good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that can t believe it has to say something nice about the yankees but hey, this is a cool story. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, january 12th and we ll start with the news. with his most forceful speech yet, president biden is making his case for why he believes the senate filibuster should not stand in the way of moving forward with voting rights. i m making it clear, to protect our democracy, i support changing the senate rules. whichever way they need to be changed, to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. when it comes to protecting majority rule, in america, the majority should rule in the united states senate. not a single republican has
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, january 12th. good to have you all with us. we have the host of msnbc s poitics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. he s the author of the new book, righteous troublemakers. that s a great one right there, willie geist. it is. that s a great one. i travel with my copy. me, too. if you have the electronic books, you can carry it in your ipod. you can do that. good advertising if they have the book. talking about traveling with it. you want me to hold this up or that up? oh, my. okay, the book is out now. you can get a copy. also with us, nbc news national affairs analyst and executive editor of the recount and the host of the hell and high
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, january 12th. i m john berman, brianna is off. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me here this morning. and breaking overnight, tennis star novak djokovic opening up all kinds of new questions about his behavior, and his honesty. he now admits to not immediately isolating after testing positive for coronavirus last month, instead he did an interview and he was in a maskless photo shoot. now, this is also big. he also admits to a false travel declaration as the australian government considers another move to deport him. djokovic writing in a statement, overnight, quote, this was an error of judgment and i accept that i should have
storms the cockpit moments before takeoff. and tennis star djokovic, a swirling controversy brewing this morning. and critics from president biden s side of the aisle thinking that public shaming is enough. and waiting to talk to president trump for six years. why he finally answered the called and ended up hanging up on him. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, january 12th, and then breaking overnight, a cockpit breach just before takeoff.
senate. yeah. okay. i mean, we talked about about when chris murphy was there, i mean, you know when i was there if i stepped out of line i d hear from alan simpson, i d hear from trent lott, people saying boy, have more respect for the institution, more respect for this, more respect for that. there were giants that walked the halls then, like that time to be back, and let s see if we get this to we tried to get to stephanie ruhle in time. we re ten seconds into her show. that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage 12 seconds late into her show right now. hi there. i m stephanie ruhle here live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is wednesday, january 12th, and we start this morning s broadcast with breaking news. the latest inflation number is out, and it s a biggie. it showed prices were up 7% compared to this time last year.