in so many ways. as predicted, hp was just gifted a get out of jail free card by his own father s doj. nothing but a sweetheart deal that only other americans could dream up. what a shock. after a five-year investigation and mountains of material of evidence piled on top of each other, we have whistleblowers, eyewitness accounts. hunter was ever so gently slapped on the wrist with two misdemeanor tax violations for a missing irs deadline. we will talk about $3 million in taxes he did not pay. and a deferred gun charge that will be dismissed if hunter is a really good boy for the next few years. now former president trump actually called it a traffic ticket win in reality this is a plea deal. it is little more than a political stunt from a weaponize doj and nothing but a pathetic attempt to merely seem fair when they are anything but. keep in mind there are no violations or money laundering charges. there is no bribery indictments or drug charges. there is no prostitution or t
yes, i know. oh, all right. stop happy thursday, everyone. it you would seem silly now, but once upon a time, america trusted anthony fauci. during the pandemic, we were all scared and confused then fauci was a comforting brooklyn accented voice of calm and some believed a man of his stature might even lead them to pot of gold. but according to his this week before the official select subcommittee on the covid pandemi tc, as doc the dwarf known as doc, coppedk to the following admissionadmis the six foot social distancing rule had no basis in science the lab. leak isn t just a conspiracy theory vaccine t just . mandates and travel bans were a mistake. and oh, that s previously his saying the lockdowns weren t his fault. so what exactly did he getl be right? that the media will believe anything if it comes from a toadstooli m l, a lab coat? kudos to chairman brad wenstrup holding fauci s tiny hooves to the fire ands refrainingto throwing him out a window. let s start w
yesterday s hearings. expert legal analysis straight ahead on all of that. meanwhile the former president is floating another birther conspiracy. we ll tell you who he is targeting this time and on capitol hill, how republicans will hold two hearings today focused on hunter biden and homeland security secretary mayorkas. we ll have reporting on that. plus, the new developments out of the middle east following secretary of state blinken s meeting yesterday in israel, the two sides appear to be at odds over plans for a post-war gaza. and days after a mid-air explosion on a boeing max 9 jet, the ceo is acknowledging the company s mistakes. we ll have the latest on that investigation and the very latest on secretary of defense austin and what is going on with his health. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very busy wednesday, january 10th. joe? yeah, it s very busy, as far as boeing goes, not a great stretch that if your plane blow aparts in mid-air you take respo
31 year old man about the fatal stabbing of two university students and a 65 year old man early on tuesday. officers have revealed what they believe to be the sequence of events. they say the first victims were 19 year old students barnaby webber and grace kumar. officers say a man thought to be the suspect then tried to get into a homeless hostel in the city. this is a still of the cctv footage seen by the bbc which shows a man in a black hoodie trying to climb into a window at the hostel. he is stopped from entering by two people. police believe the attacker then stabbed 65 year old ian coates, a school caretaker, before allegedly stealing his van. and using it to run over and injure three people elsewhere in the city. police have yet to establish a motive for the attacks. let s head straight to nottingham and to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan correspondent rajini vaidya nathan who correspondent rajini vaidyanathan who has been there for the last 36 hours, and rajini
work karim benzema, christian alterman although comeau going off in search of a new challenge, players who may feel they may have achieved everything they can in british football. the captain could be one of those players. midfield could be a area where pep guardiola looks to strengthen over the summer, but i think given the structure and the hierarchy at manchester city there will be succession planning already plans in place as players move on, targets that they have identified for a long time now. so depending on which players decide to stay and i suppose the captain, a key figure in this team, i think will affect obviously their plans for the summer. but it is a really, it is difficult to see many areas of weakness in that manchester city team. there are times where they are unplayable. the inter milan manager described them as the best team in the world. so it s almost of the cults at times to think on how you improve on that. but pep guardiola will be thinking, next sea