he was perfect. if there s one man on earth that could explain the war on earth could benefit anyone by china, that would be boris johnson and we made the offer and he said he was interested. a few hours before air time, his publicist call sod say he wasn t coming and boris johnson reputed to be the smartest leader of any english speaking country in the world didn t want to publicly defend his position on ukraine and afraid to take questions about it. we found that disappointing. not just because we many assumed johnson was more impressive than that but mostly because it s a subject that badly needs to be debated and soon. millions would die in the war that boris johnson is promoting. the public has a right to know why are we doing this before it starts. as you can probably tell, it looks like it s starting very soon. so that was our experience with boris johnson yesterday. given all that, we were shocked, actually shocked. this afternoon to see johnson show up at a neocon th
but we begin with the white house closing ranks and saying the president meant what he said about the classified documents being no big deal. the white house correspondent kevin corke is live for us in the nation s capital with this. evening, two years and in the white house says it is focused on the battles that it mattered most, both here at home and abroad which is to say nurturing the economy back to full health, responding to the climate crisis, and of course and effort in ukraine to name a few, as we look at the jill biden have time report, we see that it is a mixed bag coming at us, we are two years since he was inaugurated, we have low unemployment, jobs aplenty, high but falling inflation, high but falling gas prices, however, record debt in spending, the border crisis, and don t forget to the crime crisis and many of america s largest cities, the afghanistan debacle, and the document drama, the unfolding classified materials kerfuffle continuing to bubble up to th
january 6th, law enforcement is prepared for any eventuality that may come out or in response to any type of court action against the former president. while we are not seeing any signs of large groups that are actually animating around trump s call for protest, law enforcement does not taking any chances. and what we have been seeing all day and the last few days is careful coordination between state, federal, and local police and law enforcement agencies. you know, really coming up with consequence management. how do they manage every type of eventuality that could come out, whether it is peaceful protest all the way up to, you know, acts of violence. so i think what we are seeing great now is a lot of planning. hopefully a lot of that planning is not necessary. it doesn t materialize. but law enforcement to new york city s definitely ready for it. well i mean that against the january 6th silver lining, they d learn something after that. and to be repaired for whatever co
president, he went straight into the worst part of town to demonstrate his concern the nominee traveled to the south blonks blythe has left dozens city blocks a waste land. shouting match with residents many of whom demanded jobs reagan replied i can t do a damn thing for you if i don t get elected. are there more jobs coming through the bronx. i am going to dry as far as i can all i can tell you is i m going to try to bring that about and not with the kind of a promise that carter made. jesse: they weren t happy to see reagan and most of them probably didn t vote for him. but it was important for reagan to see what they were going through. there s a reason the bronx doesn t look like that anymore because powerful people saw the problem and they knew how to fix it. biden went to our southern border this week but he didn t really see what we have been showing you for the last two years. before air force one touched down, they cleaned it all up. threw the tents and garbag
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