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
daily beast reporting the georgia republican senator and antichoice candidate herschel walker paid for his then girlfriend s abortion in 2009. the daily beast has now reported that that woman is also the mother of one of her four children. we re going to have more reporting on that later in the show. republicans however continue to shop and recent polling says that he is in a tight race with the democratic incumbent, senator raphael warnock. there is one october surprise that could change the course of the midterm elections, and it s coming from over 70,000 miles away. in saudi arabia, opec plus, the alliance of oil producing nations led by saudi arabia and russia, announced a 2 million barrels per day cut in oil production yesterday. opec plus decision could lead to a potential spike in gas prices, just 33 days before the midterms. today, president joe biden had a one word reaction to opec plus s decision, disappointment. what is your reaction to the opec plus decision?
producing countries to increase their oil output. ali she hobby, a study analyst, told the new york times that it is certainly not a hostile, anti biden act. it has nothing to do with biden, it is to keep the price in unacceptable band. and quote. okay. so how should we analyze this set of facts? the summer, saudi arabia paid former president donald trump to host a tournament at his golf courses, which is a move much criticized as so called sports washing, attempting to launder its reputation on human rights abuses with people who don t care about that sort of thing. people like the former president, who bragged to reporter bob woodward that he, quote, saved mohammed bin salman, after a saudi death squad had washington post reporter killed and dismembered with a bunch of. his words, as quoted in woodward s book called rage, i saved his ass, i was able to get congress to leave him alone. i was able to get them to stop. and quote. those were trump s actual words about helping a
take over the investigation into the classified documents found that joe biden s home and former private office this came just hours after the white house counsel s office issued a statement saying more documents with classified markings have been found in the storage area in the garage at the wilmington delaware home and another room adjacent to the garage the same garage where biden keeps the 1967 corvette. by the way my corvette is in a locked garage. so the material was in a locked garage? yes as well as my corvette but as i said this week people know i take classified documents and classified material seriously. i also said we are cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. let s start with a white house correspondence the white house is facing tough questions about when they publicly acknowledges second set of documents. soon they have been clear they have been cooperating throughout the course of this investigation as it has been ongo