These hearings, in a very real way, are the opening salvo for holding the Trump administration

accountable to the public. We will use these hearings to show the contrast between Donald

Trump's agenda of helping the special interests, especially the very wealthy, and the Democrats'

agenda to fight for working Americans.

Nominees should expect tough, candid, but fair questioning.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer laying out the Democrats' approach to this week's

confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's cabinet. Today, Pete Hegeseth, the president-elects

pick to lead the Pentagon, will be the first to face lawmakers. We're going to go through the

new reporting on a critical witness connected to the former Fox News host whose calls to the FBI

were not returned. Plus, Jack Smith releases his team's report on Donald Trump's effort to

overturn the results of the 2020 election. We'll dig into why the special counsel is confident

the case would have resulted in a conviction. Also ahead, President Biden delivers his final

foreign policy speech, highlighting his accomplishments on the world stage,

strengthening relationships with our allies while putting more pressure on America's adversaries.

We'll play for you the key moments from that address.

Meanwhile, in that speech, the president suggested a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas could be imminent.

We'll have the latest on those negotiations.

Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe.

It is Tuesday, January 14th along with Joe, Willie, and me.

We have the co-host of our fourth hour, Jonathan Lemire,

and MSNBC contributor, Mike Barnacle, is with us. We have all those stories ahead, but Willie,

of course, we start in California. Yeah, a dangerous day ahead, it looks like, because those strong

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