sodas to cereals. we ll go through that debate, joe, you and your diet coke. good morning and welcome to morning joe. well, let me say this, willie. let me say this, okay? yeah, i ve had a few diet coke in my day. five a day. growing up, growing up, i think we all knew three things. number one, of course, willie, we knew you never eat a big dinner before you go swimming, right? just don t do it. sure. number two, never, ever, ever, and mcarthur taught us this, don t get engaged in a ground war in asia. number three, i think we all knew from the first sip of diet coke that we had in 1982, like, we knew it caused cancer. no. you had a sip, you know, this tastes okay, but it is probably going to kill me. let me have another one. seriously, we were sitting around with our pop rocks and everything else, put down our tabs and mr. pibbs, then we pick those up. you drank diet coke, and you knew when you had the first sip, you knew, yeah, this is what killed elvi
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
nbc news that jack smith has a tape of donald trump talking about a classified document he took with him from the white house. an audio recording of the former president talking to aides about iran, and a document he knew was classified. detailing a potential u.s. attack. cnn reports that according to their sources trump allegedly acknowledged that its classification limited his ability to share it. nbc news has not heard the recording but our source tells us that it was played during grand jury testimony. donald trump has denied any wrong doing. ken dilanian is with us to explain what we know. andrew weissmann is here to explain the significance. and vaughn hillyard will join us in just a moment from the campaign trail with how things are going on the road as donald trump tries to block out ron desantis. what exactly are the two men saying or not saying about this new reporting? joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. so, ken, what do
former president acknowledging he held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. also the vote that almost did not happen, just hours after it squeaked onto the house floor. and rattling russia. a closer look at the shadowy effort that s getting high-profile results, bringing the war in ukraine onto russian soil. prosecutors investigating the former president s handling of classified material have in their possession a recording from the summer of 2021, in which the former president is telling people around him in a meeting at his resort in bedminster that he has held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. cnn is reporting, this undercuts his argument that he declassified everything. and on the tape, as he spoke, it sounds like he was waving a piece of paper around, raising the question, was he holding the classified document in question. which goes to what kaitlan collins asked him at the town hall earlier this month.
Kevin mccarthy says Congress Must also investigate. We have Fox Team Coverage tonight. David spunt at the Justice Department with the timeline of Attorney General garlands involvement. We begin with White House Correspondent peter doocy and what he asked the president this morning. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. White house officials arent saying tonight whether President Biden would sit for an interview with the Special Counsel who revealed today a third discovery of classified documents this time at President Bidens house. Thats what we talked to him about today. Classified material, next to your corvette . What were you thinking . Let me by the way my corvette is in a locked garage, okay . Its not like they are sitting out in the street. Peter so the material was in a locked garage. Yes, as well as my corvette. Pete the Attorney General isnt convinced appointing Special Counsel robert herr to investigate. On december 20th, President Bidens personal counsel informed m