it is friday, january 28th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. developing this morning, there is a bomb coming, a weather bomb, a snow bomb, a bomb cyclone. more than 75 million people in the eastern united states are under winter weather alerts from kentucky to north carolina, to maine. 4 million people are under blizzard warnings. we re talking the potential for huge snowfall, multiple feet of snow, as in two feet or higher in places like boston. winds of 60 miles per hour. places that might get off easy could see a foot of snow, like new york city. this could be a huge deal. what makes it more problematic, is it is uniquely difficult to predict. there it will create hurricane-force winds. that will create reduced visibility and power outages. 1,600 u.s. flights have been
welcome back to morning joe. almost 7:00 on the east coast. you can see the statue of liberty. enjoy it because not too long from now snow is going to be all over the place. visibility down to zero. or, you know, bill karins might be wrong. maybe it will be a sunny, beautiful weekend, but i doubt it. no, it will be messy up and down the east coast. be very careful making travel plans this weekend. it is friday, january 28th. mika is en route back from poland. katty kay and eugene robinson are still very much in the united states of america and with us still. joining the conversation we have former u.s. senator now and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. claire, it is such a shame, such a shame that we did all of our
deescalation. we d like to see those troops go back home. an invasion could come at any time. on the brink of war, u.s. and ukrainian leaders clash over the level of risk that russia will attack under. we re live in moscow and kyiv. millions of americans are bracing for a bomb cyclone in the coming hours. and the casual conversation vice president harris had with taiwan s vice president. we ll have a live report on how this could irritate u.s. and china relations. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa so soares. welcome to the show, everyone. excuse me. it s friday, january 28th. we begin with an apparent fracture between the u.s. and ukraine and their views on the prospect of a russian invasion. a senior ukrainian official said
you re never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, january 28th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. there is breaking news. we re seeing the first images of a bridge that has collapsed in pittsburgh. this is the scene there. that s the bridge itself. the photo of that bridge just collapsed. it looks like there are cars and vehicles at the bottom there.
it s way too early. good morning. welcome to way too early. the show that isn t thrilled about adding the word sub variant to the vocabulary. on this friday, january 28th. we will start with the news. president biden is vowing an historic pick as the process of a new supreme court justice is under way. justice stephen breyer happened his retirement letter to the white house yesterday. white house correspondent peter alexander has more. reporter: president biden honoring stephen breyer s judicial legacy, a lose to a perm chapter knowing he ran a lose to a personal chapter, knowing he ran the committee hearing when he was nominated. this is a bittersweet day for me because we go back a long way. and who will replace him.