control of products. they are making more money than they ve ever made. bill: opening arguments in the cop s trial are set to begin there. hello, bryan. bill, good morning. luna is mexico s highest ranking government official to be criminally charged and tried in the u.s. in the early 2000s he let mexico s federal agency akin to the f.b.i. before becoming the top law enforcement official in mexico controlling the federal police force as the secretary of public security until 2012. prosecutors say the man who led mexico s war against the drug cartels was instead accepting briefcases stuffed with tens of millions of bribes from the sinaloa cartel. in exchange luna provided second ratty intel protection and helped with smuggling at least 50,000 kilos of cocaine into the u.s. over the course of the eight-week trial there is intrigue about embarrassing and damning revelations with high ranking u.s. and mexico officials who trusted him. he served as the right-hand of the mexica
justice department personnel were dispatched to the house, even though many of them were not cleared to view top secret materials the biden team is refusing to go into detail about almost any aspect of this scandal but it s justification for that silence is being challenged every day. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich tried to get clarification on that this afternoon. she starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. there are new reports that the justice department considered having fbi agents oversee the search at the president s home but decided against it. it is unclear who made that call or why. but we were told today by the administration that prides itself on transparency effectively not to expect answers on much from them is. the white house will not be taking questions on the investigation into president biden s apparent mishandling of classified documents anymore citing doj protocols. anything that is
en that is something we are all extremely we want to know. a gunman attacks a dance hall. we ll have the latest on a mass shooting in america. plus, a search of president biden s home turns up more classified documents. the white house tries to track down any remaining files with sensitive information. and also ahead, we ll explain what s behind a disagreement among allies over supplying tanks to ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 23rd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the deadly mass shooting saturday night in monterey park, california. ten people were killed. at least ten others were injured when a man opened fire inside a ballroom packed with people who were celebrating the lunar new year. authorities say the 72-year-old gunman died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot as police closed in on his van in a parking lot in torrence, california. that s about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. the
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
good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city