in the faulkner focus. well, many people are saying there is no way this could actually be a coincidence. lawmakers say it is an example of all-out intimidation by the federal government. republican congressman jim jordan is the chairman on the subcommittee of government weaponization. we still do not have the answers from the i.r.s. about that unlikely coincidence. it appears to be the latest example of the weaponization of the federal government against the american people. harris: matt taibbi testified to that committee on the government s censoring information on twitter. the white house with a game of dodge ball yesterday. i was wondering if you could respond to this taibbi visit by the i.r.s. and say whether it is part of a campaign to harass or intimidate related to the journalism. i have refer you to the i.r.s. harris: i.r.s. has not responded to a fox business request with an explanation. we ll have house oversight chairman comer questions as he comes up
the hour. growing pressure on president biden to finally speak out about the chinese spy flight and three other objects shot down from the skies over north america. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing for the president to be more transparent about the decision to shoot down the objects and the growing threat from china. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. how are we doing? dana: fast hour. bill: i m bill hemmer. president biden so far keeping silent about the airborne objects shot down over the weekend. that was last weekend as lawmakers demand answers. the white house now considering plans for biden to give a speech on the topic before heading to poland on monday. secretary of state antony blinken will have a possible opportunity to meet with china s top diplomat later this week in germany. his first chance to de-escalate the tension face-to-face. mike pompeo saying it is time for the biden administration to
the crime are owed that. they are not owed that. blatant racism and fear mongering that appears to be the end game strategy for republicans with the midterm elections now one month away. can you believe what we just heard? yes. we ll talk about it. explosive new allegations regarding herschel walker s senate campaign in georgia. the running back urged a woman to have a second abortion, she says, but chose to have their son instead. we ll explain how text messages are now at the center of the story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, october 10th. we begin with major developments in the war in ukraine where overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv. for the first time in four months, according to the mayor ever of kyiv, explosions went off in the historic old town, including several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including lviv,
and if you re just tuning in to cnn i have to tell you about betty thompson, the committee chair. he says that the january six committee has decided whether to subpoena mike pence or trying to call donald trump to testify. watch this? i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee. and we will work through the process. plus, first of cnn, multiple sources say a former trump national security council official will not testify, publicly, and thursday s primetime hearing. matthew pottinger resigned on january six after trump s tweet slamming his own vice president for refusing to overturn the election. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something obvious to the effect of mike pence, the vice president didn t have the courage to do what s should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment. to resign. th
hearing on tuesday. as trump s former white house counsel, cipollone was in the room for many of the key events during trump s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cipollone s name has come up extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, calf city. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers wavin