justice for tyre. the family of tyre nichols on the eve of his funeral. it comes as there are more accusations against the police unit that beat him to death. meanwhile at the white house today president joe biden will meet with kevin mccarthy for the first time since he became speaker as to try to find a compromise on the debt ceiling. and the most talked about freshman member of congress says he can t get a fair shake not because of the many lies but because of the media s coverage of him. we ll have the latest in the george santos saga just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 1st. february already. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in memphis where tyre nichols will be laid to rest later today. vice president kamala harris and other white house officials will attend his funeral. nichols mother and stepfather invited the vice president after speaking with her on the phone yesterday mornin
President joe biden through an Inflation Reduction Party yesterday. Maybe they had summing more pleasant to do i jamming a Hedge Trimmer to your. Dont judge he held on the white house lawn because he couldnt remember where the front door was. And then this way he wouldnt on the rugs. Plus that long could always use a little extra fertilizer now he threw this party even as inflation hit 8. 3 is staff want to cancel but he had already told joe it would be balloons, clowns and a pony. [laughs] it felt like throwing a surprise with a party for a corpse than once in a corpse droned on for 25 minutes. Its funny how most memorials you dont ever wonder when is this stiff going to shut up. And really is the economy something joe biden should be celebrate in . At like the Washington Generals throwing a parade after a season applying the harlem garb globetrotters. Hooray we went 082. Like alec baldwin giving himself in a in marksmanship. What did summing happen . Its like brian throwing himself a
speaker has been brian now changing his story after a prosecutor found blood and a knife in the family s basement. there s a slew of red flags here. i want to thank president biden for giving us this opportunity. pacing the presidents border policy. meeting with president lopez obrador after visiting the southern border the first time. it s a photo up. hamlin set to the next phase of his discovery, jumping around watching the bills. i m a little bit country i m a little bit rock n roll brian: i think this is the first time they sang the song. they went on to be a variety show and the famous family. anyone who says they meet in osman, you always hear about how nice they are. and marie will be here in 15 minutes. steve: the last time donny osmond was here, he wanted to knock me off the couch. it was the sound guy s idea. go grab steve and drag him off the couch. ainsley: do we have video that? i d like to see it. brian: where is donny now? ha
Midterms that i want to talk to him about, something i think you can help us wrap our heads around. Lets start with the great state of louisiana. Every ten years, there is a census, right . The last census in 2020 shows the same churned and louisiana that was taking place across several southern states. Over the last decade, the white population shrink, and the Black Population grew. What people are now less than 56 of louisianas population and about a third of the population there is black. Yet, this is louisianas congressional delegation. Other states six members of congress, five are white republicans. One is a black democrat because even though louisiana is one third black, only one Congressional District has majority Black Population. Thats a State Lawmakers drew the Congressional Maps. But after every census, State Lawmakers get to draw new Congressional Maps and last year, despite those new Census Numbers showing a shrinking white population and a growing Black Population, louis
country have seriously considered suicide. that right there is white showing up for these vulnerable young people is so important. i want them to know, i want you to know, that you are not alone. we love you! and we will always support you! remember, if you need help, ask for it! and if you are in a position to give help, please get it! and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with us! and i will see you at the end of tomorrow. mary beth whistle about is a city clerk in madison wisconsin. spent the last 15 years running elections in that city. here she is 11 years ago, holding a mock election, in 2011 she was trying to figure out how much extra time voters would need to cast their ballots in 2012 under the state s new voter i. d. law. madison city clerk, and today we are having a mock election in the city county building to time various scenarios of voter i. d.