good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
by the use of atomic bombs in a single night. i am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. - -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it tru
second time in less than three months. indicted in the special counsel s investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified documents. he literally is obsessed with the boxes. why was he so obsessed with the boxes that he wanted to take them on vacation? i did everything right in they indicted me. it s a daunting situation of the former president. we re only at the beginning here. we understand that donald trump has now been indicted. courtesy of the d. c. grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. live pictures of former president donald trump coming for his third arraignment in four months. it s a bizarre thing. the third episode of the trump gets arrested show. right next to the scene of the crime. what we ve been fighting for is accountability and justice. the history making fourth criminal indictment of donald trump. the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia s presidential el
hour of ayman. donald trump s obsession with the patient becomes a focus of the 2024 campaign. but will it be enough to draw voters towards joe biden. plus, house oversight chairman james comer s desperate your went fishing expedition into the biden family. and the worst of the year. a tough matchup between two republican house speakers. i m paola ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. dictatorship, autocracy, revenge. those were just some of the terms included in that word cloud former president donald trump posted to his truth social account this week thout comment or context. within hours, journalists connected it to a poll that asked voters what word they associate with trump and a second term. earlier this month, at a fox news town hall, trump declined to say he would not use power to seek retribution. he said, i would not be a dictator except for day one. that wasn t a top whistle. it was a focal. and perhaps the only thing monitoring and the threats i
kicked off the ballot, or at least kicked off the ball pending appeal. more proof that donald j trump is having a hard time shaking the i word, insurrection. and that the republican front runner is heading into the new year with section three of the 14th amendment nipping at his seals. first, there was colorado. now, its main saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. let s not forget that more than a dozen other states, with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14 amid cases. the new ruling by the secretary of state s as inspiring as it is somber. quote, i conclude, as did the colorado supreme court that the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months and culminating on january 6th, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to blame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election, and the peaceful transfer of power. i likewise conclude that mr. trump was aware of the likelihood for v