international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new year s day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. and reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. it s a good one. he said start by digging two graves. one of them for yourselves. yeah. wow, that really does strike you when you look what s happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. one that has seen childhood poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70-year lows. it s in the u.s. wo
investigations into donald trump should continue. that does include a majority of independents, also even some republicans. but despite those numbers and all of those investigations, the big question this morning still isn t will trump run again, because it sure sounds like he s going to, but, rather, is he going to jump in before the midterms or after? we have new reporting on why some in his circle are telling him to wait. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, our senior national political reporter mark caputo, josh dossey, political reporter for the washington post, and lisa ruben, an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, i want to begin with you. this document posted by the judge this morning, walk us through the reasoning and what that means. yeah, he laid out a lot of what he said in court last week. i think one of the big things i really notice about it, which isn t surprising coming from a judge who signed the actual search warrant and said this is legit kn
like most times in trump world, his endorsement of purdue boils down to loyalty. backing only those who follow line. the washington post says that reality this way, angry that camp refused to help him overturn the election results in a key battleground state, trump set out to topple it, he called him a turn corked, a coward, and a complete in total disaster. he pumped two point $6 million from his political action committee and efforts to unseat camp, far more than the former president has spent any other race. that is just because he loves you today, it doesn t mean guarantee he will still love you tomorrow. after millions of dollars and trump cash, trump seems to be given perdue the cold shoulder. sources tell nbc news, trump believes perdue is running a lackluster campaign, as of today he has no plans to in georgia before tuesday s contest. given we know how much trump loves making phone calls to georgia, he will voted in tomorrow, holding a tele-alley for supporters u
county georgia. a grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the state s electoral votes. witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and text messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a voting system breach. and hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, we re hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, warning sirens that didn t go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. the raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. welcome to the lead. i m jack tapper. we start with our law and
ginni thomas, she needs to hear what you were whispering. no, she won t. super crazy. those are the people you have to push to the side of the republican party. and republicans, i don t know, here s a radical thought, why don t you fight for small government. why don t you fight for tax cuts for small businesses and entrepreneurs. why don t you fight to, like, strengthen nato and help pushing back on russian aggression. these are all sort of things that reagan supported, conservatism. for something like january 6th to never happen again, instead of trying to hide behind it. the u.s. capitol police chief during the january 6th insurrection is sharing new details about the alleged government failures he says allowed the attack to happen. in a new book out tomorrow, which has been reviewed by the washington post steven sund gives his firsthand account of the capitol insurrections.