don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington
those policies was joe biden. i think one of the underappreciated stories about joe biden s presidency, and i sort of shake my head every time i see the liberal doomerism out there, is he s put large parts of these policies into place. whether it s two big rounds of stimulus after covid, you know, the biggest environmental bill that anybody has ever seen. even though it was sort of dressed up as the inflation reduction act, like, huge victory for alexandria ocasio-cortez and all the people pushing for a green new deal. i think it is an interesting story, but the biggest differentiator, i think, for joe biden is you know, my book is bookended by it begins with the financial crisis in 2008 and the backlash that caused, but if you flash forward to the covid crash, we have recovered much quicker from that. it took two years to get all the jobs loss back after covid.