the tape from donald trump discussing a very sensitive military document could be a game-over moment for the ex-president in the classified documents investigation. it s a recording that not only significantly increases trump s legal exposure. but it also blows a gaping hole through many of the defenses that team trump has been peddling in public in the case. the ex-president s lawyer jim trusty went on cnn last night, playing defense in the wake of the bombshell news first reported by cnn of the tape s existence. and repeated a line that will be familiar to anyone who s been following this case. will trump display documents at will or as trump puts it even by just thinking about it. what i will tell you is there is no doubt as commander in chief when the president left washington, d.c. for mar-a-lago, he was actually still president, when he left with boxes that he brought he was the command in chief. there s no doubt he had the authority as commander in chief to be classi
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
marjorie taylor greene says another round of unfettered access to the hours of footage previously given to tucker carlinson. it s a promise, though, for more dangerous propaganda that has prompted widespread criticism and security concerns. plus, we ll go down to florida where a deep red country s backlash against governor desantis culture war and what some say about his chances in 2024. how parents, students and teachers are all fighting back goodness a key pillar of his campaign identity. and later in the program, the ex-president returns to say familiar playbook as he gets ready to fight the criminal penalties against him. he s attacking the judge. deadline: white house returns with those stories and more after a quick break. don t go anywhere.
25 republican house districts to target in the next year. that includes 18 that president biden carried in the 2020 election, and this is the dilemma for those republicans in those competitive districts. they have to balance the desires of republicans including staunch republican voters in their districts or they get primaried with the need to appeal to independence, and show they are serious about governing with a democratic controlled senate and president biden in the white house. one former republican aid, ken spain, a former spokesperson for the house campaign arm told me quote, this is going to be the tight rope that republicans have to walk for the next two years. the road to holding the majority, he says in 2024 is through biden health congressional seats. republicans are going to have to at some point, offer an agenda that resonates out of deep red country. he goes on to say if you can t win independent voters, you can t win elections unquote. that s simply put. it s an importa
similar arrangement with the candidate. you to remember roy moore is proud about winning campaigns even when it seems that the establishment is stacked against him by generating strong grassroots support. he still remains immensely popular among religious conservatives in the state who remember him as ten commandments judge. eric: election coming up in a month, thank you so much. roy moore as you just said vowing to stay in the senate race even as his support has been eroding, as jonathan noted among establishment republicans and washington. did that jeopardize the senate seat in deep red country, judy miller will join us about that in about five minutes. arthel. arthel: vice president pence placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington cemetery as the nation