Mcconnell is the republican leader in the senate with a huge say in which laws make their way through congress. Hes masterminded some of his partys key achievements of recent years including the but he has a frosty relationship with donald trump and called him morally responsible for the january sixth attacks on the capitol. Mcconnell is the republican leader in the senate with a huge say in which laws make their way through congress. In a moment well speak with our correspondent in washington, but first lets hear from Mitch Mcconnell making his announcement on the floor of the senate just a short time ago. One of lifes most unappreciated talents is to know when its time to move on lifes next chapter. So i stand before you today, mr president , and my colleagues to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. Im not going anywhere anytime soon, however ill complete myjob my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in november and they take the helm ne
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
i will be a thriving and i want to make sure that i passed on to anyone and everybody i can t going along this journey. not just surviving, but thriving. a healthy lima hendricks takes us off the air tonight. and on that, no i wish you a very good and very healthy night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thanks for joining us this evening. for the past several months we ve watched the far white wing of the american party hold congress hostage. meaning major concessions from the biden white house or else they will blow up the fragile u.s. economy. they would tank the stop market and push hundreds of thousands of people onto the unemployment line. so, a potential catastrophe of their own making. now there is a deal on the table to stop the catastrophe from coming to pass. over the weekend president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy hammered out an agreement to raise
and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. for the past several months we have watched the far-right wing of the republican party holder u.s. economy hostage. far-right republicans in congress demanded major concessions for the biden white house or else it would blow up the fragile u.s. economy. they would take the stock market and push hundreds of thousands of people on to the unemployment line. so, the potential catastrophe, of their own making. now there is a deal on the table to stop the catastrophe from coming to pat. over the weekend president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy hammered out an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default. and republicans, they got some of what they wanted in a steel. unspent covid relief funds clawed back, creating new hurdles for some people trying to access food assistance and other federal programs. and it cuts funding from the biden s administration s plan to go after rick s rich tax cheats and make them pay
things of what happen in texas also some of the allegations there, it s going to be interesting in just a few weeks during that trial. indeed. thank you, my friend and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. for the past several months we have watched the far right wing of the republican party hold the u.s. hostage far right republicans in congress demanded major concessions from the biden house or else it would blow up the pretty fragile u.s. economy, they would tank the stock market and push hundreds of thousands of people onto the unemployment so potential catastrophe of their own making. and now there s a deal on the table to stop that catastrophe from actually coming to pass. over the weekend president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy hammered out an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default. and republicans, they got some of what they wanted in this deal. itd claws back unspent covid relief funds. it creates new hurdles for some people