epic cleanup. several senate lawmakers are at the border right now getting a close-up look at the real crisis, looking for real answers. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. one group, a bipartisan delegation led by texas republican john cornyn, and arizona independent kyrsten sinema making stops in their home states focused on finding solutions. what is happening now is happening on our doorstep and we need to work together to try to address it in the best way we can. a repeated failure by administration after administration to manage this crisis. the way i see for us to do that is work together by putting partisanship aside and listening to local folks and working together to find solutions. harris: we may be getting a peak from the curtain why she left the democratic party. they weren t doing that. this from the front lines. face and center hour by hour, minute by minute agents catching two illegals as they crossed across the border. we have fresh
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
ruhle starts right now. 11th tonight, tragedy after tragedy and california. barely three days after 11 people were killed at a mass shooting at a lunar new year celebration in southern california, seven others killed tonight in the northern part of the state. then, on the other side of the law, a former fbi agent arrested, accused of working for a russian oligarchy to help dig up dirt on his opponent. and the flip flop friendship on capitol hill. kevin mccarthy and marjorie taylor greene s new bff bond, and what it means for the future of the republican party. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is happening again. breaking news tonight and the relentless epidemic of gun violence in the united states. police and half moon bay california just south of san francisco say seven people have been killed and mass shooting. one suspect is in custody, and a motive is not yet known. yet again, local leaders are calling
challenging. you cannot and should not do it unless you have a full tank. we give all that we can for as long as we can, and then it s time. and so, for me it s time. good morning, everyone. poppy is off wi, kaitlan and i here. when it s time to go, it s time to go. it shocked a lot of people. that was a resignation that people were not expected. that was new zealand s prime minister resigning. we ll discuss her surprise announcement in a moment with christiane amanpour. plus president biden has been planning to announce his re-election bid after february 7th but then came the document scandal does that delay his decision. there is a new george santos lie. the new york lawmaker claims repeatedly and consistently that his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11 now we know she wasn t even in the country. a bold prediction by volodymyr zelenskyy in a speech in davos, vowing his country will reclaim crimea from the russians. but we begin with this president
the lies continue. this time george santos caught making up a story about his mother being in the south tower on 9/11, this as republicans reward him in congress. emergency measures are in place today as the nation is hitting its debt limit. why congress may be playing with fire. a warning to vladimir putin. ukraine s president said his country will take by crimea. will alec baldwin be charged the killing of a shooting onset? we ll discuss. cnn this morning starts now. we begin with yet another apparent lie from george santos, a republican congressman from new york who fabricated just about everything on his resume. he s been caught lying about his late mother. santos long claimed his mother was in the south tower of the world trade center on 9/11 and later died from cancer. new immigration records confirm santos mother was in brazil and never in the u.s. and now a navy veteran from new jersey is accusing santos of stealing $3,000 from a gofundme account. santos de