we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate, the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this memorial day, veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home. i think about them probably every day almost. yeah, really. you don t every forget it. a look at some of the incredible americans we lost at war, coming up. hi, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announced that they have struck an agree
agreement in principle. president biden and speaker mccarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit. we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader congresswoman jamila jayapal and dusty johnson next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead? republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus break the wheel. three years after the murder of george floyd has there been any real change in police violence? the path forward when the man p who prosecuted floyd s killer keith ellison joins me. hi. i m jake tapper in washington with where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announ
manhattan d.a. alvin bragg turns the screws on trump s former cfo. and later, our conversation with abortion providers here in new york as they prepare for the possible and of mifepristone, and another southern state passes a strict ban on most procedures. plus, the dreamers take on desantis in florida state capital, we will speak with two of them, they went to tallahassee to confront lawmakers face to face and more. this is american voices. we begin this hour with a fight over the nation s debt limit as the deadline to reach a deal is now less than two weeks away. it is a show down the world is closely watching. as house republicans threaten to use our economy as a pawn to force spending cuts. nbc news has learned a, quote, candid discussion on the desk that limit between the white house and house republicans stretched late into the night friday. however, house speaker kevin mccarthy now says that negotiations won t resume until president biden returns to the u.s.. bac
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
challenging. you cannot and should not do it unless you have a full tank. we give all that we can for as long as we can, and then it s time. and so, for me it s time. good morning, everyone. poppy is off wi, kaitlan and i here. when it s time to go, it s time to go. it shocked a lot of people. that was a resignation that people were not expected. that was new zealand s prime minister resigning. we ll discuss her surprise announcement in a moment with christiane amanpour. plus president biden has been planning to announce his re-election bid after february 7th but then came the document scandal does that delay his decision. there is a new george santos lie. the new york lawmaker claims repeatedly and consistently that his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11 now we know she wasn t even in the country. a bold prediction by volodymyr zelenskyy in a speech in davos, vowing his country will reclaim crimea from the russians. but we begin with this president