haley and desantis did go after each other with haley presenting herself as the candidate of the future. we need a leader that is not looking at four years and eight years. we need a president that is looking at 20 and 30 years. good news, the frontrunner is looking at 30 years. 20 with good behavior. [ applause ] ah-ha. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january 12th. willie, so much to talk about today. let s see, front page of the papers, daily news, we will not be speaking. not sure where morning joe paper of record is today. i guess because ms. bumiller is here, out of respect, they gave us the new york times. new york times, of course, talking about the missile strike against the houthis. washington post, also, we have the strike as the lead. on the other side, trump s trial. wall street journal, inflation ticking up. yeah, willie, nothing in there also about all the coaches that just sort of yesterday was the harvest, my
of people that forgot, you know, the four years. here he is back in our faces again. i think that is a big factor. yeah, may not matter to a lot of republican primary voters in iowa and some other states. it matters in the suburbs of atlanta, suburbs of charlotte, suburbs of philly, the suburbs of detroit, the suburbs of milwaukee, the suburbs of maricopa county in arizona, the very places where this election, willie, are going to be decided. that s right. it shows up in polls. the poll last week from the washington post showed how many americans bought donald trump s version of january 6th. yes, it showed people who support him believe the story, but when you looked at the country, the majority of americans don t believe it. they think january 6th was a terrible day and he had something to do with it. it is a primary strategy, not a general election one. let s underline the fact, also, that in the poll reshowed yesterday, showing joe biden