towards the end of last year, herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize elections? you know it is sad about that. you know, using the name of a great man to bring up something that is so bad. i think it s a terrible thing to do. you know, senator louis one of the best senators there has ever been. and for african, americans it was incredibly. they have his name on the bill, the voting rights, i think it s a shame. first of all, you know, i mean, you look at video of this, it just doesn t fit with what john lewis stood for. okay, first of all, the late john l
information! yeah it counters the apparent lies of low herschel walker has been spouting. we ll get some of it later in this hour. senator elizabeth warren is joining us, this was not something that we plan to talk about it, but it is central to the abortion issue in the senate campaigns. and one of the senate campaigners, tim ryan, in ohio, will also be joining us later in the hour. it s a great show, lawrence! see you later! thank you, another very good day for the united states of america. in the appropriately titled case of donald j trump versus united states of america. the justice department asked the 11th circuit court of appeals to expedite their appeal of the case. and in a one page order, the appeals court said, motion to expedite appeal is granted. a three judge panel of the appeals court has already issued a temporary order while the full appeal is pending. in which they completely agreed with every word the justice department has said, about the need t
so we ll get to our top story this morning. willie. it s front page of all the newspapers, pictures of president biden and governor ron desantis together one week after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, president biden warning more storms will come. the president visited florida yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, president biden and governor ron desantis temporarily put politics aid aside as they met with residents in the fort myers area. we were fortunate to have good coordination with the white house and fema. one of the things you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy, we are cutting through the red tape, and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a good job. look, i called him i think even before he called me when i heard the storm was on its way, we worked hand and glove. we have very different
it isn t just because opec plans to cut oil production. more on the refinery issues in the u.s. that are also contributing. and what we just heard from the president. also this morning, we re following the growing scrutiny of hershel walker scrambling to respond to another bombshell just 33 days out from the midterms. the daily beast reports that the staunchly antiabortion former football star not only urged a woman to have an abortion in 2009, but he also had a child with her, casting doubt on his insistence that he doesn t know who she is. it s a story nbc news has not confirmed and one that walker is also denying saying overnight, quote, there s no truth to this or any other daily beast report. now he s out with a brand-new ad about his mental health battle. we ll talk about that and the rest of the story with the daily beast reporter who broke it all. that s where we start today. yamiche alcindor is in georgia. also joining us, the daily beast reporter who broke the sto
reporter: but christmas in buffalo did come with some unexpected holiday hope on friday a bus full of korean tourists heading for niagara falls got stuck outside their buffalo area home. i said come on in everybody because you re going to be here for a while. reporter: without hesitating the couple welcomed ten strangers in for two nights sharing homemade korean food and the bills game with new friends. you might have saved those people s lives what do you think of that? i feel very grateful we were able to help them because it could have been a very terrible outcome. and i feel like we made ten extra family members reporter: meanwhile, the bills themselves digging out when they got back from chicago. now millions waking up to another frigid day as the northwest braces for more heavy rain, ice, and mountain snow some signs of warmth amid this terrible storm. now to the travel chaos that s still unfolding, thousands of flights canceled over the weekend and the ri