far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe
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
the story with martha maccallum starts right now. martha: i m martha maccallum. think about this. a 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed in this attack has been confirmed to be among the nine americans being held by hamas terrorists. this child s parents were killed in the attack. jake sullivan said he will be speaking to the families of the americans. people are asking, why aren t we hearing more about the americans being held? we have talked to one of the families. it s a strange dynamic of all of this that they re not front and center all the time in these pictures with americans thinking about them and focused on them all the time. there s a lot going on. part of that are the protests that keep stealing the headline as the country s hot spots boil over against the white house pro israel policy. watch this. you have a whole generation of voters coming up that will be able to vote in this next election. if you don t stop this genocide now, you won t g
information we find out. to play politics, to try to elevate yourself at the expense of somebody else, the chinese are looking at that and going, wow, that was this is an avenue where we can make some hay. fly a balloon over montana and suddenly you have republicans trashing the commander in chief. pretty good win for china. that s correct. that s correct. and so i think i think it s really important that joe led off with this. we need to make sure we have information that s good information and then, look, release it to the public. unless there s some reason not to. the public should snow. you talked about the relationship with china. president biden met with president xi last year. i spoke with vice president harris yesterday and she said he s not worried that this kind of dust-up is going to really impact negatively the relationship between the two
you heard the answer from the analyst, in the end, saudi arabia is looking after saudi arabia, i think it is thinking about making sure you continue to make the money it wants to make. it wants, i think, around $90 oil. the u.s. seems to want about $70. in a way, that s a kind of negotiation over money. and then you re right, saudi arabia isn t the only country doing this. just look at the chancellor, german chancellor, heading to meet with president xi last year, and insisting he manage to persuade the chinese to tell russia not to threaten nukes. so it s a complex picture, i think, is the honest answer. it s a very very complex world right now. and saudi arabia is navigating that. and perhaps, you could argue, doesn t care as much about u.s. domestic politics as the u.s.