The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3:

• Lara Jakes of The New York Times writes that a new Pentagon report “found that American officials and diplomats had failed to quickly or fully account for all of the nearly 40,000 weapons sent to the front” in Ukraine. She continues: “More than $1 billion worth of shoulder-fired missiles, kamikaze drones and night-vision goggles that the United States has sent to Ukraine have not been properly tracked by American officials…concerns that they could be stolen or smuggled at a time when Congress is debating whether to send more military aid to Kyiv.” You can read Jakes’ full report here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/world/europe/us-military-aid-ukraine.html
• During Thursday’s White House press briefing, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs John Kirby was asked to answer for the Pentagon’s report that an estimated $1 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine could not be accounted for—Kirby said he the Biden Administration would attempt to improve accountability.
• Rich has his new, fancy pizza oven installed at his home. Matt wonders if Rich has ever cooked Ellio’s frozen pizza in it…
• On Wednesday night, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participated in a town hall event on Fox News. At one point, hosts Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier asked Trump for his reaction to political rival Chris Christie dropping out of the race. Trump said the bigger story was Christie’s “hot mic” moment where he insisted Nikki Haley would be “smoked” in the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
• Following Chris Christie’s decision to drop out of the Republican presidential primary, MSNBC’s Symone Sanders said she “wouldn’t be surprised” to see Christie at the DNC convention later this year.