london. max foster is on assignment with the royals in boston. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the first state visit. the first foreign leader welcomed. having the red carpet rolled out for them. very symbolic moment. how we can do more for the years to come. how democrats now have donald trump s tax returns. we would like to have all the transcripts and all the other evidence. when they pass this baton to the justice department, what happens then? there has been no suspect identified and no arrests made. i m afraid we re going to have to try because we lost four beautiful souls. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s thursday, december 1st. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. here in washington.
to pay for my own gas. one of the advantages of being vice president is i get to drive my own car again. one of the bad parts is i get to pay for my own gas. you get to drive your own car. the bat pard you is you get pay for your own gas. one of the advantages of no longer being vice president is i get to to drive my own car. but the bad part is you get to pay for your own gas. but the truth is it is no laughing matter. no. get that man on hollywood squares. might want to come up with a new one. welcome back to morning joe. circle marks the square. what say you. it is thursday, december 1st, katty kay and eugene robinson are still with us. and we start this hour, the third hour of morning joe with president biden and first lady jill biden. set to welcome the president of france. emmanuel macron and his wife to
americans. democrats make history with their new leader in the house, and while he s offering up bipartisanship, the republican hoping to become speaker seems more focused on politically motivated investigations. welcome back to morning joe. it is thursday, december 1st. katty kay is still with us. and joining the conversation, we have pulitzer prize winning associate editor of the washington post bob woodward. chief who s correspondent for the new york times, peter baker, and pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson is with us. what a great group we have for this hour, and, joe, the dems are hoping to move forward and try and work with republicans with the new leadership. you could hear that. we ll see. yeah, i heard that. we ll see. you also heard him talk about a temporary majority, so, yeah, we ll see what happens. i m just curious, though, i want to start with bob woodward.
good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 1st. thank you for starting your day with us. kevin mccarthy issued a warning to those investigating january 6. mccarthy said the committee s work will be investigated once republicans take control of the house in january. mccarthy who did not comply with subpoena to appear before the committee demanded the panel preserve the records. house rules are already require the committee to do so. mccarthy goes on to accuse the panel of not telling the full story of the january 6 attack and pledges to hold further hearings in the future. speaking to reporters off camera yesterday, chairman thompson responded to mccarthy s letter saying in part he had a chance to have members on the committee. we ll do our work and we ll end december 31st.
da. welcome to morning joe, it is thursday, december 1st. guys, we re getting to christmas now. you need to get your shopping done. along with joe, willie and me, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. and former white house press secretary, now msnbc host, jen psaki, and ceo of the jim messina group, he ran barack obama s 2012 reelection campaign. a lot going on, and georgia getting closer to the runoff. a lot going on in georgia. some crazy stuff going on in arizona where republicans are so desperate to own the libs, they seem to be willing to lose election races now to own the libs. i guess that s where this ends up. donald trump s tax returns now in the hands of the ways and means committee on capitol hill.