump s lawyers to control her client. despite trump s vast legal troubles, a new poll shows he s leading president biden in most of the six key battleground states that could potentially decide the 2024 race for the white house. we re breaking down the eye popping numbers and the exp explosions rocked gaza one month after the horrific terror attacks. this as the u.n. secretary general warns that gaza is becoming, i m quoting now, a graveyard for children. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, the breaking news we re following. donald trump on the witness stand. and on the attack with the future of his family business at stake. the judge suggesting the defiant former president treated his civil fraud trial like a p
covid hospitalizations are up 7%, and deaths 15% the places with the biggest change in hospitalized patients span the map from delaware, dc, and new hampshire, in the east, to louisiana, in the south, and wyoming in the west. where the figure has jumped more than 40% in a week and miami s largest health care system, jackson health it is essentially quadrupled. the chief medical officer says it has been a significant uptick in patients just in recent weeks. we thought covid was in the teens, maybe, three or four weeks ago, relatively low. we saw that number jump up to the mid to high 90s about a week ago or so. with americans chris-crossing the country, many fighting weather and costs, the best option maybe to assume those you travel around in the next couple of weeks are sick. on the return trip home, and also in those first few days going back to school, back to work, what kind of advice do you have for people? if you re traveling nowadays make sure you re wearing a mask
tonight. thank you for having me. president biden was in colorado today. he s been chris crossing the country quite a bit touring a renewable energy lab as part of his big push. and an ambitious part of his agenda is the plan for over half of all new cars sold by 2030 to be electric. we talked about it a bit on this show, but i finally got to have an in-depth conversation about the electric vehicle revolution with bloomberg reporter dana hall in my podcast why is this happening. we talked about the feasibility of biden s target to the electric vehicle revolution to how i personally can realize my dad dream of getting an all electric mini van. up next there s new proof vaccine mandates are working so should vaccines be mandated for air travel? dr. anthony fauci thinks they should. he ll join me live coming up. t should he ll join me live coming up ck. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is
seems to be a lane for everyone who wants one. so tonight we will try to make sense of it all starting with our colleagues, especially vaughn hillyard. they have been chriscrossing the country talking to voters and asking them what matters most to them. reporter: the critical issue on your mind. health care. health care. medicare for all. more talk about accountability. transparency and integrity in our government. immigration. immigration. there is no doubt the most important issue that my generation, in fact the whole world is facing right now, is the environment. climate change, global warming. whether it s climate change or economic injustices. you see a lot of wage inequity here. stop the walls. decriminalize marijuana. most important for me is restoring the integrity of the office. and where we re at now is people want to hear hope that we re going to get better. that s right. let me bring in my partners for the hour.