don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington
worried they have to compete against a male. what you are alluding to is transgendered kids are us. if it makes me transphobic to say men and women are different that s insane. ahead of the congressional baseball game tonight. want to get out there and throw strikes and hope that the democrats will throw me some strikes. friendly competition between republicans and democrats. ainsley: we begin with a fox news alert. donald trump slamming the justice department and president biden hours after entering a not guilty plea in federal court. brian: and the white house, the democrats staying mostly silent on the charges and the classified documents case. steve: our man, jonathan serrie has been live outside the courthouse in miami for a couple of days and that s where we find him here at 7:01 eastern time. jonathan? good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. you know, former president trump really struck a defiant tone after spending that hour in court here in miami.
Jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. Thats a record. That sounds to most folks like a crisis. Well, look, its way down now. Weve now gotten control. Howard and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of Illegal Migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. When it comes to illegal migration, youve seen it come down by more than 90 , and thats because of the actions that this president has taken. Howard after the pundits pounced, Karine Jeanpierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. At this point, i dont care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz.
he is pushing for more powerful weapons in his fight against russia. now, here s video of the ukrainian president. he s already meeting with the italian prime minister. that s the video you re seeing here. he s been asking for about eight months for f-16 fighter jets. finally the u.s. changing its stance and starting to train ukrainian pilots. that training, though, could take more than a year. overshadowing this trip, the impasse over the debt ceiling. it is definitely a subject of interest [laughter] here at the g7. you know, countries want to have a sense of how these negotiations are going to the play out, and the president has expressed confidence that he believes that we can drive to the an outcome where we do avoid default. reporter: and for the paris time this trip first time this trip we heard from the president as he met with the australian prime minister. listen to this. reporter: mr. president, how concerned are you about the debt talks at home in. not
jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. well, look, it s way down now. we ve now gotten control. howard: and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of illegal migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. when it comes to illegal migration, you ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that s because of the actions that this president has taken. howard: after the pundits pounced, karine jean-pierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. at this point, i don t care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. i m howard kur