it is a sad day for our country in so many sad day. and as predicted, hunter biden was just a get out of jail free card by his own by his own father s doj. nothing but a sweetheart deal only other americans could dream of. oh, what a shocdk. now, after a five year investigation and mountains of materialr investmountain of evid on top of each other, we had whistleblower s eyewitness accounts. hunter was ever so gently t slapped on the wrist with two misdemeanor tax violationshe for a missing an irs deadline. by the wayor a, we re talking at $3 million in taxes he didn txee pa dy and deferred gun charge. that will be dismissed if hunter s a really good boy for the next few years. now, formeryears. president i actually called it a traffic ticket when in reality thickets is a plea deal. it is little more than a political stunit it fromt froa a weaponized doj and nothing but pathetic attempt to merely f seem fair when they are anything but. now, keep in mind there s no fara
risen. it s the first of three today and part of a push to keep lawmakers up to date on technology with terrifying potential. bill: a major concern with the ability to manipulate and could be used to sway elections or start a war. it is advancing at break neck speed and pressure on lawmakers to get something done. there are places the risk of ai is so extreme we ought to impose restrictions or ban their use. one of my areas of greater concerns. the ability of models to persuade and provide one-on-one interactive disinformation. one of the most significant technological innovations in human history. what kind of innovation is it going to be sew like the printing press that diffused knowledge or will it be more like the atom bomb? huge technological breakthrough but the consequences are severe. dana: criminals are using ai to their advantage. a few months ago we brought you this story. scammers cloned the voice of this 15-year-old girl and used it to place a ransom call
and welcome to morning joe: weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. let s begin this morning with a new report from house democrats that alleges the first two years of donald trump s presidency. his family business received seven point $8 million from foreign governments. democrats on the republican-led house oversight committee yesterday released the findings of an investigation that began back in 2016 into violations of the constitution s foreign cause. the report finds from 2017, to 2019 alone, trump s businesses received at least seven point $8 million from 24 in governments. most of that money? according to the report came from china! whose government allegedly paid more than five and a half million dollars to rent out trump s own properties during that time. the government of saudi arabia where, trump visited on his first foreign trip as president paid his business is more than $600,000. the. information stems from documents obtained from the trump s fo
morning. morning joe starts right now. it s the top of the hour. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 2nd. happy new year, everybody. israel s ground offensive in gaza is entering a new phase. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we re going to go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. plus, a damning, new report on the intelligence failures by the israeli military. new york times investigation found there was no battle plan for a massive hamas invasion that they were warned about. also ahead, a look at the long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were simply not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight timeline to rule on what would be one of the most consequential cases involving the presidency. we ll get expert, legal analysis on the issue of removing donald trump from the ballot in two states. are there going
president in a direct challenge to former president donald trump and made no bones about that. back together in new york city. i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: so glad you re here, my friend. bill: miss or not really? dana: 12 on the miss. you were missed, yeah. bill: i ll take that. dana: you should take that. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be back together. more on the wildfires in a little bit. i remember last week my parents saying they couldn t see the mountains from denver because of these wildfires. the east coast dealing with it as well. christie launched his campaign yesterday and attacked the president straight out of the gate. he said president trump made americans smaller by pitting them against one another. if you look back at our history, when we have had great leaders, at every pivotal moment in our history there was a choice between small and big. and america became the most different, the most successful, the most