defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
turning back. a heavily armed mercenary leader calls off his assault on moscow. what does this attempted rebellion mean for russian stablity? this is a blow to russia, to our people. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and retired u.s. general david petraeus will be here. and russia s weakness, after a blow to vladimir putin s authority, ukraine sees potential opportunity. the man from the kremlin is obviously very afraid and probably hiding somewhere. as debate over aid to ukraine splits the gop, republican presidential candidate doug bergum is ahead. since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade, for women, a year of change and a brewing political fight. no president has ever fought for christians as hard as i have. how dare they attack our fundamental rights? what is the future of abortion rights? senator amy klobuchar will join me. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering what s next? the city of mosc
calls off his assault on moscow. what does this attempted rebellion mean for russian stability? this is a blowing to russia, to our people. and russia s weakness, after a blow to vladimir putin s authority, ukraine seems opportunity. the man from kremlin is afraid and probably hiding somewhere. as debate over aid to ukraine splits the gop, doug burgum is ahead. plus a new choice, 12 months since the over turn of roe v. wade and for women a year of change and a brewing political fight. no president has ever fought for christians as hard as i have. how dare they attack our fundamental rights. what is the future after borgs rights. senator amy klobuchar will join me. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of the union is wondering what is next. the city of moscow appears no longer under immediate threat this morning. a mercenary leader who turns against the kremlin said he was pulling his forces back after getting as close as 120 miles outside of russ
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
paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. as 2,024 presidential election year begins president biden s support among key voting ruse is slipping with the new suffolk university usa today poll showing the president drawing only 63% support from black voters down from 87% in 2020. donald trump now leading among hispanic voters and younger people in the same poll, the biden campaign hopes to turn those numbers around by attacking mr. trump as a threat to democracy, the president marking the third anniversary of the january 6th assault on the us capital with a speech in valley forge, pennsylvania, the release of his first television ad of the 2024 campaign. president biden: there is something dangerous happening in america. there s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. all of us are being asked right now, what will we do to maintain our democracy? paul: doug shown was an advisor to president clinton and the presidential campaign of m