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completely covered, and i'm from the midwest, but i haven't experienced snow like this in a really long time. >> reporter: yeah, so as we said, even those who are from the area thrown by this. but basically we are now kind of in this lull, which people are thankful for. we had highways closed yesterday amid whites you conditions. those have since reopened. we have airports issuing ground stops, including o'hare, and in the northeast, laguardia and jfk, those have since been lifted. they're in cleanup mode in the northeast after all that torrential rain, and still with flood watches in effect, cleanup mode in the south after the tornados as well. so everybody just kind of enjoying this relative break knowing that we do have more severe winter weather coming. jose. >> maggie vespa, thank you very much. so bill, there is more severe weather coming down the pike? >> yeah, there is, maggie can just stay right there, by the way. they're going to get another 4 to 8 inches of snow in another 48 hours. so the forecast is going to play out like this. the storm is now moving into the
impeachment. the secretary's actions have brought us here today, not ours. >> nbc's is julia ainsley is following this hearing for us. julia, great seeing you. what stood out to you about these efforts to essentially remove mayorkas from office? >> it's really interesting to hear the arguments here. so republicans are saying, jose, that because under mayorkas, the biden administration does not have operational control of the border and because they're releasing 85% of migrants that that is grounds for impeachment. but what they're not pointing out is three things. one being that no one has had operational control since the department of homeland security was even brought into existence. that would be not letting a single person cross the border without immediate detention. they're also not pointing out the fact that, yes, there are 81% of releases compared to 10% under obama, but the numbers have gotten so much bigger. the key piece is they have not
stage for the two of them, and it's going to be an important night for voters finally really tuning in in these last days as they're making those decisions, the voters that are looking for an alternative to the former president, jose. >> dasha burns in des moines, iowa, thank you so very much. new jersey senator bob menendez has just filed a motion to dismiss the indictment filed against him. nbc's tom winter is following this story. tom, what exactly is going on? >> reporter: sure, jose, a couple of different things. one, they're asking for a hearing on the subject, and two, they filed a memo associated with this motion to dismiss and calling for this hearing laying out the reasons why senator menendez's legal team believes this indictment should be dismissed prior to trial. a couple of the arguments that they're making and still going through the over 50 plus pages contained within these filings, jose, one, they say that the indictment violates the speech or debate clause. in other words, a member of congress, a u.s. senator of which obviously robert menendez is has the ability to, according
general letitia james, but she is also seeking to ensure donald trump can never do business in the state of new york as well. he is staring at the fate of his trump family organization and the business and its future in the state of new york, jose. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. so dasha, let's kind of focus in on those four days left before the iowa caucuses. what's on the line for nikki haley and ron desantis tonight during the debate? it's also going to be the same time that trump is holding a town hall. >> reporter: right, well, jose, this battle for second place has gone on far too long. that is what i'm hearing from the candidates, from the voters, from donors, from pundits, and it's time to put it to an end, and tonight could be a step towards that. the two have really ramped up the heat, ramped up their rhetoric against one another in campaign ads. look, the air waves have been full of attack ads between nikki haley and ron desantis.
believe that this is high crimes and misdemeanors that would require an impeachment just doesn't make sense. but you know what, jose, we're for transparency. we want to see what the facts are because maybe there's something we're not seeing about impeachment that we should. so i'm happy to work with my republicans to look at the facts, but the facts are not there. jose, let me give you an example. the republicans had three witnesses today, three attorney generals from three different states. they talked about fentanyl. you know, jose, absolutely they're correct, fentanyl is hurting us on main street. but 95% of fentanyl actually comes in through our ports of entry, so again let's look at this. let's look at the facts, but this is not enough to say we're going to impeach mayorkas. >> so congressman, you know, you are in so many ways a shining example of the american dream of
other groups, other panels, other judges to go after a former president for his decisions taken while in office. >> right. this was the point that trump's lawyer returns to again and again early in his argument. he kept throwing up examples of actions democratic presidents had taken. for instance, barack obama signing off on drone strikes where civilians were killed or issues that occurred while bill clinton was in office as though he were threatening, if this is the new rule going forward, then every democratic president can expect to be prosecuted after they leave office. jose, the response to that -- it's one that the government offered -- is that presidents don't direct the criminal justice system. in fact, we live in a real rule of law world where there are a lot of procedural steps required before someone is indicted.
war with fewer ground troops, fewer air strikes, particularly in northern gaza, even as they say they will continue to try to achieve their goals of defeating hamas and in fact may intensify strikes in the southern part of gaza. the secretary also came with an interesting proposition for the israelis, said the arab nations are willing to step up with reconstruction in gaza, if it is part of the vision for a future palestinian state, something that still remains a point of contention between the united states and israel, jose. >> josh lederman in tel aviv, thank you so much. a programming note, tomorrow our own andrea mitchell sits down with secretary blinken in tel aviv for an exclusive interview about his latest trip to the middle east. watch "andrea mitchell reports" tomorrow 12:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific right here on msnbc. there is still much more ahead. we're waiting an update from the pentagon about the controversy surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin and his secret hospitalization. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. e diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.
de-escalate it. we're not seeing that from our leadership right now. >> as a former member of the house, it seems as though threats to public officials, to elected officials are on the increase. how do you as a former congressman deal with something like that, but how do we as a society help deal with this? >> this is new territory, jose. the threat has always been there. it wasn't until i was a public official that you are the subject of some of these increased risks. this idea of swatting is new. in part because new technology allows the people who are doing it to remain anonymous. they're able to complicate the originating phone number, the voices, whatever it might be, so we haven't seen an accountability. you can argue on swatting, we need some arrests and accountability and we need to put a face to it, maybe that will reduce it. but we also need leadership to say, enough is enough. look, the vitriol and hatred
>> bill: do you think it gets worn and tired by then? >> potentially it does. joe biden's campaign raised a million dollars between his speech in valley forge and this morning. not insignificant. what romney is speaking to here and coming from romney is significant he is not a donald trump fan. is what are the issues that voters are going to be focused on? first and foremost in their minds. it goes to the economy and the situation at the border. those are issues where joe biden's numbers are absolutely in the tank. again, with every segment of the population virtually. >> bill: thank you, doug and jose, thank you, two good topics on a monday. we'll talk very soon. well done. thank you. >> dana: numbers defy come present hessian. a flood of migrants going across the border under mayorkas. now heading to the epicenter of the crisis. kickoff is only hours away for the national championship game between michigan and washington. who has the edge? ♪
dead political horse. jose, has he got a point? >> i disagree. i think what happened on january 6th three years ago is something that people still -- they don't forget. should never be forgotten. the biggest democracy in the world and if we let somebody like donald trump come back to power we might not have a democracy. i think it's very important. at the same time i do agree that things are looking better. eight or nine months from an election. if the trend continues, inflation continues to go down, gas prices continue to go down joe biden will have a very good election night. i will say i don't think the polls today are a true reflection where voters are. we remember 2016 hillary clinton every single poll in america that hillary clinton was going to be president. they were wrong. i file this they continue to push biden is doing bad. we shouldn't worry about polls. let's run the campaign and biden should be more aggressive. i agree with obama 100%.