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increasing inflation. well, it has the advantage of not only people being able to live longer and better and be able to perform their prescription drugs, but, guess what? it reduces the deficit $158 billion. [ applause ] don't forget that part to tell people. it's not just that you pay less for the drug. it means that the federal government isn't paying for the drugs for medicare. >> president joe biden in baltimore last night, debunking republican claims about the deficit and calling on democrats to remind americans what his administration has achieved over the past two years. mea...

for a democratic president. >> oh, i see. i know what you mean. and we'll have the latest developments from eastern europe as allies are at odds in sending tanks to ukraine. >> germany was going to block the tanks, now they're talking about letting poland send tanks. it looks like the tanks are going to be going to ukraine. >> good morning and welcome to "morning joe," it's monday, january 23rd. with us the host of "way too early" and white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire, and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. mike is here for the morning, that's if he doesn't, yo...

seaborne russian oil are significant. they underline the european chief said they will cut 90% of europe's russian oil imports by december. the discussion of some interim status for ukraine on the way to being a full member of the european union is important. i wish they would find some speedy transition plan but it is not there. so, they're trying to find ways to keep faith with ukraine and in a period where i think the pressure on ukraine is growing. i think your right to express some concern about europe. they've got their own economic troubles and political splits. but this last ...

Republican congressman dave trott and fred upton. they join us now. thank you for being on the show. >> fred, great to see you again, man. it has been too, too long. you know, we talk about it all the time on the show, that i know there are going to be some nra people that are going to say, oh, they're going after second amendment rights. oh, it's this, oh, it's that. the fact s fred, the overwhelming majority of people in the nra support universal background checks, support red flag laws, support the things this legislation does. >> well, you're exactly right, joe. both dave and i are support...

>> when you say the american people, you know, since we're talking about sandy hook, since sandy hook, about 9 in 10 americans, almost 90% of americans, maybe a little less, maybe a little more depending on what poll you look at support universal background checks. 90%. and congress can't get it done. that is really dysfunctional. it's really screwed up. especially when, again, over the last ten years, murders by guns have gone up 75%. >> we want to take a look at news out of atlanta where atlanta's busy downtown descended into chaos over the weekend. >> hundreds of protesters marched in the s...