the new reporting that they are the latest targets of the special counsel investigating donald trump and january 6th. and ron desantis is cashing in, giving donald trump a run for his money, and the florida governor hasn t even jumped into the race yet. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight a major warning from president biden to vladimir putin, as new images show the true state of putin s fighting forces. take a look at this new video of ukraine attacking russian positions on the front lines of bakhmut. putin s troops are suffering heavy losses. and you can see that on stark display in this new video posted on social media and verified by cnn. dozens of coffins containing the bodies of russian fighters. they had reportedly been fighting with putin s private force, the wagner group, which is fighting in bakhmut. you can see death certificates with names and even the russian region that they were from. and i l
before leaving warsaw this morning the president met with leaders from nato s eastern flank and reaffirmed their joint commitment quoting the white house here to, quote, stand with the ukrainian people for as long as it takes. vladimir putin was also alliance building, meeting with china s top envoy saying cooperation between their two countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china. the pentagon spokeswoman today warning, quote, it would certainly be a miscalculation of china to provide lethal aid to russia. president biden had a similar answer today when abc s david murer asked him. what s your message to putin on that? it s a big mistake, not very responsible. but i don t really think he s thinking of using nuclear weapons or things like that. he snled the opposite today suggesting it s a war of restoring the ocean russian and soviet empire, speaking at a concert marking tomorrow s defender of the fathe
enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
the dead. police have arrested the 19-year-old, thaman they re going to charge with this case. they re not sure about the motive in any of these shootings right now, and it all happened in the pine hills area in orlando. so there s so many questions surrounding this, but that news crew out there covering the early story of the homicide was targeted and shot and the suspected shooter moved onto shoot that mother and her child with that 9-year-old losing their life. so many questions right now as we continue to look into this case. ryan, thank you for gathering all that and bringing it to us so quickly. i really appreciate it. it s amazing, three different shooting sites. much more on that and we ll continue to gather more details on it. thank you all for joining us this evening. i m kate baldwin. ac 360 starts now. good evening. president biden is expected back in washington within the hour after a three-day european trip designed to strengthen western support for ukraine a year int