not. my focus is to get justice for halyna hutchins and let everyone know just because you re an a-list actor, you re not going to be above the law. that is the special prosecutor in the rust shooting case speaking with nbc news after announcing alec baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. we ll have much more on this case and this surprising decision in just a moment. president biden s new comments about the investigation into the classified documents found at his home and personal office. we ll play for you that new information, that sound from him. also ahead, we ll explain why his administration is optimistic about the incendiary conservatives who are now serving on the house oversight committee. plus a live report from ukraine as dozens of allies are meeting to determine what military aid is needed to fend off russian forces. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charge in the onset shooting of cinematographer. secret service says it does have a record of visitors to president biden s residence after all the place where he kept those classified materials. but, first, breaking tonight, investigators trying to find out who leaked a draft of the u.s. supreme court s ruling overturning the roe v. wade abortion decision. they admit they have been unable to do so. the probe will continue but no sense a culprit will be identified. bring in fox news chief legal correspondent anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream. shannon: we did get significant insight into the court s investigation into this leak but left with more questions tonight and word that the court says the investigation is not over yet. the court says 82 people had access to either electronic or hard copies of the dobbs decision, one overturning roe v. wade. 97 employees interviewed. some of them multiple times all of them denied being th
there there, and that i have no regrets. mary bruce with late rorgt on what else he said. also tonight, the dangerous winter storm pushing into the northeast at this hour, along the i-95 corridor. washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york up to boston. 18 states on alert for heavy snow, driving rain and winds up to 80 miles per hour. we ll time it out. tonight, two paramedics now charged with murdering a patient after answering a call. prosecutors say body camera video shows them strapping him face down on the stretcher. he died a short time later. and what the autopsy reveals. also, the breaking headline late today, the supreme court s new report just out tonight into who leaked the draft opinion leading up to the overturning of roe. do they know who did it? dyed they interview the justices on the high court? terry moran live in washington. tonight, the suspected russian spy ship just off hawaii. what is it doing there? and just how close is it? martha raddatz and w
potentially swindle more than $5 billion, almost $6 billion in taxpayer money. marc thiessen and ari fleischer in moments. first to david spunt who is investigating this. good afternoon, david. good afternoon. this came as an urgent alert from the pandemic response account ability committee better known as praac, this is a watch damage made up of government officials and government organizations. march will be three years since the government went into a lock down. many businesses survived but in not the same as from before. praac uncovered 69,000 questionable social security numbers that received 5.4 billion and that s just from studying more than 33 million applicants. there were many more. in many cases, the name did not match the correct name and birthday or the number was bogus, not even from the government. still the money went out in many cases. last spring i sat down with michael horowitz, chair of the pandemic response accountability committee and inspector general