morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing
good evening and thanks t at-home for joining us in th special edition of alex wagner tonight. we are coming up on the tw year anniversary of the januar 6th attack, and i think all of us at this point have memories of that day seared into ou minds, where we were what we were doing even after all these times past i mean, almost all of us hav those memories as it turns out, a few peopl have no memory of that day a all, apparently. here is an excerpt of deposition of one of president donald trump s persona secretaries, who worked just outside the oval office, testifying to the january 6t committee, from their fina report quote, i don t remember where was that afternoon do you remember being at the white house that afternoon even if you don t remember where exactly you were at th white house? no, i do not do you remember being home wherever home is for you, on the afternoon of january six as opposed to being at the white house? no, i don t. so, you don t remember whether you ar
legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
laura: thanks, hannity. i ve got to go. with got some big news, apparently. i m laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. my angle in just a few moments, but we begin with a fox news alert. two big primaries tonight, wyoming, where polls have just closed and never-trumper hero liz cheney may be headed for defeat in the house g.o.p. primary grade in alaska, voters are still deciding the fate of senator lisa murkowski. fox s chief political anchor bret baier is at the big board with all the details. hey, laura, good evening. it looks like a very bad night for liz cheney in wyoming. let s start there. this house race again, primary where trump-backed candidate harriet hagemann has a big lead now, and remember, this is early vote coming in around the state. there s only 1 congressional district here. but the vote that we are seeing traditionally the trump-backed candidates have done better with the day of election day vote. she is winning with the
president biden yesterday claimed a win when he signed that massive tax and spend bill into law. and given the obvious name about reducing inflation, the administration has been selling it as the solution to inflation. fox news s own neil cavuto pressed white house economic advisor on when and how this law could ever lower inflation. it won t help in any other area including some of the sharp rise in food prices that have now just not gone down. they have not subsided. the inflation reduction act is not the only initiative we re engaged in. why do you call it the inflation reduction act? i think a year from now inflation will be rising at a slower rate than it is now. harris: he thinks a year from now it will still be rising. okay. studies by the congressional budget office and the university of pennsylvania s wharton school of business have found this information. the spending spree that they are on will have technically zero impact on inflation and could make thin