Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
Policy. When we host the summit of democracy early in my administration, to rally the nation, to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianism, it will be more important to shore up our own foundations. Theres no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. Every action we take and our conduct abroad, we must take with american Working Families in mind. Advancing the Foreign Policy for the middle class has to center on economic renewal. Thats why i immediately put forth the American Rescue plan. Pull us out of this economic crisis. Thats why i signed an Executive Order strengthening our buy american policies last week. Its also why i worked with congress to make farreaching investments in research and development of trans formidable technologies. These investments will maintain jobs and ensure all americans share in the dividends. If we invest in ourselves and our people, if we fight to ensure American Business is our position to compete and win on the globa
yesterday s hearings. expert legal analysis straight ahead on all of that. meanwhile the former president is floating another birther conspiracy. we ll tell you who he is targeting this time and on capitol hill, how republicans will hold two hearings today focused on hunter biden and homeland security secretary mayorkas. we ll have reporting on that. plus, the new developments out of the middle east following secretary of state blinken s meeting yesterday in israel, the two sides appear to be at odds over plans for a post-war gaza. and days after a mid-air explosion on a boeing max 9 jet, the ceo is acknowledging the company s mistakes. we ll have the latest on that investigation and the very latest on secretary of defense austin and what is going on with his health. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very busy wednesday, january 10th. joe? yeah, it s very busy, as far as boeing goes, not a great stretch that if your plane blow aparts in mid-air you take respo
shootings that targeted the home of democrats. the arrest warrant detailed the conspiracy he allegedly orchestrated to, quote, cause death and serious injury to democratic officials. and there are disturbing new details tonight including what police say was found in a car that was registered to pena, driven by one of his alleged co-conspirators. fentanyl, nearly 900 pills, as well as more than $3,000 in cash, and two firearms of ammunition. plus, in another story, the question many are asking is, how low can someone go? or allegedly go? because a navy veteran now says that congressman george santos promised to raise funds for life-saving surgery for his cancer-stricken dog before he was ever elected to congress. but then took off with the money. now, santos, for his part, denies this story. and we have his response for you tonight. and there are new details tonight about what investigators found when they searched the home of the alleged killer of four college students in ida
harass and look at this event that was mocked by right wing media. there are new headlines about rupert murdoch snubbing donald trump and there s new headlines about the story about elon musk. joining us to make sense of it all tara pal mary, the senior correspondent at puck, oliver garsy and elizabeth mayo, former online communications director at the rnc. protesters are gathering at the steps of the u.s. capitol to advocate for legislation that s stalled in the senate. you see pictures of the protest under way on the steps of the capitol. they re advocating for the passage of legislation to provide funding for veterans who have suffered from toxic burn pits in iraq and other previous wars. this exposure bill was stalled the other day by republicans. let s be honest about this, tara. this would not be as big a story were it not for jon stewart. he s used his celebrity status to force this to be a national news story. absolutely. the way he handles it, he s so direct. he