together. it s very nice to see you, i hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nikole all us two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump g
hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nicolle wallace in for alex wagner two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump general told the comm
majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays
hemmer. great to be with you. julie: he is my old office buddy but now in california. next time you come here. john: it is a lot nicer here in the west than the east. the pre-christmas blizzard paralyzed buffalo, 50 inches of snow falling and even more is on the way today. worsening road conditions that are already dangerous or nearly impossible. many people had to abandon their cars, others were stranded inside their homes. but the snow not the only problem, check out this restaurant. completely covered in ice. we won t know. it s heavy and that s what i m nervous about. nothing broke, no windows broke, no leaks. and none of that was touched. the only problem is the parking lot got beat up pretty bad. max gordon with fox weather is braving the conditions live in buffalo this morning. good morning, max. good morning. well, here in buffalo people woke up to several inches of additional snow, not what people want to see here after more than four feet piled up and mo
his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded survivors this as chaos unfolds at some of the nation s busiest airports thousands of flights have been canceled, as many americans try to head home after the holidays. we will have the very latest on the travel delays. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire in for joe, mika and willie. also with us at the table msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst executive editor of the recount, host of the hell and high water podcast, the man of ma