here. take a look at the misery map, more miserable virtually by the moment. john: you have to love the misery map. america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts, good day to you again. gillian: no misery here, all good, all happy, not complaining about anything for a change. john: might be misery for you, but not gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra smith, we ll take you live to the snow zone but first overseas. john: president biden jetting back to washington and leaving behind a new axis of evil. china and russia showcasing their close ties with iran in tow. gillian: declaring a no limits partnership, experts say not only a threat to ukraine but the future of taiwan as well. john: when chinese president xi jinping makes a trip to moscow in the spring. china says they plan to play peacemaker but they doubt intentions. they are working together today to reach those goals. john: where do we stand against our adversaries? we will take th
for a democratic president. oh, i see. i know what you mean. and we ll have the latest developments from eastern europe as allies are at odds in sending tanks to ukraine. germany was going to block the tanks, now they re talking about letting poland send tanks. it looks like the tanks are going to be going to ukraine. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, january 23rd. with us the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. mike is here for the morning, that s if he doesn t, you know. the irish good-bye with the jacket on the back of the chair. we ll see you in a few minutes. we re going to get to all of these stories. we have an awful lot to talk about. ambassador bill taylor is going to be talking about ukraine. let s talk first, though, about nfl playoffs. first, jonathan lemire, i ll go to you. there are two quarterbacks that did very well. patrick mahomes gutted it
moving into this official impeachment inquiry phase. it has now been formalized. a new election year headache, house republicans have officially opened an impeachment inquiry against joe biden as they look into the family finances. this morning continued questions, though, for proof, any proof of high crime or misdemeanor. a judge pushing pause on the federal election subversion case against the former president. what does it mean now for that march trial date. u.s. intel says nearly half israeli munitionop gaza. that means they re unguided and precise and they could be contributed to the staggering civilian death toll. cnn this morning starts right now. house republicans have officially launched their impeachment inquiry into president biden, even though they ve struggled to say what he did wrong or show any evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors after 11 months of digging. republicans voted along party lines unanimously to formally approve the probe with zero su
any moment president biden will meet with the mexico president on the final day of the apec summit in san francisco. while tensions rise between countries over the record amounts of migrants crossing the southern border, border officials warn mexico has handed over their side of the border to the drug cartels. sandra: one issue he is likely to press on, cracking down on deadly fentanyl trafficking, killed more than 70,000 americans last year alone. we are monitoring that meeting for you. we ll bring you the news from it as it comes in. john: that may be just the beginning. anti-israel activists calling for a day of action today as anger grows among the democratic base over president biden s support for israel and rejection of a ceasefire in gaza. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be with you this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york. far left protestors from coast to coast are set to take to the streets in what they are calling a shut down fo
real o high alert. the iran backed group entered the battle show he stopped short of fully engaging in the warp blinken pushes for pauses in the war something netanyahu not agreed tochlt for his part blinken will head to jordan to discuss the need to protect civilian in gazasm go now to alex live in tel aviv with the latest on what she is seeing. alex? u.s. seventh state was here in tel aviv we called for a pause to help civil yen in the middle. israeli officials the primes and the defense minster say a cease-fire is off the table especially as the idf move in on gaza taking out infrastructure above and below ground. the airforce is standing by to take out targets. blinken called to stop the widening conflict and protect civilians and bring in aid. white house said 100 aid trucks brought in. the white house also adding that as many as 100 u.s. citizens and family members were able to leave gaza in the last day yoochlt say tsai. thank you another update at the b. hour and fu