the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start a busy morning. we begin with breaking news. a short time ago, a federal appeals court took action to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the market. the court blocked the parts of a texas judge order that would have suspended fda approval of the drug. now the fda approval will stay in effect, while the court considers an expedited appeal. but important here, the fifth circuit appeals court is leaving in place parts of the ruling that will, in effect, make the pill harder to get. the fda tried to ease access in recent years by allowing the drug to be mailed and by approving a generic version. for now, those changes that make it easier for people to get the drug. those changes remain suspended. this medication has been approved as safe and effective for uses an abortion pill for more than two decades. but it s possible removal from pharmacies could affect every american senior medical correspo
a.m. our good morning, everyone caitlin s on assignment today and breaking overnight really significant. the washington post has apparently discovered who leaked hundreds of classified u. s documents. a young gun enthusiast. that s how he s described shared secrets with fellow video gamers online and also breaking overnight new restrictions on widely used abortion pill and cnn is on the ground in paris. hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets for 1/12 straight day of protest over plans to raise the retirement age. there s lots to get to first of this breaking news overnight. it looks like the washington post. they have figured out who leaked hundreds of highly classified pentagon documents. yep, it s the lead there. it s a huge story really excellent. reporting by the post post reports the alleged leaker. posted these classified documents in a private group online on discord. it s a platform used by video gamers. the post interviewed one of his online friends, he says
you do not represent our movement. you do not represent our country. and if you broke the law, i already said you will pay. the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defied the seat of justice, defiled. see, i can t see it very well. i ll do the. i m going to do this. let s go. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don t want to say the election is over. i just want to say congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, okay? let me go to the paragraph before. welcome back to morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west, and that was the raw footage of outtakes from former president trump s taped address the day after the capitol riot. now, this morning the committee in charge of investigating the attack has finally issued its findings. this report came out late last night, david ignatius. you look at donald trump the day after there is an attempt to overthrow america s government. and he h
indicted to the modeling of this caucus and what position will that put him in for the next two years? we, are, corey i post cover mccarthy in 2015 when he first ran for speaker. and i am doing my work now to point out what we call the corrupt bargain he s engaging in. he initially gets impeachment of the dhs secretary. he is for it because he needs votes from republican colleagues. he d isolated marjorie taylor. green now he s elevating her. he s agreed to broader assignations of the bad administration. i believe he even now has impeachment at the city sitting president on the table. and then you see the san jose bargain going on as well. here s the rev about kevin mccarthy. john boehner behave like he was your father, you did with pain or asked you to where you get in trouble. you work with paul ryan because he was your friend. he was your sibling. and you didn t want to cross him because he likes the guy. kevin mccarthy is transactional. but not in the way that you would
good morning and welcome back to morning joe on this friday, december 30th, new year s eve eve. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. as you wake up out west. let s dive right in to a newly released batch of deposition transcripts from witnesses who spoke to the house select committee including members of former president donald trump s inner circle including former white house communications director alissa farah griffin. she spoke to the panel on april 15th describing her tenure at the trump white house as a wild eight months in her words. griffin revealed one serious and ongoing problem was a lack of organization. she described the trump white house in which jobs were filled with underqualified staff because more senior government officials would not take positions within the administration. griffin said any report about the trump white house being chaotic and operating without structure was, quote, more or less accurate. that included there being no competent gat