hovering over the northern u.s. plus, do you know what negative 60 degrees feels like? well, tens of millions from the northern plains to new england are under alerts for what could be some of the coldest windchills in a generation. and an nbc news exclusive, new reporting on why more than half a million migrants living in the u.s. are in legal limbo. migrants telling us quote, i couldn t believe what i was seeing. fresh outcry over another police killing. a double amputee missing both his legs trying to run from police. in just minutes, president biden expected to address those huge numbers in the latest jobs report released just this morning. what those numbers mean for our economy. we begin this hour with the pentagon on alert. nbc news was first to report that the u.s. is monitoring a suspected chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern u.s. a witness in billings, montana, captured this footage on wednesday the same day the pentagon sa
year ago that will do it for me on this in - i see you again tomorrow at pm and next saturday noo eastern, my friend yasmi vossoughian is waiting here to take it away hey, everybody. good to see you. good afternoon i am yasmin vossoughian fo you. just 48 hours away from hi arraignment, and a big new announcement from donald trump in the past few hours. plans for a big speech following his court hearin tuesday. this as a kennedy is tightenin around the manhattan - authorities prepare fo protests and democrats and republican debating what this means for the country. it s a very sad time fo america. i feel like other people deserve salad for our countr to have to go through this it s one thing when you hav a cancel culture, it s another when you have a cancel crimina justice system and the trump - remaining fiercely loyal brogdon have a chance, he s using politics as a weapon it is all made up. we will have more of th good liars talking to trum supporters ahead
back to their habitat, because when you take them out of their habitats, they re kind of creatures of nature, so they need to be out in their habitat. good morning. i think this is a question that everybody has been asking, like, all of these animals disappearing in the cages being tampered with. what the heck is happening at america s zoos. we have two monkeys that went missing in dallas. 12 squirrel monkeys taken in louisiana and an exotic toucan stolen in florida. we re going to have much more on this. and this cnn exclusive, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu making several major headlines in his one on one sit-down with our very sewn jake tapper. was israel behind the mysterious attack on iran s sites and weapons program, and will netanyahu become a mediator between russia and ukraine as this war rages on? also this morning, we have new revelations in the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, as his family and the city of memphis is preparing to mourn today
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
are standing by for possible deployment as officers across new york city are prepared as that possible rallying cry from former president trump made as a grand jury in new york city could be handing down a criminal indictment against the former president. we will talk about that and the implications. and also, a summit under way at the kremlin with russian president vladimir putin and xi jinping, and we are keeping up with their conversations. and also, the dow is up about 1%, as the fed chair jerome powell is looking at whether or not to raise the interest rates, and how are markets responding? we will keep an eye on that. and we are keeping an eye on the possible indictment, and it is possible that he could keep an eye on that possible indictment in new york city as the grand jury could send down that indictment. what do we know? michael cohen was on standby and called as a rebuttal witness and he was not at least as of yesterday. one thing to play off here is that