in the end it s veeck yags or oversight to harass the biden administration like hunter biden s laptop, for example. there s no equivalence. we were attacked. it s not the same thing as republicans are about to do. california democratic congressman adam shift calls out the republicans for false equivalency of investigations. it comes as the biden team is optimistic about the incendiary pernss serving the committee. the united states government hit i its debt limit as congress failed to act. we ll go through the treasury s extraordinary measures to make sure the country can pay its bills. also ahead ukraine s allies meet to map out what s next as far as military aid for the war-torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the treasury department now is forced to take extraordinary measures so the government can continue paying its bills. in a letter to congressional leadership yester
tonight, on all in. i got a knock on the door, i went to the door, there are three fbi agents. he is a key figure and trump s attempted coup, who saw a pardon in the wake of an insurrection. mr. perry asked for a pardon to, i m sorry. mr. perry? did he talk to directly? he did. congressman scott perry, responsible for the oversight of the federal government. i think there is a different sheriff in town. i think you will see a lot of subpoenas. tonight, congressman adam schiff on the chaos of the maga congress. then, the latest on the election denier accused of orchestrating a campaign of violence against democrats. the dea prosecutor in the case, joining me live. plus, involuntary manslaughter charges for alec baldwin. why the prosecutor thinks, she can prove criminal negligence. and, why there is no reason to skeptical when george santos says, i am not a drag queen, and did not let a dog die. all in, starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chri
thousands more people are waking up to the news they will soon be out of a job. after google s parent company alphabet announced it is slashing a whooping 12,000 jobs worldwide. that s more than 6% of its workforce according to cnbc. it s one day after microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs. so what s driving these signature job cuts and what does it say about our economic climate? president biden marking the halfway point of his first term in the white house under a cloud of controversy. the president finally broke his days long silence about classified documents from his time as vice president found in his former office and home. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it s exactly what we re doing. there s no there-there. how will that response land with congressional republicans eager to launch investigations? plus, a look at the very first march for life happening in washington since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade
zelenskyy last week. that meeting comes at a critical juncture for the war amid new questions about the quantity and quality of u.s. support. and exactly what specifically makes the new mexico da so sure about the charges against alec baldwin, that could land him in prison for years. it wasn t that we were trying to charge him with a felony. it s that what his actions did matched the case law for involuntary manslaughter. but let s start exactly two years out from inauguration day, seeing the early contours of the presidential strategy, that the white house hopes will get joe biden back to the oval office for a second term. the goal to spotlight pooud s legislative achievements of the past 18 months and contrast that with what a white house spokesman predicted would be republicans divorce from reality political stunts. to that end, politico reports the administration is giddy that only soft of the biggest bomb throwers are now on the oversight committee believing they a
not. my focus is to get justice for halyna hutchins and let everyone know just because you re an a-list actor, you re not going to be above the law. that is the special prosecutor in the rust shooting case speaking with nbc news after announcing alec baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. we ll have much more on this case and this surprising decision in just a moment. president biden s new comments about the investigation into the classified documents found at his home and personal office. we ll play for you that new information, that sound from him. also ahead, we ll explain why his administration is optimistic about the incendiary conservatives who are now serving on the house oversight committee. plus a live report from ukraine as dozens of allies are meeting to determine what military aid is needed to fend off russian forces. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january