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by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. its time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today were asking, following the special counsels scathing report questioning president bidens mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to qu...

breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporti...

>> john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story ...

morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ its the top of the hour. welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israels ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. were going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. "new york ...

This and choke it away. they should have kneeled it and didnt, tried to run it, but they outlast texas. it was a nail biter to the end. >> can we say, can we not, the committee, after all the consternation about florida state and everything else, got it right here? these are the two best teams? >> i think so. >> i will stipulate, i was watching last night thinking, i still think georgia would beat all these teams. thats a conversation for another day. >> georgia would love to have it. i mean, fl...

Candidates and now it looks like were getting close. we may be up to 13 already. >> you won in a blue state, not always easy for a republican to do. what did you make of the presidents speech last night. there was no policy. it was all grievances. attacks on the prosecutor, attacks on the prosecutors wife. if you were a republican on the ballot next year in a competitive state listening to the former president last night thinking that could be coming your way next september, next october, what w...

The former president last night thinking that could be coming your way next september, next october, what would you be thinking? >> i think its disastrous. we are certainly -- its firing up at the trump base, but it certainly not capturing any swimming voters in purple states or competitive districts. it could be a real serious wipeout if we continue to double down on failure and one of the things ive been talking about is the definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and ov...

They feel hopeless, they have no control, people say they are now fearful because of trump. so ive been trying to figure it out with the psychiatrists, and i thought, maybe if i took a sleeping pill. but if i took a sleeping pill than i would miss trump destroying me, and i cant do that. i need to be alert. >> you have to sleep with one eye open. [laughter] >> thats right. the only problem is, the wife doesnt like it. >> i was up all last night thinking about bruce ohr. think about it, whats so ...

second-place romney. after all that, heres where the candidates stand. cnn estimates romney now has 404 delegates of the 1,144 a nominee needs. santorum 16 a delegates, gingrich 106, ron paul still hasnt won a single primary or caucus, has. if not must wins, all three are seen as can-wins. between them, well, theyre campaigning today in all three states. president obama is on his way to charlotte, north carolina, where he will accept the democratic nomination six months from now, h...