politicsnation. tonight s lead, justice for all. . tonight, from a president and current candidate donald trump. responding to news of his federal indictment. special counsel jack smith unveiled of the charges yesterday which included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information as well as making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. trump is accused of holding on to sensitive documents that he had no right to keep. and resisting requests from the national archives to return them, even against the advice of his own lawyers. the charges are serious and consequential and yet trump s response is all too familiar. in georgia today he called the indictments baseless and accused to the biden administration of weaponizing the justice department. the former president is hoping that once again he can dodge a counter ability about riling up his maga army of supporters and pressuring the republican party to rally behind him. but when donald trump v
that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. we re also following the devastating aftermath of a powerful earthquake that left hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning, rescue crews are searching through rubble for any survivors. and back in washington, there is a major gop donor looking to, quote, turn the page on the past several years in an apparent rebuke of former president trump. we ll explain that development. plus four more years! four more years! four more years! president biden got a surge of support at the democratic national committee s annual winter meeting in philadelphia on friday. as democrats approve a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its presidential nominees. we ll speak to the chairman of the dnc just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 6th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at po
accountable? i don t know if i can say this happy st. patrick s day is that okay? st. patrick s did we dig up something on him? what did he do? good morning everybody, it is 6 a.m. here in the east we start with extreme weather. heavy winds and rain still bat ergs portions of the southeast with millions on high alert. bracing for potential tornadoes at least 21 twisters touched down in portions of the south ainsley. ainsley: leaving destruction in alabama, mississippi, a thousand now without power. bad in alabama too an electric company sharing this picture of a boat wrapped around top of a tree. that s a boat. janice dean is tracking the dangerous storms she told us about it yesterday. man, it came janice. another day ahead so more people are going to be targeted by these storms know what to do if there s a watch or warning in your area and we have tornado watches in effect. there are reports of tornadoes yesterday, the watch extending in towards florida as well