no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
a lot of guys in suits aroundat you re looking at me, eyeballing me so you know whangt that mean, on harry potter. [laughter] mix it do it or he would walk who knew pompeo although i did overhear him talking about his hogwarts. [laughter] next month there s a new game coming out called hogwarts legacy. for all the non- dorks, dweebs,w dorks and mehon have never toucd a woman who is not a relative, the game is set in the world ofo harry potter. seems like fun but according tro the outrage you buy this game you are a bigoted monster.se for the last year transact of a seven pushing a boycott of the game over its association with author jk rowling. of course she s got nothing toao do with making the game at all. women don t know computers. [laughter] of course you will profit from that licensing rights with had certain pro- transit gruesome boiling mad.oili but they ve been that way for years. she was absent from the harry potter films 20th anniversary special. fan sites and stop
little bit of sunshine hit me with those good vibes. steve: hello, tampa bay, this is your 7:00 a.m. eastern time wake-up call now as you step out the door on this monday, march 6th. there in tampa. you have got 70 degrees and later on today it s going to be warm. going for a daytime high of 86. hope they get it. oh, they will get it. people who live there they take their boats and go dinner at night. steve: what if you don t have a boat you go hungry? ainsley: can you drive. brian: fish off the shore. ainsley: wouldn t it be nice to have that option. steve: it would be indeed. thank you everybody for filling in for me last week. i know people were wondering where i was. i have a picture of where i was. our daughter sally. [awe] and her husband had a 9-pound 1 obvious baby boy who they have named arthur and that is him right there everything has changed since our kids were little. the bottles have changed. they now have bottle warmers, wipe warmers, they
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with ari melber start right now. never more extraordinary than now. right j hi, nicolle. thank you so much. good to see you. welcome to the beat. tonight we are here as a nation. everyone got up, everyone started their day. if you re on the east coast you re ending your day, and everyone s doing just about fine you can have the america and do what you re supposed to and not worry about who gets as long as it s faithfully and fairly executed. we re a day out from what happened yesterday and everything s okay. the reality, though, is one that is different for defendant donald trump this is his first full day deal welcome an open criminal case against him not his lawyer, not his cfo, not one of his many aides. this is something he never experienced himself, and only he can say how much he thought about or emphasized with all the other many people who wer
america this weekend. kasie hunt picks up our coverage right now. good afternoon. i m kasie hunt here in washington. we re going to begin with the scramble for answers after a u.s. fighter jet were scrambled three days in a row this weekend, shooting down three separate aerial objects that were flying over north america. in just moments, the white house is going to take questions on this deepening national security mystery, as president biden faces increasing pressure to address the nation to explain what exactly is going on and who is behind these incursions. we re going to bring you that white house briefing as soon as it gets under way. but we want to get started right now with cnn s kylie atwood and phil mattingly, who are tracking all of this. kylie, let me start with you at the state department. so much of this is going to depend on what the government recovers from what is shot down. what is the status of this? if they haven t determined the origins of these objects,