Has the details from Los Angeles. Evan, what do we now . Well, this was a bit of a Surprise Gambit that we had in court here, just about 20 minutes ago here in Los Angeles Dana Hunter bidens attorneys asked for him to enter an unusual plea. Its called an Alford Plea where Hunter Biden would accept whatever punishment that judge doles out, but he maintains his innocence and instead of Pleading Guilty, hes maintaining his or is attempting to maintain his innocence. Of course, as expected the Justice Department does not does not agree with this and they objected in court to this request from Hunter Bidens attorneys and now the judge has called for break for a couple of hours while he considers what steps to take next. Now this is unusual as you pointed out as i pointed out, today, obviously was the first day of Jury Selection and this trial this is a Hunter Bidens second time going on trial earlier this year, he was found guilty on gun charges in delaware. And these charges have to do wit
we ll bring you updates as soon as they come in. we have someone on the ground there and we re getting information. plus we have breaking news out of baghdad. a u.s. air strike targeting the headquarters of an iran-backed militia killing a high ranking commander. iranian proxies are targeting troops for months. more on the developing story. let s get you to this first. 312 suspects on the terrorist watch list that have been apprehended. we have no idea how many terrorists have come into the country and set up terrorism cells across the nation. dana: the homeland as a hafsh he en for terrorists. mike johnson leading one of the largest delegations coming to the border and exposing how the chaos is endangering americans on u.s. soil. welcome to america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: the morning is busy. bill hemmer. president biden under increasing pressure to get a handle on this matter. instead of pivoting on their policies the administration is passi
system forced the faa to ground flights. majority are on the east coast. the white house is monitoring the situation. bill: let s begin in atlanta, often the most the busiest every day. steve harrigan is there live. what s happening? a lot of confusion among travelers here at the world s busiest airport. people trying to arrive and figure out what s going on. will their flights take off? updates in the past few minutes from the faa. they say normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the u.s. following an overnight outage to the notam system. the ground stop has been lifted. we can continue to look into the cause of the initial problem. for about an hour and a half there was a full ground stop on flights all across the u.s. even though that s lifted now, flights are beginning to get back to normal. airport officials around the country say it still could be a very long day for travelers. always a ripple effect when something impacts a flight. if they c
morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing
diagnosis is mild. it may be is stillti a triggering event for the dcll establishment. what if something happens tohi the president and kamala harris has to step in? well, this is a terrifyingin prospect for anyone who s followed her performance over the past few years. now in an administration of punchlines, she s in a class by herself last sunday during a podcast interview where she managed to make the democrats holy grail of abortion soundib ever more callous. if that s possible, watch. you know, listen, women aren getting pregnant every day in america and this is a real issue and we need to act with a sense of haste about what is at play, what is at stake. there s a baby at play. > just to clarify now, at least she didn t do the trademark in a cackle aten the end of that,d but she was saying saving all that for today in indianapolis where she was nervously avoiding anyit opportunity for q&a with the press. so in terms of the format, we ll let the pressss and repres