Pennsylvania . Apparently a lot because the list is long. Thats the conclusion from a Senate Report just out this morning and senators from both sides, republicans and democrats, say the findings in this report are infuriating. Thats where we start today. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. You picked up a rock and oh gosh. Its not good. Senate Homeland Security Committee releasing its initial report on Security Lapses in butler, pennsylvania. Lawmakers said this, quote, the officials declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for Planning Or Security as having contributed to the failure to prevent the shooting that day. Bill meanwhile the Trump Campaign revealing intelligence officials have briefed the former president of iranian threats to assassinate him. The campaigns call the threats real and specific. Here is Senator Rand Paul earlier today on fox friends. You add that to the domestic terrorists trying to kill President
District attorney as well as Making Threats against Law Enforcement officials according to Court Documents filed a day earlier in u. S. District court in Salt Lake City. He owned numerous firearms including a sniper rifle. The complaint laid out his history of threats on social media. Other subjects of mr. Robertsons threats, Attorney General merrick garland, governor gavin newsom of california, letitia james, the new York Attorney general. This at a time donald trump is directly going after prosecutors who either indicted him like jack smith or alvin bragg or maybe on the verge of doing so. Like fani willis. Donald trump airing a Tellvision Add in atlanta and other tv markets attacking the Fulton County District Attorney charging him with his fourth criminal indictment. The new ads released Sunday Accuses Willis of previous wrongdoing. Also names attorneys who already brought charges against trump including manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg and Special Counsel jack smith. Now, n
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we ll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden s border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. you were just there in yuma. bill: we were down there. i m bill hemmer. good morning. they were getting read at the for this at the time. i was told at least some members of the democratic party or staff would a