a clear-cut exemption for raped children. plus, the u.s. military is the latest target of the right wing culture wars with senator tommy tubervillle blocking military promotions and now a school district is banning the military memoir jarhead, author anthony swafford joins me tonight. but we begin tonight with the on going efforts by donald trump s maga minions in congress to go to bat for their dear leader, acting not as representatives of the american people but as an extension of the defense team for the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president. you may remember that one of trump s most loyal followers in the house, jim jordan, made it very clear last summer that defending trump was going to be their top priority. with just one goal in mind if they took the house in the midterms all those things need to be investigated just so you have the truth. plus, that will help frame up the 2024 race when i hope and i think president trump is going to run again. we
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. what is the specific constitutional crime that you re investigating? well, we re having an inquiry, so we can do an investigation and get the production witnesses and what is the crime you re investigating? and documents. high crimes, misdemeanors and what are you investigating? look, once i get time, i will explain what we re looking at. wow. that has the real vibe of a kid who did not prepare for the class presentation. the book was not just about mice, but it also had men. that clip is the house republican agenda in a nutshell. that was also my high school career. yeah. in a nutshell. he s not lying. the lower chamber is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry despite presenting no evidence of any wrongdoing by the president. the vote came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans, challenging them to hold a public hearing for his testimony. we ll ha
iowa that you now know will actually vote them out as people were chanting there? or if not, do you think people will start to leave? i hope so. i hope people vote them out because the des moines register did a poll. 61% of iowans did not agree to taking away the right of abortion access. and i think that you know my the words that i said, i think that since i ve moved here and i know the people of iowa, they really are salt of the earth people. i mean, they just work everyday. people with money. they have combines and land. it s not like you see maseratis. there s no sports team. no tourism types of beaches and things like that. so people here are really salt of the earth people. but i think seeing the 61% have absolutely said they believe that this access should be