little bit easier today. thank you ali. thanks lawrence. thank you. when we faced a democracy crisis when the president of the united states called george s secretary of state on january 2nd and told him to, quote, find 11,000 some hundred 80 votes. we survived that crisis because the georgia secretary of state refused the lie about the vote count and change the vote count so that donald trump couldn t win the state of georgia instead of joe biden. republicans in georgia do not want that to happen again. and so, they have removed the secretary of state from the position of authority in the aftermath of an election and they have moved georgia closer to the possibility of cheating the vote count next time donald trump calls and asks them to do that. and george is not the only state that is trying to make it easier for donald trump to call and tell them how many votes he needs to win an election. our first guest tonight, ari berman, has studied the election was and says, quo
hydroxycholoroquine. i can tell you i take no pleasure at all being in a situation of contradicting the president. so it was really something that you didn t feel that you could actually say something and there wouldn t be any repercussions about it. the idea that you can felt up here skpr talk about what you know, what the evidence, what the science is, and know that s it. let the science speak. it is somewhat of a liberating feeling. a liberated dr. anthony fauci at the white house briefing yesterday. good morning. welcome to morning joe . it is friday, january 22nd. along with joe, willie and me, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay joins us. and sam stein joins us this morning. president biden laid out a comprehensive strategy against coronavirus yesterday. biden has immediately signed an executive order for masks to be worn during interstate travel, airplanes, traipse, buses and at airports, and requiring travelers coming into the country to
beast, sam stein and processer at princeton university eddie glaude jr. so, jon, let s start off here. top stories roulette. we have whether the senate is going to take up the house-passed increase for stimulus checks for $2,000 and there was reporting on what caused trump to sign the bill in first place. his pivot was helped by some divots, thanks, alex for that one. we are one week away from the georgia runoffs and there s a far-fetched lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election. this time a republican congressman is suing of all people, mike pence and finally, joe biden is accusing the administration of hampering the transition. many directions we could go this morning. i think i m focused quite a bit on just what a tough spot republicans are in here with this stimulus check question, but i know you have obviously been covering the biden transition very carefully. so what do you think on this tuesday morning is the story that s going to be driving the next week? well, we have
that s why they re sending all these democrats in to run. it s crazy. it is not personal for me. i have no you know, people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i don t care about that. i think politics is too personal, and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with different approaches about talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire, while ron desantis has his sights on haley s home state. we ll have more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest on the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. we ll go through yesterday s meeting at the white house between president biden and speaker mike johnson. also ahead, another concerning escalation in the middle east as pakistan launches a retaliatory strike inside iran. good morning. welcome to morning joe.
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