enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
innovating things like the city of kansas city is doing, sowing among gun manufacturers here. and in cincinnati, we re working with atf, department of justice, to use data back science, in order to take implicit bias out of it, and put more violent criminals behind bars. we re also sending mental health professionals to nonviolent 9-1-1 calls. but we can t do this alone. we need state action. we need federal action. because this is a federal problem. you know, all the rhetoric, all the blaming, that s for d.c.. mayors have to drive results in our cities, and republican and democratic mayors are saying, we need help from the federal government and from our capitals, to take guns off the street, not put more guns on the street. since therei mayor, aftab pureval, thank you very much for your time tonight, sir. thank you. that does it for all in on this monday night. rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris, thank you my friend. much appr
city for the u.s. embassy, but ambassador bridget brink is going to be joining us for an exclusive interview from kyiv. in just a few minutes. i hope you will be there for that. back in 2010, the u.s. justice department arrested and indicted nine people in michigan and ohio, and indiana. nine people who are all members of a group that called itself a militia. the indictment, back in 2010 charged that these nine people intended to murder a member of law enforcement, possibly the family of a law enforcement officer as well. and then, when lots of other law enforcement officers would come from all around the country to be there for the big public funeral that would result, this militia decided that they would mount a big attack on the funeral, to kill as many law enforcement officers from all across the country as possible, and then that larger attack they planned on the funeral, they planned not to just use guns, but ieds. this was 2010, there already had been years of extensiv
link between these people who carried out what trump wanted them to do and trump? look, you know, the oath keepers seditious conspiracy verdicts really come out because the government had concrete evidence that the leaders of the oath keepers effectively engaged in political violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power, and because it was presented in that way, and because, you know, the oath keepers had a quick reaction across virginia. they had weapons and ammunition, and they were texting about we can come to the capitol, and you know, bring fire support if you really need it. i think that s the kind of evidence that s convincing for a jury. it s the kind of evidence that we re missing as of yet with trump, and that s why i think that the justice department is looking more at an obstruction of an official proceeding kind of thing for trump as opposed to, you know, seditious conspiracy. i don t think immaturity makes
A trial starting this week in Washington, D.C., is the biggest test yet in the Justice Department s efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.