former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak has ordered an inquiry into the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the man he appointed as chair of the conservative party. the ethics adviser sir laurie magnus, a former investment banker, has been asked to get to the bottom of everything , following reports mr zahawi was forced to pay a fine and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes to hmrc. it is quite the turn around. on wednesday the prime minister told the commons there was nothing further to investigate. mr speaker, my honourable friend has already addressed this matter in full, and there is nothing more i can add. but there are plenty of questions that remain unanswered. number 10 says, it was only this weekend the prime minister became aware of penalties mr zahawi had paid to the tax office, while serving as chancellor. in that role, mr zahawi was nominally, overseeing the work of the tax office. a complicating factor. integrity and accountability is rea
en that is something we are all extremely we want to know. a gunman attacks a dance hall. we ll have the latest on a mass shooting in america. plus, a search of president biden s home turns up more classified documents. the white house tries to track down any remaining files with sensitive information. and also ahead, we ll explain what s behind a disagreement among allies over supplying tanks to ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, january 23rd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the deadly mass shooting saturday night in monterey park, california. ten people were killed. at least ten others were injured when a man opened fire inside a ballroom packed with people who were celebrating the lunar new year. authorities say the 72-year-old gunman died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot as police closed in on his van in a parking lot in torrence, california. that s about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. the
katy tur. we re learning more about the shooting attack at the star ballroom dance studio in monterey park, california, including two of the victims identities. we ll bring you the latest from our own jose diaz balart there on the scene. today the community is mourning the massive loss of life, seven survivors remain hospitalized and a second possible shooting was stopped bay bystander. more on that in a minute. police have not released a motive for the shooting. nbc s kate snow spoke with the mayor of monterey park who had this to say. he may have come because his ex-wife was reveling, celebrating the new year, and you know, just sounded like a history of domestic violence, which is unfortunate, and he essentially, you know, committed to violence, and it cast a fog on a celebratory evening. was it your understanding his ex-wife was here that night? i believe so. so perhaps he was targeting her? possibly, yes. that suspect fled in a white van leading police on a
for a democratic president. oh, i see. i know what you mean. and we ll have the latest developments from eastern europe as allies are at odds in sending tanks to ukraine. germany was going to block the tanks, now they re talking about letting poland send tanks. it looks like the tanks are going to be going to ukraine. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, january 23rd. with us the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. mike is here for the morning, that s if he doesn t, you know. the irish good-bye with the jacket on the back of the chair. we ll see you in a few minutes. we re going to get to all of these stories. we have an awful lot to talk about. ambassador bill taylor is going to be talking about ukraine. let s talk first, though, about nfl playoffs. first, jonathan lemire, i ll go to you. there are two quarterbacks that did very well. patrick mahomes gutted it
to retire by the age of 65. not 67 as some lawmakers were proposing. mayor pete said you can still be president of the united states, but you re definitely not allowed to fly planes. he never explained how that would improve the reliability of travel ahead of the holiday rush but insisted it would help. six months later, this is the state of air travel in the united states. in chicago, and around the country, mountains of luggage with no travelers to claim them. i m going to cry. i m tired. frustrated, tired. pissed off. this woman and her mom and grandmother spent this little one s first christmas stuck in the dallas airport. it was hard. it was hard seeing the families with other newborns around children sleeping on the floor. the family from new mexico says southwest rebooked and cancelled their flights five times. kimberly day is pregnant and travelling with two children. they ve been trying to get from phoenix to new york to visit a sick relative. tuesday s