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happy holidays were 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 yorks erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out p...

Secretary of state Antony Blinken we ask him about it. Was that an acknowledgement that iran might have been involved in this attack how he answered, and what he said about efforts to free americans held hostage by hamas and the faces of war. The Festival Goer marking her birthday as a captive of hamas. What her family is asking people around the world to do. Our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight live from israel. G...

The residents there but also so that rescue workers can get their jobs done, can get those roads cleared and can make sure folks are safe again, richard. >> dasha, we know it is big for buffalo, and when it is big for buffalo, it is big tell us more about the power outages right now. >> thats right. across the country, more than 16,000 without power more than 14,000 without power in erie county and you mentioned it there, this is not an area that is not used to this kind of weather. there have b...

Expect tomorrow, aaa and travel experts are calling tomorrow the worst travel day of the year so depending on where you go, you heard that lady mention trains, cars, buses, its all kind of difficult, thats what folks are going to be dealing with over the next couple of days, at least thats the expectation at this point, richard. >> well, you just made the hair stand up on my back, because that is the day ill be traveling, we shall see, and talk about folks - >> oh, sorry. >> yes, exactly, both o...

Russia thats standard policy theyve been doing that since the beginning of the war richard, this isnt new because ukraine has managed to strike targets inside russia, and also inside russian occupied ukraine and places like crimea, occupied since 2014 so this is something that the ukrainians have always shown, they have this capability to project their power beyond their own borders, especially when theyre armed to the teeth with so many western weapons, as they are now but, you know, this capab...

States >> richard, well a lot of families are still reeling from a holiday weekend that turned dangerous, deadly, and incredibly devastating for some families, as you just heard there. especially here in new york state. where folks are still digging out from the storm some are still trapped in their homes and rescue efforts are ongoing. even difficult at this point, richard, because of the many abandoned cars that officials say are still on the roads, downed power lines, and many in their homes ...

This would happen. i never thought wed be flying spaceships like this on a regular basis. so thank you, richard. >> i think we have a question at the back. >> sir richard, amelia from channel 9 australia. in terms of making history and beating out your rival, i know youve been very clear this was not a race, but you have won. how does that feel now to have come first, and what words do you have for your competitors and friends in the space tourism industry? >> ive said this so many times. it rea...

Be dry into something that is a great adventure. and sir richard gets that. and that is -- that is a big part of what is happening right now is engaging across the generations that idea of excitement and the idea that stopping for a moment to do and dare mighty things, what ultimately makes our plan either a better place. so hard for people it make that connection, but i believe that it is very real. >> thanks so much. and dont go anywhere, we have so much more straight ahead.

You know, he is living up to his promise of exploration and then now here we are, were seeing him open it up to the next generation. >> yeah, you know, when people make this argument, well, we should spend the money here on earth on you name the problem, why go to space, the thing about space which is never captured in the bottom line is exactly what live ar richard is trying to getting across. no one has ever been able to statistically figure out how many young people were inspired by apollo or...