buffalo, new york. he is urging people to stay home. inside the select committee s final report. one of our guests says it reads like a horror novel. the detail on the scope of former president trump s pressure campaign to overturn the results of the election. will the people the committee blames for the attack face what they recommend? we start with the january 6 report. 845 pages of painstaking detail that all come to a single and in the committee s view inescapable conclusion. former president donald trump was the driving force behind the insurrection. in fact, one of the biggest takeaways is the committee s recommendation that congress come up with a way to ensure trump is never president again. with the new congress in session, just 11 days from now, recommendations like that will not pass. the massive scope of the report shows the efforts to overturn the election went beyond donald trump, involving officials and aides who pushed fake electors and media personalities
. right know, on msnbc, the massive winter storm bringing holiday travel to a virtual standstill, a dangerous weather system marching across the midwest, toward the east coast, as we come on the air. high winds and bitter cold keeping planes on the ground and many cars off the roads. threats now of a so-called flash freeze, in parts of new england, as heavy rain turns to ice. we ve got the latest forecast, with our reporters standing by. also this hour, new fallout from the final report of the january 6th committee, what committee members are telling us about how it all came together, and what former president trump is saying after the panel said squarely that he is the one to blame. plus, the clock ticking down to a government shutdown. the house voting now on a bill to keep everything open before the midnight deadline. our nbc news reporting on the last-minute vote wrangling on capitol hill. good to be with you. we start this hour with the latest on this monster storm t
highlights, and history. we are coming to you from times square in the heart of new york city, home to the famous ball drop which marks the beginning and end of every year. i m joe fryer. i m savannah sellers. for the next hour, we re looking back at the biggest stories of 2022. it started with the war in ukraine, a supreme court retirement, and that oscar slap that shook hollywood. it s ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears, and the royal view uniting on the soccer field. along the way, there were celebrations, losses, and a lessons we can take into 2023. let s remember the year that was. the headlines that defined 2022 were seismic and historic. europe s largest armed conflict since world war ii free abortion not a manned. it supreme court station which overturned for decades of precedent. the death of a monarch who had reigned for 70 years. in its earliest days, 2022 seemed more like a copycat, limiting the worst qualities of the previous years
were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs burting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave ibly4 good morning, 6:00 eastern time. in new york city, that was a beautiful version of our national and them. it was requested by tracy in grand celine, texas. good morning. a beautiful rendition of pomeranian this underwater, it is better than that. ibly11 first time i have seen american flags underwater. that s what i am talking about. the jones brothers, peter will have the day off. ibly8 i had my music going, the man in the mirror, bon jovi, i am telling you needed it, we put a couple hours sleep in their. lawrence: there s a lot going on in the country on america s most patriotic show. china is warning the biden administration against nancy pelosi going overseas to visit taiwan. don t care what you thin
requested a colonel convicted of murder and added along this infamous arms dealer for wnba star brittney griner and paul whelan. we have a team of correspondents covering these breaking developments. frederik pleitgen is in moscow for us. let s start with natasha bertrand, who is breaking this exclusive. what have you learned. reporter: what we ve learned is that in response to the russian proposal to trade that arms dealer, viktor bout for the two americans detained in russia, paul whelan and brittney griner, the russians put forward their own request and they said we don t want just viktor bout, we want this guy name vadim krz krosokov, convicted in december of 2021 for murdering in broad daylight a chech an fighter and the germans sentenced him to life in prison. the russians in response to this proposal submitted this kind of back channel request to the americans. it was done through an fsb back channel, the fsb of course is the main security service for the russians.