insurrection at the capitol. what s new signs, the next possible terminal indictment for trump is in georgia. we are going in-depth on it all coming up. and later, like a war zone, a parkland parent who walked the school turned crime scene for the first time since 2018 massacre joins us live to talk about the traumatic visit. all of these stories and much more is ahead. and good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today show with millions of americans reaching their boiling point over the brutal heat baking much of the country for yet another day. 84 million americans are under heat alerts stretching from the pacific northwest all the way to right here in miami, florida through tuesday. that is more than 3200 miles of people just sweating it out and trying to stay cool anyway that they can. the valley of the sun is definitely living up to its name. phoenix is sizzling and temperatures topping 110 degrees, for a 15th straight day. but that is nothing, com
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
good to be with you, i m katy tur. today has been a such a strange day. we re going to get to that surprise mayhem on capitol hill this morning with the unannounced hunter biden visit in a moment, but we ve got to start with what is about to hus hit us, the iowa caucus is monday. as candidates prepare and voters prepare, law enforcement is preparing as well because the threats around this election have never been greater, meaning the threats around any election have never been greater. we are living in a scary time, and it s not me saying that. it s everyone involved in politics from the election officials, judges and lawmakers, to the poll workers, canvassers and voters. some iowa republicans telling us they are afraid to say who they are supporting. it is a twist from what we saw in 2016 when some voters said they were worried to tell pollsters on their friends they supported donald trump. now some were saying they re scared to say they re not supporting donald trump. we ha
haley and desantis did go after each other with haley presenting herself as the candidate of the future. we need a leader that is not looking at four years and eight years. we need a president that is looking at 20 and 30 years. good news, the frontrunner is looking at 30 years. 20 with good behavior. [ applause ] ah-ha. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january 12th. willie, so much to talk about today. let s see, front page of the papers, daily news, we will not be speaking. not sure where morning joe paper of record is today. i guess because ms. bumiller is here, out of respect, they gave us the new york times. new york times, of course, talking about the missile strike against the houthis. washington post, also, we have the strike as the lead. on the other side, trump s trial. wall street journal, inflation ticking up. yeah, willie, nothing in there also about all the coaches that just sort of yesterday was the harvest, my
But we have a very opinion not necessarily grounded in fact. When testimony does resume, Keith Davidson, the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels will be back on the stand to continue crossexamination that has gotten heated to say the least. Trumps Defense Attorney trying to portray davidson as an extortionist as a business in sleaze, he brought up other stories involving hulk hogan, Lindsay Lohan and charlie sheen. Yasmin vossoughian is reporting from outside the courthouse. Also Chuck Rosenberg, former fbi official and msnbc analyst. Duncan loven, managing partner of loven and associates. Danny cevallos is still with me in studio. He is a criminal Defense Attorney and an msnbc legal analyst. Duncan, im going to start with you as the prosecutor in the house, and new to our panel, what has to happen this afternoon . How do they move this case forward now . I think the prosecutors need to continue to hammer home the two main points, which is why this testimony is so riveting and important.