new hampshire and defeat crooking joe biden and we re going to make america great again. can you hear that sound? [cheers and applause] that s the sound of a two-person race. [cheers and applause] bill: here we go, election eve in beautiful bedford, new hampshire. just like the painting drew it up. republican field is down to two in this election. the outcome could be a game changer going forward. good morning. hope you had a great weekend. monday and we re live in new hampshire. i m bill hemmer. dana: great to be with you. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. it s wonderful to come back to bedford, new hampshire, a beautiful and wonderful state. they have had a lot of politics here before we arrived. bill: everybody is engaged and what we love to see. dana: the latest poll shows former president trump leading nikki haley by nearly 20 points. the race narrowed to a one-on-one match-up after yesterday s surprise resignation by florida governor ron desantis.
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
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.