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
and the republican party looks like an embarrassment right now. the 20 that are doing this, they have done a good job. they need to keep talking, and then they need to do what every single successful person does, you take your deal, you take your win, you take your victory lap, and let s move on, and let s get on with business. wow, rare agreement between president biden and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. both labeling the mutiny among the house republicans as embarrassing. this morning, there is still no speaker of the house. welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, january 5th. along with joe, willie, and me we have congressional investigations reporter for the washington post , jackie alemany, sam stein, the founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes, and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. still no speaker. i feel like what we saw yesterday, and we ll talk about that and show members of congress speaking on the floor but we re beginn
Keeping defers, a good start. i think they underestimated the depth of the fan anger. i was going to say to gene, do you know how kind and loving and patient mika is, she lets me, speaking of messen, she lets me watch 162 red sox games a year. if i m not watching it s on every tv in the house. she s never once complained. i m going to ask you how patient and kind and loving she is. and then i ll ask eddie if she does the same thing. that is incredible. mika, you are an angel, you are wonderful for allowing him to do that, and, you know, this thing about trading away your best players and the players that the fans really love, you know, welcome to my world. i mean, you know, we traded away
Gave i think a lot of fans a sigh of relief that they were willing to spend a lot of money to retain one of the best players in the major leagues, and they did it. jonathan lemire, is all forgiven? of course not. not even close. but they had to do this. they had to do this, after trading away mookie betts, after letting xander bogaerts go, they had to do this. the red sox owner booed over the weekend at fenway park. i was there. a lot of fan anger right now at john henry and that ownership group. they simply had to. it s a good start, absolutely. a corner stone player, face of the franchise, they had to do it, but it s still been a pretty confounding off season, and there s hope for them should quell a little bit of the fan anger. they got a ways to go. sam stein, is all forgiven? no, i m still angry over mookie betts, and it s been, what, three years now. can we undo that trade too?