some of the nation s busiest airports many americans try to head home for the holidays we will have the latest on the travel delays. also this morning with a war still raging on in ukraine, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis from the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass later this hour. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, december 27th, i m cori coffin in for jonathan lemire countless towns have still in the process of dealing with this weekend s massive winter storm at least 57 people have died nationwide from weather related emergencies this weekend, that includes 27 in western new york s erie county snow continued to fall in that region on monday and officials are expecting an additional 8 to 12 inches into this afternoon. an emergency driving ban remains in place in the buffalo area as authorities plead with residents to stay home so they can continue to
combat anti-semitism minutes after trump suggested terminating parts of the constitution the white house issued a statement rebuking the former president and defending the document. joining us now nbc news political national politics reporter senior national politics reporter john allen good morning good morning. it appears that trump s third run isn t exactly playing out as he might have liked. what s your assessment is so far? i think that s the understatement of this way too early in the morning segment, cori the former president is looking at bad poll numbers, he s looking at a rival emerging in ron desantis, the governor of florida, he is looking at a campaign launch that stuttered, he s done nothing since then publicly, he s looking at these investigations that are ongoing by the justice department, the january 6th committee. not only coming out with its report but with transcripts of his own family members saying things that are not helpful to him and of course now his