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
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the would. i m fareed zakaria coming live to you from new york. today on the program, i ll talk to new york times columnist tom friedman who points out not only is the united states involved in the largest war in europe since world war ii, but america has also entered a sort of tech war with china. and an energy struggle with saudi arabia. what in the world is going on? and china s leaders, more than 2,000 of them, are gathering this week to make major decisions about the country s decision for the next five years and beyond. on the agenda, an unprecedented third term in office for xi jinping. what else will be decided? i will talk to the former prime minister of australia. then stop the steal maybe headed south of the border, as latin america s largest democracy seems to be taking cues from its neighbor up north. you don t concede when there s theft involved. we ll tell y
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
attack on the capitol. but more than three hours went by before donald trump said much of anything. next week s hearing, the eighth one of the series, building upon evidence showing how trump tried to use the power of his government to overturn joe biden s victory. we re going to walk down to the capitol. he called on his supporters to come to washington on january 6th. so why did you decide to march to the capitol? basically, the president got everybody riled up, told everybody to head on down. so we basically just followed what he said. tuesday s hearing, vice chair liz cheney revealing that trump tried to call a potential witness. something the committee relaid to the department of justice. let me say one more time, we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. but today, chairman bennie thompson telling cnn that the committee does not plan to depose this potential witness. it doesn t know why trump made the call. you have intervi
director brian deese with this. of course what s important is looking forward and the administration and all of us are focused on where else can we reduce costs for families even as we try to bring down the deficit and help to reduce inflation on the fiscal policy side? the united states is in a better position than any other country in the world right now. if we make these right policy choices it will matter and make a difference and bring prices down more quickly and give us a better chance to drive that transition effectively. harris: talking points. i wonder if they sit on one card. those don t seem to be fooling anybody. new fox news polling shows just 31% of people approve of how the president is handling the economy overall. only 25% say they approve of how he is doing specifically on inflation. the high prices on everything. republican congresswoman nicole malliotakis says the biden administration needs to talk straight. they are playing smoke and mirrors with t