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thank you for joining us. we ll begin in washington where congress returns to capitol hill this week after a holiday break with several pressing issues to address. lawmakers are facing a series of deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. funding for several agencies is due to expire on january 19th, and then in february. there s also that second funding deadline they ll have to contend with. the issue of military aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan, and broader concerns about security at the u.s. southern border. leadership in both parties have been in talks about overall funding. some republicans have shown they re willing to force a shutdown soefr border security messages. joining us, anchor of inside politics sunday , manu raju. manu, the latest on these negotiations, what do you know about them? this is going to be a huge test for the u new speaker, mike johnson. he essentially set up the situation that we re headed into at the moment, which is a government ....
and harlan crow and harlan crow refusing to as he is politely requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow has spent on clarence thomas will get the senator s latest attempt to get that information. he has been leading to charge on that, it way that was so critical given the utter silence honors so i m eager there s a tweet i want to redo, this is from feisty granny, which is a handle that i think will probably be available to you 40 years from now when you might want to use it. she says i never have doubts that this was not his first time dealing with negotiations. he knows what he s doing, i ignored all of the breathless reporting, knowing that it would be okay. she is, of course, talking about president biden s handling of the debt ceiling negotiations. feisty granny is just much cooler than i am about this, i was worried for months and weeks but it turns out the guesswork thing that i offered to the audience last week turned out to be pretty much ....
requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow spent on clarence thomas. we ll get the senator s latest attempt to get that information, when he joins us tonight. lawrence, he has been leading the charge on that in a way that i think is so critical, given the other silence from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i am eager to hear what he says. he has really stepped up. alex, there is a tweet that i want to read to you. this is from feisty granny, which is a handout that i think will probably available to you for years from now, she says, i never had doubts. this was not his first time dealing with the negotiations. he knows what he is doing. i ignored all the breathless reporting knowing that it would be okay. she is of course talking about president biden s handling at the debt ceiling negotiations. feisty granny is just much cooler than i am about this. i was worried for months and weeks. but it turns out that the guesswork thing that i of ....
so you can go ahead, good evening. the prime minister has said he takes extremely seriously the allegations against the former conservative peer, baroness mone. he said the government was taking legal action against the company run by her husband ppe medpro. in an interview with the bbc, michelle mone admitted lying about her links to the medical clothing company and confirmed she and her family stand to benefit from the £60 million profit made during the pandemic. the couple apologised for denying their role in the deal for more than three years. and today baroness mone has hit back at rishi sunak, saying she was honest with the government over the contracts. 0ur poltical editor chris mason is in westminster this evening. it was an extraordinary interview. you can watch or listen to yourself on the iplayer or bbc sounds. it was the story of an emergency. human foibles, taxpayers money, making money, truth and lying. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks ....
it might take several iterations of this going forward. republican infighting and dysfunction, that s the theme in washington, d.c. right now. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany, thank you. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. are you concerned about america s reputation on the world stage given the level of brinksmanship we have seen this year? based on the maga republican support, yes. based on what my administration is doing, no. president biden blaming maga republicans as the country falters and how the movement is endangering democracy. this as house speaker kevin mccarthy defied if right wing of his party. and partnered with democrats to keep congress running. now his job could be on the line. we ll discuss mccarthy s fate and who he may need to turn for help. plus, hours from now donald trump will appear in court in manhattan for t ....