why now and where will it lead? we ll speak to the national security council s john kirby about all of that straight ahead. plus, just three days away now, the final stretch for republican candidate in iowa. how they re hoping to get people to the caucuses with even a foot of snow potentially arriving. and it s not just in iowa, that snow is coming down hard across the midwest and the great lakes. we ll have a full forecast of what to expect there and across the country. hello on this friday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news, what could turn into a major escalation of the conflict in the middle east. the united states and the uk launching strikes against houthi targets in yemen hitting airports, military bases and weapons facilities. these strikes in response to weeks of attacks by the militants on commercial ships in the red sea, and now the houthis vowing to retaliate saying those involved will, quote, p
early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire former white house director of communicationspalmieri she s co-host of showtime s the circus. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post , eugene washington attorney and contributing columnist for the washington post, george conway joins us this morning. great to have you all here. willie, why don t you hold up morning joe s official newspaper of record. what s on the front? it s happening. joe, it s happening. aaron rodgers coming to the new york jets. leaving the packers. it ll be an exciting new era for the team that s not been to the playoffs in a dozen years. it s going to also be very, very exciting for headline writers at t the new york post, as conspiracy theories spill out at press conferences my god, this is like a dream come true for the headline writer at the post. jets fans are excited they ve needed a quarterback for a long time. they had zach wilso
we ll keep a close eye on that. judge, thanks good to see you, judge michael luttig. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight, nning, right now. good evening alex. thanks alex, great guest to have on at this juncture, at this critical moment for democracy. great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. his name is alexander butterfield. he was the deputy assistant to president richard nixon, and as the surprise witness during the watergate hearings in 1973, he changed the course of history with this moment. mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. it was alexander butterfield, who told watergate investigators, and the world, about the existence of secret white house tapes that would, ultimately, expose nixon s involvement in the watergate plot, leading to his resignation. if there is a modern equivalent to w
appointed to investigate classified documents that were discovered at former vice president and likely presidential candidate mike pence s house, right? documents returned according to an adviser for the former vice president mike pence. aides to former vice president mike pence found a, quote, small number of documents bearing classified markings during a search of pence s indiana home. according to the archives and the fbi collected the classified documents from the home on january 19th. the discovery comes as a shock, sort of. given that pence stated over and over again since his former boss s home was searched by federal officials after he failed to turn over classified documents to the national archives that he, mike pence, did not take any classified documents with him. this is what mike pence said when asked about it to cbs s robert costa just over ten days ago. he was asked a specific question, did you take any classified documents with you? watch. our staff reviewe
good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. any moment now house democrats set to release former president donald trump s tax returns after a four-year legal battle. we expect to learn more wiabout his wealth, his charitable donations and the house said the irs failed to properly lay audit his tax returns. they detailed six years of returns showing trump claimed tens of millions in annual losses that significantly reduced his tax liability. lauren fox is on capitol hill. we expect the returns any moment now. break down how this is expected to play out. reporter: jessica, any minute we do see the returns. on the house floor they are in a pro forma session. this is what happens. they usually quickly gavel in and they gavel out, but part of what is happening is entered into the congressional record will be this tax information of former president donald trump. it will be between 2015 and 2020. it will include the business entity as will as