enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
There has only been, listen to this, one such whale killed off the coast of South Carolina in the last 50 year. On the other hand, the windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that. Theyre washing up on shore. I saw it this weekend, three came up. They wouldnt you wouldnt see it once a year. Now, theyre coming up on a weekly basis. The windmills are driving them crazy. Theyre driving theyre driving the whales, i think, a little batty. Theyre washing up on shore at levels never seen before. They want to stop your boats. One in 50 years, can you imagine that . Donald trump yesterday in South Carolina continuing his weird war against windmills. Well have more from his rally yesterday, including another moment where he seemed to be confused about his opponent. This is at least the second time in a week. Plus, trumps former Defense Secretary is defending outgoing Joint Chiefs Of Staff mark milley after the former president suggested genera
the 6th? well, the justice department wants to make sure when they bring charges, if they bring charges, they have a chance of convicting the former president because they know how monumental and historic that would be. it s true, it s hard to imagine a framework in which you have a experience that does not have some kind of leadership. conspiracies are generally driven by somebody, they re generally in the name of somebody. and the indications from the justice department are that they re taking this very seriously and looking at all the possibilities and looking at all the charges. again, they don t want to charge the former president, especially not with something that would be as big as seditious conspiracy, without being very sure they were going to lead to a conviction. you wrote the book, jonathan lemire, on this obviously. we have of course during the presidential keep, oath keepers, or proud boys, stand back and stand by, come on january 6th.