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
today on the program, the first lady of ukraine. i talk to olena zelenska about that frequently forgotten side of war, the human toll. how are ukrainians dealing with the destruction of their cities and towns? how are they fighting winter s cold as the country struggles to pump out heat? and can they ever return to life as normal? also, brazil s january 8th and its stunning similarities to america s january 6th. we dig into the attack on the capital in brasilia with reporter mac margolis. and california was pummelled by rivers of rain. we ll destroy the astronomical cost of climate change and wild weather that is already upon us. but first, here s my take. this week, at a summit, joe biden said that the western was experiencing unprecedented levels of migration, greater than at any time in history. this is not hyperbole. there were 2.4 million apprehensions at america s southwestern border last fiscal year, which is about 600,000 higher than the prior year, the previous h
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
angle. laura: now how often have we seen the press try to kind of pretend that religious americans are part of a fringe movement? liberals warn of christian nationalism and even link the faithful to domestic terrorism. now these same elites relishing headlines like christianity in the u.s. is quickly shrinking and gleeful to support that millennials are turning against organized religion. and if you re someone who offers thoughts and prayers after tragedies, well, they assume you re just a fraud. we are not going to give thoughts and prayers, which to me is just [bleep]. the rhetoric that we ve used, the thoughts and prayers you ve just referred to has done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence. laura: liberal high school administrators let s not forget them they felt threatened by public displays of religion for decades now. remember joe kennedy beloved football coach in washington state? he lost his job for the high crime of praying after games. it was ne
could change. if he comes i m going to punch him out. i have been waiting for this, for trespassing on the capitol grounds. i m going to punch him out and go to jail and be happy. we are seeing more of that incredible video of speaker nancy pelosi on january 6th demanding protection from trump s government and making sure lawmakers of both parties stayed safe. while trump infamously did nothing. also tonight, the chilling new questions being raised by the january 6th select committee. about the secret service and members of the fbi. and senator ron johnson might have a second career in stand-up comedy because the audience sheer was laughing at him at this debate with mandela barnes. and he wasn t even trying to be funny. we begin the reidout tonight with reality crashing down on donald j. trump. with the house january 6th committee reminding us that trump was the driving force behind the attack on the capitol. he s reacting like a man who knows the walls are closi