thnc . this is a story that everybody is fascinated with. is it a bird, plane? even pilots want to know. everyone wants to know. good morning, everyone. poppy on assignment. that was new cockpit audio of a u.s. fighter jets intercepting a mysterious flying object over michigan. more on that in a moment. but first donald trump s first major 2024 challenger kicking off the race with a speech just hours from now. how many other republicans will join the fray? that s a question as well. spoiler alert, a lot. trump s legal team could be getting deeper over classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago. the justice department is now saying they believe there is evidence of a crime as they are trying to force one of his attorneys to testify without attorney-client privilege. he was previously arrested on a felony gun charge. so why and how did the michigan state mass shooter have a pistol in the first place and there s a new study from the secret service. is there
Out of office, including campaigning with democrats. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im fredricka whitfield. Welcome to a new 11 00 a. M. Eastern hour here on this sunday of the newsroom. Florida under a State Of Emergency this hour, as Tropical Storm ian gains strength. Ian is expected to become a hurricane today, and may peak as a category 4 storm before weakening and making a direct hit on florida as early as wednesday. Were expecting an update from Governor Ron Desantis minutes from now. Our reporter is in the weather center. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, who announced a federal energy for the state. So lets begin with you, alison. You just got an update if the National Hurricane center. Tell us what youre learning. Lets look at the breakdown. The sustained winds are at 50 Miles Per Hour, gusting up to 65. That Forward Movement has increased, up to 14 Miles Per Hour to the westnorthwest. An
Supplies. And today Governor Desantis activated 2500 members of the National Guard and cnn correspondents are every angle. Lets get started with tom sater. This looks like a very powerful storm that could unleash a lot of fury on the gulf coast, something we havent seen so far during this hurricane season. And it sounds like people need to wake up and Pay Attention. Everywhere from pensacola to ft. Myers. We didnt haven would named storm for the entire month of august and now we have four of them. If it wasnt for ian, wed be talking about fiona, massive damage up in canada. Notice how wide it is, the sun is out here and getting the reflection, but you can see the circulation. There is the yucatan. But the infrared Satellite Imagery is a mess. It doesnt look impressive at all. At 8 00 a. M. This morning, Hurricane Hunters had a hard time finding the center. They did find it. It can jump around a little bit. And if that center jumps around, it will change the track. And that is important
ainsley: a lot of people will because of the epiphany. ainsley: i can t take my garland down yet. i still have my garland on the fireplace so pretty. steve: particularly when it s snowing and looks so beautiful. that s up the interstate where we are sitting. ainsley: you said it might snow this weekend. steve: might sunday night. stay tuned. darn it. brian: might have to get to work early. ainsley: dawn, i m sorry, i m trying. brian: if they ask you to come in and you say no and you can t get in, it s really on you. steve: you know, that was back in the day when we all had the only way to do the show would be in the big studio. now we have these little vans that travel around and can park in your parking lot. ainsley: sorry, i can t make it to work. send a van to my driveway? steve: it was a year ago right now today when i had covid and i was stuck at home and once i was past the contamination zone, i did the show from the driveway for three weeks. it wa
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