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
past brooks koepka sunday, turning into a lapper by four strokes. didn t look like they would be able to play, trees falling down, half the course underwater. beau beautiful. lisa: it felt loo like the easter egg roll steve: you were a subjective leader. lisa: you train your whole life and win. brian: jon rahm played well, brooks koepka led for three days, five over 75, but the guys came storming back. phil mickelson had a shot at winning. i m sure he watched broadcast television, ended tied with brooks koepka, both liv guys on the greg norman tour and jon rahm from spain, oddest, funny to watch him jamming sandwiches down his throat. i guess that gave him energy. he wound up winning. tough to lead for 3-1/2 days. he said, do you feel confident? why wouldn t i. lisa: how many hours are they playing? steve: 10 hours. then they had half days because of the weather. lisa: i tried playing golf when i was younger. steve: go buy a red jacket rather, a green ja
today the sheriff is taking on some of the liberal idea blaming guns for the murders. here s what he had to say. i m just a simple man. i look at things simplistic as possible. i don t believe since and being politically correct or holding back. people think we, like myself are hard. we have heart. i have kids and i understand in these scenarios but the fact is, as we dance around the real issues, we want to focus on one thing that has no capability. i m here to tell you the gun didn t knock on the door, walk in the room and say look, let s go kill somebody today. they made a conscious decision and the failure here is the fact that we do not get to the root cause. family, our schools and even ourselves out here in society. we are enabling everything in which they do just because we don t hold them accountable. joey, it s so refreshing to hear someone speak the truth like that. a 12-year-old, a 6-year-old and 17-year-old are involved in these murders. shouldn t we be tryin
the tennessee two is down to one. john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john, this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only fro
is down to one john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only from city council and t