and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g
yesterday s hearings. expert legal analysis straight ahead on all of that. meanwhile the former president is floating another birther conspiracy. we ll tell you who he is targeting this time and on capitol hill, how republicans will hold two hearings today focused on hunter biden and homeland security secretary mayorkas. we ll have reporting on that. plus, the new developments out of the middle east following secretary of state blinken s meeting yesterday in israel, the two sides appear to be at odds over plans for a post-war gaza. and days after a mid-air explosion on a boeing max 9 jet, the ceo is acknowledging the company s mistakes. we ll have the latest on that investigation and the very latest on secretary of defense austin and what is going on with his health. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very busy wednesday, january 10th. joe? yeah, it s very busy, as far as boeing goes, not a great stretch that if your plane blow aparts in mid-air you take respo
welcome back. more apparent evidence has emerged of donald trump sweeping post-2020 pressure campaign. stop me if you ve heard this before, breonna. then president trump calls a fellow republican and pushes them to block joe biden victory. we know that he did it with vice president pence. we heard the recording of him doing it with georgia secretary of state brian rothberger. now they have a were recording of him pressuring to michigan election workers. the difference here is this time it appeared to work. according to the detroit news, hours after to michigan certifying the election results they got a call from trump. he urged him not to sign a certification. the pair then refused to sign. in the end it didn t matter, at least not to the outcome of the voting. it could matter to these folks. here we have cnn katelyn polantz tracking out of. this kaitlan, i do want to be clear here. cnn has not independently heard this recording. the detroit news is reporting that it has
minnesota. the house is about to vote to kick her off the house foreign affairs committee. she is speaking right now saying yes, she s a muslim, she s a refugee, she has said some controversial things but she s a proud american and her views should be considered by republicans and democrats alike. let s listen. and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. [ applause ] so take your vote or not. i am here to stay, and i am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world. i yield back. [ applause ] again, ilhan omar speaking a fiery address, a defiant speech on the floor of the house of representatives. the republican led house is about to vote to kick her off of the foreign affairs committee. she says it is retribution and unfair. she says it is unamerican. but it is no surprise to her. the republicans who said barack obama as president was secretly a muslim. let s get to our chief congressional correspondent manu r
if you look at the campaign ads, look at some of the interviews they were giving, the level of contention that you saw between the two, when they had their one and only opportunity to respond to these attacks directly and head on, neither of them held back. i want you to see a sample example on those interactions. the extremist is congresswoman demmings. she supports no restrictions of any kind. how gullible do you really think florida voters are? number one, you have been clear that you support no exceptions, even including rape and incest. how long would you watch, people being gunned in fourth grade, sixth grade, high school, college, church, synagogue, a movie theater, a mall and a nightclub and do nothing? well, everything has done nothing to stop any of these shooters. no one here is in favor of mass shootings and violence. she s never passed a single bill. she s been in congress for over half a decade, not a single bill she s passed has ever become law. i m proud