if you can punch through this wall, you really are flash gordon. are you going to do it. i m going to punch through it. all right, sam. do it. [. oh my god. yes, yes. did he it. what the hell is your problem? you breakthrough my wall. right now, this country has a crazy neighbor problem. we re not talking about canada. although there is something funky going won trudeau. we are talking about our southern neighbors, mexico, who are in the middle of a hot war. yesterday, mexican officials arrested the son of chapo. a video guzman and when you go after the cartel king pin s son, can you expect all hell to break loose. for the past it 4 hours sinaloa, mexico has become a battlefield. [machine gunfire] [rapid machine gunfire] jesse: the cartels have just declared war on the mexican government which is ironic because the cartels own the mexican government. so this is a civil war within a civil war. and if you think the sinaloa cartel has anything to lose, you re w
is that, you know, to have a congress that can t function, it is just embarrassing. we re the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? president biden calls the drama playing out on the house floor embarrassing. this morning, there s still no speaker after three more rounds of voting. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is still in critical condition, but the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll get an update on his health. and the president says he s planning a trip to the southern border amid a record number of migrants crossing into the united states. what we re learning this morning about that trip. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the house of representatives is set to vote again today on its next speaker after republicans failed to unite around a single nominee for the second straight day. after thr
and the republican party looks like an embarrassment right now. the 20 that are doing this, they have done a good job. they need to keep talking, and then they need to do what every single successful person does, you take your deal, you take your win, you take your victory lap, and let s move on, and let s get on with business. wow, rare agreement between president biden and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. both labeling the mutiny among the house republicans as embarrassing. this morning, there is still no speaker of the house. welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, january 5th. along with joe, willie, and me we have congressional investigations reporter for the washington post , jackie alemany, sam stein, the founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes, and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. still no speaker. i feel like what we saw yesterday, and we ll talk about that and show members of congress speaking on the floor but we re beginn
guy top of the hour. thank you for joining us. uncertainty reigns on capitol hill, and they ll reconvene following a first day the front-runner kevin mccarthy was rejected three times. one of his allies says he has about 24 hours to say figure this out. we have now learning he s asked five colleagues to lead with negotiating with the no votes. also we re keeping a close watch on today mar ham ling. he remains sedated, his hungle telling cnn he s had to be resuscitated twice. we re going to speak with a athlete who had a similar experience, as wells as the trainer who resuscitated him. and the suspect in the death of four college students in idaho, and we want we want to begin with manu raju. it s happening by the minute now on the hill. do we know where negotiations stand? do we know if they re going to reconvene today? or maybe punt again? that is actually the big question of the hour. whether or not they ll actually come back at noon and have that fourth ballot vote. th
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