Out front tonight, putin breaks his silence, speaking for the first time publicly since december. Putin taking questions during a meeting with ironically a nato country, claiming the United States has broken its word and is forcing his hand in ukraine. There are mk41 launchers on which tomahawks can be installed. That is, these are not antimissile but strike systems that will cover our territory for thousands of kilometers. Isnt that a threat to us . Let us imagine ukraine is a nato member and stuffed with weapons and there are State Of The Art Missile Systems like in poland and romania, who will stop nit crimea, let alone dumbas, a russian sovereign territory. Let us imagine ukraine is a nato member and venture such as combat operations. Are we supposed to be at war with nato . His demands have not changed, trickling down, crimea was originally annexed by russia. No one has done much about it. Which remains the reason why putin believes he can control more of ukraine. Here is somethin
Trump cant quote, turn back the clock on climate progress. Also, things are getting weird in ohio. What voters are saying about the increasingly angry and now kind of strange gop Senate Primary. Let us get to the reporters starting in arizona. Vaughn hillyard is in maricopa county. Bring us up to speed on arizona. Reporter i just talked to kari lake, who is a u. S. Senate candidate, a close ally of donald trump. She just voted at this location behind me for donald trump. Of course that is the only thing on the ballot here in arizona. The next big primary is when she is on the ballot come this august. But you know, i was able to put the question to her about why donald trump and her would be able to pull off wins in november and she said she believes the choice will be stark between her and rubin gaego. I want to let you listen to some voters we talked to today who took part in the republican primary despite donald trump having the nomination wrapped up. Well, for one thing, i dont beli
Codefendants. Also tonight, cnn has learned that Secretary Of State Antony Blinken just spoke by phone with paul wheeler, an american wrongfully imprisoned in russia. And as the death toll of the Maui Wildfire climbs above 100, there are now growing questions about the cause of the disaster and the governors response. Josh green will join us live this hour. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Tonight the wheels are in motion for Donald Trumps arrest, arraignment and trial in the Georgia Election subversion case, the Fulton County District Attorney proposing some key dates amid negotiations with trumps lawyers about details of his surrender. Lets go to cnns sarah murray who is just back from atlanta where shes covered the indictment and done an excellent job. Tell us about the d. A. s proposed trial date and how it fits into this already very busy legal and political calendar for the form are prer president. As
don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington
on in downing street during the very covid restrictions he d imposed on the rest of us? all guidance was followed completely during number 10. really? there was no party, and that no covid rules were broken. a senior civil servant, sue gray, investigated. so, too, the police. today, another page turns. the conclusion devastating for mrjohnson. let s be blunt, this report concludes that he lied. it says he deliberately misled mps, he deliberately misled the committee. he breached their confidence by saying out loud what was in their report before they did, and that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. look at what else the committee had to say. it takes aim at the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth . and it said some of mrjohnson s denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were deliberate attempts to mislead . is this the end, mrjohnson? we re shouting at boris johnson because he said no to a