widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
gigot. president biden slam ared the supreme court s decision ore jekyll9 the use of race when considering an applicant for higher education. ruling will force colleges and universities to find other ways of earn answering diverse i the among their student populations. chief justice john roberts wrote the the majority opinion. both harvard and the university of north carolina argued those policies were endorsed for decades with the high court with one goal, to promote the robusts, intellectually-diverse campus. but a group of asian-american students challenged that saying it held them to a higher standard than other groups of applicants. ruling could have major implications not only for higher education, but for industry ises that use race as a way the boost diversity. joining the panel, columnists khan henning good morning america kim strassel and bill mcgurn. dan henninger. bill, i don t know how many columns you ve one about this case, but it s been a lot, and your shi
victory on tuesday with a comfortable win over nikki haley in the new hampshire if primary. and now the former south carolina governor is facing growing pressure from mr. trump and his allies to drop out of the race with the former president threatening to blacklist haley donors if they continue to give to her presidential campaign. but haley is vowing the fight on, hoping to make a comeback in her home state next month. now, you ve all heard the chatter among the political class. they re falling all over themselves saying this race is over. [cheers and applause] well, i have news for all of them. new hampshire is first in the nation, it is not the last in the nation. [cheers and applause] paul: joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim stras thing and bill mcgurn. so, dan, do you think that nikki haley has earned the right to stay in the race? yes, i do. she did well enough in new hampshire, she didn t get beaten by 20 points, she s
custody this hour after leading officers on a chase through the streets spraying dozens of bullets along the way. mike tobin has more. mike? bryan, we re standing by to get the update from philadelphia police. they have declined to identify the gunman. the philadelphia inquirer has no idea what sent the man on the killing spree. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had an a.r.-style rifle and a sidearm and a scanner to listen to police ray. four fatalities were found on the street. a fifth fatality appears to be a man that tried to run from the gun fire in to the house. family went inside. found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. went outside where he saw the police officer. notified that officer. the officer notified medics. they pronounced the 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. another mass shooting on the west side of fort worth, texas. three people did, eight recovering from injuries. a holiday gathering around midnight. gun fire created panic
99 counties, despite visiting only 15 of them. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, receiving 21% of support in the hawkeye state. 30 points behind trump and just 2 points ahead of former south carolina governor nikki haley. this year s republican caucuses had the lowest turnout since the year 2000, drawing around 108,000 voters. that s about 14% of the state s registered republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 16th. how did the results reflect compared to the polls? i think there was a big winner, and i think there was a big loser. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party, who is strapped with a republican loser, a seven-time loser. the problem for republicans is they started in iowa. this is just a perennial problem for the gop. it really, willie, is a problem that the democrats fixed, but you go back and look. who won in 2008? mike huckabee.