Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
Over tiktok taking place now. The house voting on a bill to force the chinese owner to sell the app or be banned in the United States. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom. Im dana perino. Always a quick turn around. Bill im bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Some lawmakers say the chinesebased company is a threat to National Security. Others say tiktok ban would limit free speech online. That bipartisan bill expected to pass but faces an uncertain future once it hits the senate. Jim jordan on stand by. Chad pergram has the news live from the hill. Hello to you. Theyre coming to the closing moments of this debate. One vote coming up in this series taking about 20, 25 minutes here but they believe they have the votes to pass this bill. It will take a 2 three vote. If all 432 members of the house vote that will be 288. But they expect to be well alove that threshold. Look to see, though, if some of the concern that former President Trump has expressed suppresses the gop vote a
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. Have a great show. Thank you. And welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with House Republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. I mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president bidens Classified Information. Today hur repeated his reports findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. We did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. Biden. Republicans had hoped that the hearing would
Rib. Well, its your reports. I think it actually is more fitting that you read those most notably after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, mr. Trump allegedly did the opposite you going according to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it. You may stop there. Thank you. You mentioned the indictment against mr. Trump for mishandling sensitive classified National Security information. That indictment says at the end of his presidency, mr. Trump, im looking for my indictment here. I have it here mr. Trump himself ordered that boxes containing classified materials go to maralago where he hosted Tens Of Thousands of guests. Then he kept these sensitive materials carelessly about the property as you can see here, classified documents ended up in a bathroom, a ballroom on a floor spoon about and when a grand jury s
Beach was closed earlier after at least one possible shark sighting. Talking with officials to use the hightech drones to see if they can see shark activity. As the woman continues to recover, telling everyone to be vigilant. Sandra is she still in Critical Condition . Shes in the hospital in stable condition now, she was in critical last night, but still, when we saw pictures from the beachgoers were injuries were bad. Sandra a lot of blood loss, i know that. And we are at brandnew hour here, top of the hour and a fox news alert, two Top Republican candidates holding duelling events in the Battle Ground state of New Hampshire. Donald trump campaigning the First Time Since his indictment. John and we are about two weeks out from the first republican president ial debate right here on fox. Sandra and America Reports kicks off hour two. Sandra smith in new york. John im john roberts in washington. Any moment now President Biden will take the podium all the way across the country in arizo