jon stewart sounding off on senate republicans after they blocked a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding health benefits to veterans exposed to toxins in war zones. the question is, why did 25 republicans who supported a previous version of the bill change their vote to know? stuart, an outspoken advocate for military veterans will join us later this morning. we are following new developments with the january 6th committee. top aides to former president donald trump testifying between closed doors, including one official who resigned the day of the attack. we will tell you who that is. and more text messages from the time of the attack disappear. first from the secret service, now the washington post reporting texts between members of trumps homeland security team are missing as well. good morning, welcome to morning joe. we have the host of way too early and the author of the big lie , jonathan lemaire. gentlemen, good morning. let s start with the texts that have been del
on the governor winning his trust, playing on his sympathy even though their crimes are horrific. governor barbour remains unavailable to answer questions on our program. his office issued a statement. when he has spoken about this, not on this program, the governor suggested they committed crimes of passion and experts say such killers are the least likely to reoffend. we have shown you he is wrong on both accounts. this man, one of the four killers shot a clerk three times on his way into the convenience store he was robbing. on his way out, he shot twice more. he got away with $60. he was spared a possible death sentence when he ratted out his partner in the deadly robbery. it was not a crime of passion. david acted alone when he shot and killed his estranged wife, tammy and badly wounded her friend. he stalked her before seeing his opportunity to strike. tammy was holding on to their baby in her arms when she was shot. doesn t sound like a crime of passion. stalking, then
worked for the governor and worked on the governor, winning his trust, playing on his sympathy, even though some of their crimes are horrific, governor barbour remains unable to answer questions. his office issued a statement. when he has spoken about this, not on this program, the governor has suggested that these men committed, quote, crimes of passion, and experts say such killers are the least likely to reoffend. we have shown you he s wrong on both counts. this man, joseph osment, he shot a clerk three times on his way into the convenience store he was robbing. on his way out, he shot the clerk twice more as he was begging for his life. he got away with about $60. osment was spared a possible death sentence and he ratted out his partner in the deadly robbery. this is not a crime of passion. david gatlin acted alone when he shot and killed his estranged wife tammy and badly wounded her friend randy walker. tam tammy s mother said he relentlessly stalked her. and she was h
i ll ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. i m wolf blitzer here in the situation room. we ve been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. there s a lot of huge ifs involved in making all of that happen. let s go to capitol hill. kate baldwin is standing by. what are we toll about when it will take place? of. the timing is very fluid, wolf. the question is, will this compromise bill pass the house? speaker john boehner in a press conference wouldn t answer the question when i asked him if he had enough votes. but the paul ryan seemed pretty confident this afternoon. listen to him. some have various concerns, whether it s going to prevail. i think we have a majority o