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, you know. the irish good-bye with the jacket on the back of the chair. we ll see you in a few minutes. we re going to get to all of these stories. we have an awful lot to talk about. ambassador bill taylor is going to be talking about ukraine. let s talk first, though, about nfl playoffs. first, jonathan lemire, i ll go to you. there are two quarterbacks that did very well. patrick mahomes gutted it
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and there is risk with that. as part of the defence, one attorney made reference to ahmaud aubrey s appearance on the day including that he wasn t wearing socks. this was ahmaud arbery s mother s response. that was just. beyond that wasjust. beyond rude. regardless of what kind of toenails he had size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running for his life. these are the three defendants. gregory mcmichael, and his son travis. and also their neighbour william bryan. they each face nine charges, including murder and aggravated assault. they have pleaded not guilty. prosecutors allege that travis mcmichael used a racial slur while mr arbery lay on the ground. all three men deny racism. we heard quite a different perspective from the arbery family attorney.