the u.s. capitol, field by donald trump s lie. but there is a new are bigger test for democracy that is in the hands of the court. also this hour, you will hear from a capitol police officer who defended the capitol that day. harry dunn is with us live with why he is running for congress. and also tonight, look here the man who led the nra four years into the ground is out. thanks in part to the legal process of new york s attorney general. i am paola ramos, in for a minute look at dean, let s do this. today, january 6th, marks three years since rioters violently stormed the halls of our nation s capital. three years since supporters of donald trump attempted to overturn the will of the, people and three years since americas nearly 250-year-long democratic experiment almost made its end. yesterday, president joe biden kicked off the 2024 election year by marking this anniversary with a grim warning, the threat to our democracy is still ongoing. trump is trying to stea
this morning. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in theeast, 6:00 a.m. out west. elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us. we have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that s sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. also we have the latest development on the justice department s investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general s civil investigation into his real estate dealings. release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don t know yet,
Is making another move to try to get the judge on the case thrown off. Lets get straight to cnns paula. Paula with the breaking news. What exactly are trumps lawyers attempting . Here . Which i were less than two weeks out from the beginning of this trial and hear trumps lawyers are asking the judge to allow them to file a motion for the judge, juan to recuse himself. They are arguing that he is conflicted by his daughters work as a Democratic Political consultant. Now, last year they made a similar similar request which was rejected by the judge. Im saying that it would not be in the pu inrest for him to recu hielf. Ut nowrumps lawyers are arguing sce this should be reconsidere because the judges dahter they argue is in a position to potentially financially benetf unclear if this will succeed, jake, but again, this is just another effort by the trump team. It appears to if nothing else delay this trial further. All right. Paula reid, thanks so much from trump, the defendant to trump,
closer to day two constitutional failure than it was three years ago. now you may remember in the days after the attack for just a few brief moments, our nation was nearly unified and denouncing what happened at the capitol. democrats and republins alike were quick to hold the president trump responsible for that day s events. even fears defenders of the ex president like senator lindsey graham, and now former congressman kevin mccarthy, publicly condemned him, remember. that the former president was impeached in a move that was more bipartisan than any previous impeachment. however, as you, know things are very different now. the tides have not turned. as crystal and to this point, out one that was once widespread alarm unraveling a
neil gorsuch. steve: 500 days in still no wall, still no trillion-dollar infrastructure. we need it. look, of the president has a willingness and a pen ready to sign these bills. we need republins in congress to step up and fulfill out trump promised and trump agenda. i will say this where he has been able to make decisions, he is the first president in american history to be attacked by the media for keeping his promises. look at moving the embassy to jerusalem. withdrawing from tpp. massive deregulations we talked about. canceling of the iran deal. when the chips are down. president trump said what did i say on the trail? what did i promise to voters. is he not owned by donors. not put there by the elite. he was put there by the american people. steve: he still has 962. heas another four after that. he will be convincingly reelected. steve: charlie hurt, good to have you: starbucks blaming president trump for increasing racial tension