now? so let s be real clear about one thing, there is no actual crisis here. this is entirely a crisis of their making if it occurs. president joe biden continues to call out house republicans over the debt ceiling, delivering, what sure sounded like a 2024 stump speech. meanwhile on capitol hill republican senators air their grievances with the attorney general. and also ahead, a major move on the price of insulin that will bring much needed relief for millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 2nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland faced a barrage of attacks from republican lawmakers yesterday during a senate judiciary committee hearing. as is customary for an attorney general to do, garland appeared before the new congress to answer questions about a wide range of topics. but the a.g. spent a large portion of the four-hour hearing de
increasing inflation. well, it has the advantage of not only people being able to live longer and better and be able to perform their prescription drugs, but, guess what? it reduces the deficit $158 billion. [ applause ] don t forget that part to tell people. it s not just that you pay less for the drug. it means that the federal government isn t paying for the drugs for medicare. president joe biden in baltimore last night, debunking republican claims about the deficit and calling on democrats to remind americans what his administration has achieved over the past two years. meanwhile, on capitol hill, a hearing dominated by grievance politics, as attorney general merrick garland makes his first appearance before the new congress. he actually had insurrectionists. right. like, the guy with, like what is it, willie, the bird bone hands, like, doing the power to the people signal. the raised fist. that s right. raised fist of a bird. yeah. there it is. the
The longer you can do what, frankly, is a rose garden strategy. look at me governing. i m a great leader. i don t have to get in the mud with donald trump. polls show him trailing, so he ll have to get in the mud a little bit. for now, it is working. don t take risks. don t stand on a stage where he might get booed. and hand it over to donald trump and say, it s not actually that important. we ll see how national audiences respond to desantis once they get to know him. also, pompeo, pence, the like, when will they jump in, too? brandon buck, thank you so much for your insight this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. with the morning joe starts right now. i love your republican colleagues you have to work with, but the maga republicans, they re amazing. they re really amazing, their calculations. they say biden and the democrats, because they brought down the price of drugs, they re