20 20 election. No surprise that former president coming out swinging against the charges and the Special Counsel. Welcome to our brandnew hour of americas newsroom. I am dana perino. Whats my name again . Dana murray. Whats my name . Build something. I cant remember. Its after royalty. As william and his George Barrett i was going to say charles. Here we go again now. That third indictment of trump under president bidens justice department. Burned former president charged with 4 Felony Counts in a sweeping 45page indictment. Critics complain it is a crusade against free speech. My concerns me as many of the people celebrating their second indictment are just simply dismissing the implications for free speech. Those are quite dire and real. This is criminalizing disinformation. But the Department Of Justice is saying is that we recognize that politicians can save most things but just not trump because he was told they were false. Begins anew brad baer has got The Big Picture in a momen
republicans are branding his surprise appearance as a p.r. stunt. peter doocy asked the white house about this moments ago. the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. i did say that, and what i m saying today. president biden does not help him with his business deals but does help him skirt congressional subpoenas. that is not even true. that is a jump tha incredibly john: this hour has seven days, and that s an old canadian television show, and that s the way it feels this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york, america reports hour two. any moment now the house oversight hearing, wow, did it have some fireworks. it is expected to resume as the committee considers a resolution on whether to move forward with contempt proceedings for hunter, adding another headache for the president s son as he is expected to appear in a los angeles courtroom on tax charges tomorrow. john: let s go
agreement in a late night vote avoiding a disastrous default that would have crippled the economy. that bill now on its way to the president s desk, and we ll hear from him in a prime time speech planned for tonight. and later, donald trump reacting to the news that the special counsel has a recording of him talking about classified documents. two attorneys join us to talk about the legal peril that evidence could pose. and the gloves are off, trump and desantis going round for round trading blows. governor, how come you re not taking questions from voters? coming up to me talking to me, what are you talking about? are you blind? what? are you blind? he got very angry at the press. you re not allowed to get angry at the press. we re live in south carolina where the florida governor is campaigning this morning. let s get straight to those breaking economic numbers right now, the jobs report revealing a huge number for the month of may, 339,000 jobs added, the u
sending u.s. troop s is on the table if china invades taiwan. reporter: so, speaker mccarthy and yourself have said that multiple times now, that we need to arm taiwan now before there s any sort of invasion. what about u.s. troops? i think, you know, then you re talking about an authorized use of military force that would comauthe out of myat committee or a w declaration of war which we haven t utilized since world war ii. reporter: would you supportda that? i think if communist china invades taiwan, i think that ise certainly if the american people support this, the congress will follow. sean: this visit came days after house speaker kevin mccarthyn and other lawmakers meant with taiwan s leader at the ronald reagan presidential library in california.s mccarthy says the country siw support foanr taiwan is resolute and unwavering. house china committee chairman mike gallagher said moments after th ge meeting that washington shouldn t be scared b to have these kind of
majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays