a goal nor some sort of accomplishment that he was looking for in sharing these documents. of course, there s some anti-government sentiment. howard: it s a dilemma, why would journalists blow the whistle on a leaker disclosing classified secrets, which is a crime, when they d eagerly accept such material which is not a crime? if the media agree with an i agenda such as when daniel ellsberg leaked the pentagon papers, they turned him into a hero. one crucial difference here, the top secret material wasn t given to a news outlet which could be held accountable, but mosted posted on social media where anyone could see it. so who, exactly, is responsible? more on this ahead with veteran national security reporter glenn greenwald. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ron desan us the just signed a 6-week ban on abortion in florida tweeting out a single picture after 11:00 at night. the governor s quiet move came as a ruling by a federal judge in texas again put
eastern time here on msnbc katy tur reports right now good to be with us i m katy tur on monday, kevin mccarthy was in new york city trying to get wall street on his side as he plays a game of chicken with the white house on the debt limit. today it s president biden who is making his case this time he is speaking to union workers in maryland. the president is arguing a clean raise of the debt limit is the only good option at the same time he s pitching his own plans on the economy some that have already created jobs in the past few months we ve seen the president or the vice president in places like upstate new york, dalton, georgia, durham, north carolina, minneapolis, minnesota and more touting green energy initiatives or the chips act the financial times says $209 billion have been pledged by the u.s. or foreign companies to create 280,000 new factory jobs and that amount is almost double the capital spending commitments made in the same sectors in 2021 and nearly 20 ti
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