so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
stramos from memphis. alec baldwin formally charged along with the woman who handles the gun on the set, the armorer hannah gutierrez-reed. the evidence prosecutors say they have. mola lenghi on what both could now face. the newly elected new york congressman who lied about so many parts of his life story, george santos, and the apology today for lying about his education. embellishing his resume. and agreeing to step away from committee assignments for now. rachel scott tonight asking santos, was he pressured to do so? and the new interview tonight, santos on why he should get to stay in congress. president biden and the documents. the white house pressed tonight, why did the american people not know that the fbi searched his private office in november, the one he used after he was vice president, after his own team found those classified documents? the white house says the president has cooperated and has been transparent throughout all of this. mary bruce tonight.
a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner? high wind warnings for tens of millions. gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we re tracking it. a top executive from southwest airlines on the hotseat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holidays. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the zest of rust. and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. what the world needs now this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds. cause for celebration. an injection of hope for those still digging in search of life. one of those moments p
meanwhile, the trump desantis rivalry is heating up. we ll show you how the florida governor responded to the covid criticism. we ll look at the rnc s 2024 playbook as party leaders want to double down on an issue that lost them the elections in the midterms. running straight into loserville. and today, president joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy sit down at the white house in hopes of ending the standoff over the debt ceiling. plus reverend al sharpton joins us live from memphis ahead of his eulogy today for tyre nichols. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, february 1st. along with joe, good to have you back. good to be back. willie and me. we have jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. so we start with today s high stakes meeting between president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. their focus, ending the standoff over the debt ce
don t match up with videos. and cnn s interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he s revealing whether he would consider acting as a wartime mediator between ukraine and russia. and a look at donald trump s defiant deposition in a fraud investigation in new york. this, as he faces a new criminal probe of hush money payments over his alleged affair with porn star stormy daniels. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the glaring discrepancies between the initial memphis police report from tyre nichols and his arrest and beating. we have all the new developments. reporter: a bundle of contradictions between what the world witnessed in the video showing police beating nichols and what was found in the initial police report about the incident. first reported by the new york times, the photo of a police report was posted online by a memphis talk show post