investigating the january 6 capitol riot will unveil new evidence of how donald trump tried to get the justice department to help overturn the 2020 election. and keep him in power. despite the fact that he lost. three former top doj officials are slated to testify. also a slew of new information and evidence has forced the committee to postpone two future hearings. and the latest from the senate, which is set to pass the first major new gun legislation in years. we ll get the latest when senator tim kaine joins us and jerome powell heads to the house for testimony as the administration continues to battle inflation. we ll play for you the warning one democratic senator had for him. please don t drive this economy off a cliff. willie. we want to begin with the fifth and final june hearing of the january 6 house select committee set to get underway in a few hours now. today s focus, former president trump s pressure campaign on the department of justice. the house committee w
president zelenskyy and that country s desperate need for more weapons, while talking tough about another leader, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who s losing support globally over the mounting civilian casualties in gaza. among other things. meanwhile on capitol hill, house republicans are doubling down on partisan politics, with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, it comes as the president s son in standoff with house republicans over a public versus a private hearing and we re keeping an eye on wall street ahead of fed s expected decision this afternoon on the future of interest rates. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 13th. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. james stavridis. president emeritus on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. we have so much to talk about today. i mean, willie, i xwot the say, we also have a poll by the way, these polls go back and forth. we
republicans, that s good for us. that s a russian speaking. if you re being celebrated by russian propagandists, it might be time to rethink what you re doing. history history will judge harshly those who turn their back on freedom s cause. that s president biden yesterday calling out republicans for blocking critical aid to ukraine. we ll have much, much more from volodymyr zelenskyy s high stakes trip to washington straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill house republicans are choosing partisan politics over finding a compromise for that foreign aid package with a vote today on an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and also ahead we ll go through the president s harshest criticism yet of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the far-right members of the israeli government. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day us. our apologies about yesterday s technical difficu