. today on inside politics, a courtroom stunt. donald trump is stepping away from the trail and choosing to sit inside a new york city court right now. the reason is pretty simple. he thinks it s the best place to boost his campaign. plus, four days left. nikki haley and ron desantis are crisscrossing iowa after facing off in our heated cnn debate. they were quick to fire off attacks on each other, but did they spend enough time taking on the far and away front-runner? and hunter biden is heading to a los angeles courtroom today to be arraigned on federal tax charges, as the white house worries his legal troubles could lead to more political troubles for his father. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin in new york where closing arguments are under way in donald trump s civil fraud trial, with hundreds of millions of dollars and the future of the trump organization on the line. the former president is inside the courtroom right now
a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri
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
urged his colleagues to recognize the narrowness of their majority. are you worried that one of these guys is going to make a move on you? no, i m not worried about that at all. they re close friends of mine. we agree on the principles. i m a life long hard core conservative. i want to get as many policies wins as we can, but the reality is we have a small majority, so in a situation like that, you re not going to get everything you want. you get what you can get. and we have been trying to negotiate to make that happen and we re going to continue and keep the team together. just another day at the office. and one of the big questions whether or not johnson would include tougher border restrictions, dealing with the migration crisis at the southern border, trying to put new language, policy restrictions in a must-pass spending bill. that s what the hard liners are demanding. they re saying we should shut down the government if we don t get our way. johnson has not gone that far.
be and this bag when i go back to denver is not getting checked. it s staying right here with me because, oh, i m not losing it again. relief from one passenger. but the journey to reunite with their bags continues for some others. amara. he was overjoyed. understandably. adr adrienne broaddus, thank you so much. another big change for travelers, the u.s. will start requiring all travelers coming from china to show a negative covid test before their flight. the policy goes into effect january 5th. covid cases have exploded in china after the country lifted the bulk of its zero covid policy restrictions. joining me now is dr. william shaf shaffner from vanderbilt. is it the right call, the