there s an old interview question that the great barbara walters had teed up. what kind of tree would you be? for some reason, i asked martha this question. there is an old interview question. what kind of tree would you be. for some reason i asked this question. martha answered, i am the beechtree. the beach is the mother of all trees. the beechtree has a smooth skin but it s very hard and impenetrable. because i m a mother, all the other trees are underneath me. it is impenetrable. martha started planning the comeback the moment she was arrested. says she is ready for jail now. today in what was one of the more surreal conferences, she said she is ready for jail. thank you for coming here on such short notice. advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans are. it is a long time to eat away at a company. the only way to reclaim my life and quality of life with certainty is to serve my sentence and surrender to authorities so i can return as soon as p
martha answered i am the beech tree. the beach is the mother of all trees. and the beech tree has a smooth skin, but it s very hard and impenetrable. and because i m the mother, then all the other trees are underneath me. it is the mother tree. and it is impenetrable. she has always believed that she can weather everything. martha started planning her comeback the moment she was arrested. [applause] today, in what was one of the more surreal news conferences we ve seen in quite some time, the homestyle maven says she is ready for jail now. - good morning, everybody. and thank you for coming here today on such short notice. for two years and seven months, she had no control. it was advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans were. the government, both prosecutors and securities regulators, on her tail. that s quite a long time to really eat away at a company. - the only way to reclaim my life and the quality of life for all those related to me, with certainty n
killed and others were injured in a drone strike near the border of syria. we ll go through the details of the attack and show you how the president is responding. plus, donald trump is now on the hook for a massive payout to e. jean carroll after a jury awarded the writer $83 million in defamation damages. we ll get expert legal analysis on that as well as the looming case that can further impact trump s bank account. and a stunning second half comeback sends the san francisco 49ers to the super bowl, setting up a rematch of the 2020 big game with the kansas city chiefs. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, january 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning with developing news out of the middle east and the deaths of three u.s. servicemembers in nort jordan. it happened yesterday at a logistics support base near jordan s border with syria. a drone packed with e
the united states. we await the full force of president biden s response to the drone attack that took the lives of three of our american soldiers. general jack keane says that it is time for the white house to wake up. he explains that in moments. he will join us. first, a chilling new warning from fbi director christopher wray who says that chinese hackers are preparing to wreak havoc all over our infrastructure systems. watch. the prc hackers are targeting our critical infrastructure, our water treatment plants, our electrical grid, our oil and natural gas pipelines. our transportation systems. the ccps dangerous actions, china s multipronged assault on our national and economic security make it the defining threat of our generation. martha: gop senator tom cotton fresh from the hearing where he grilled the ceo of tik tok, some interesting back and forth there. he calls tik tok, the senator does a propaganda machine for china. first to david spunt with the back story f
officials decide to remove donald trump from maine s primary ballot. but what happens next? and could other states follow suit? i ll talk to one of the lead plaintiffs in the case. plus, the do nothing congress. congressional republicans face a hefty to-do list when they return to work in the new year. including keeping the government open. so why are they already putting their focus on an impeachment inquiry into president biden, despite no evidence of wrongdoing? and as the war between israel and hamas wages on, we will take a closer look at how the conflict has become a political and religious flash point, in this country. a powerful discussion with a diverse group of faith leaders is coming up. we begin this hour with donald trump getting the booed off the 2024 primary ballot in a 2nd state. on thursday, in a historic move, main secretary of state shenna bellows ruled that trump is not qualified to hold the office of the presidency under section 3 of the 14th amendment to