calling the explosions targeted attacks. a bank, then another at a nike store and a suspect through a molotov cocktail at a grocery store. no one hurt. authorities are searching for the suspects. david spunt has the latest. very scary. police now on the hunt for what they believe are several people likely behind these attacks, thankfully no one was injured. several properties sustained severe damage. it happened at the businesses in northeast d.c. early yesterday. each location is a business. one is a bank. someone detonated an explosive outside the building causing damage inside. the second was a nike store. third minutes later at a safe way grocery store all closed. there was a molotov cocktail like object into the store. the suspect and a likely vehicle. likely one of several suspects. a gold or champagne colored acura tl with maryland plate. now the local police and federal alcohol, toboggan and firearms putting together why. there is $20,000 reward leading to the sus
surprised by this but homelessness grew a staggering 10% in the city last year and 9% in la county. my office staff is afraid, and it s so sad forthe people that are homeless and it s a tragedy for the community. when i went outside, there were just like families walking around, people walking their dogs. it was completely quiet and safe and boring in a good way. and now i m afraid to go out without my pepper spray. laura: horrific. and in the big apple things are off the chart bad with city shelters busting at the seams filled with illegals. now it s so bad that earlier this month, mayor eric adams even floated the idea of housing the would-be asylumees inside homes. you don t know nothing about those people. what he s doing is not good for the city. he s trying the city. i wouldn t want some stranger, illegal or not illegal, just a stranger in general. so you re saying if this opportunity keim to you you wouldn t take it? i absolutely would not. laura: it
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
many of them, just like here in nashville, gathering outside of the stadium to listen to the taylor swift because heir not ready to they re not ready to shake it off. but new jersey state police posting this warning on instagram yes, they have an instagram that they would only allow people with tickets into the surrounding parking lots saying, quote, sorry, swifties, no ticket, no taylor-gating. perhaps swift fans are asking why you gotta be so mean. [laughter] well, we might have the answer here, and i m going to start with griff jenkins [laughter] because, you know, if you were going to do some taylor-gating because you might because you love her and your family loves her, but they re not just going to let you in because, you know, you re a fan. they should. and people keep telling me, tammy, you should calm down, by but i won t, okay? because this feels like a death by a thousand cuts. i gotta tell ya [laughter] this right here is just a blank space. and me g
american people. a new fox news poll shows that the president is basing serious competition from democrats. he only captured 62% of the vote against challengers robert f. kennedy jr. and maryanne williamson, and worse, 67% of americans view a biden victory in 2024 as a disaster or setback for america, the media pointing out that biden does face an uphill battle. horrible news, horrible news for joe biden and the cnn poll. while he leads his competitors by a huge margin, 2/3 of all of the american people surveyed, 66% of the public say a biden victory would either be a setback or a disaster for the united states. our cnn poll had kennedy at 20%. we ve had two fox polls out in the last month. one had him at 16%. the other one had him at 19%. kennedy is putting up a far more impressive showing than i would have thought when he first entered the race. with numbers that bad critics say the president isn t doing himself any favors by avoiding the media. it s more than a mon