welcome back, everybody. before we toss it over to "morning joe," let's get a check on the stories we'll be watching in the day ahead. >> members of the house oversight and government reform sub committee are set to hold a hearing this morning on the impact of last year's hurricane season on the u.s. virgin islands. the islands, you may recall, were left devastated. mean while, world series champions will be the special guests of president trump at the white house today. the houston astros will leave their spring training facility in west palm beach, florida, and head to washington, d.c. the team will meet with the president in the east room and present him with a jersey. that does it for us on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now.