Renegged on the deal. John hunter has swapped out his lead attorney with abby lowell. David, appears the two sides are growing further and further apart on this. Very far apart, john and gillian. Its amazing, not even three weeks ago on july 26th in wilmington, david weiss was sitting feet away from hunter biden and his attorneys, things were cordial, at least at the beginning getting ready to enter the plea deal, now things have fallen apart and growing further apart. The filing that just came in, david weiss says first the government did not reneg on the previously signed Plea Agreement as he asserts. Hunter bidens attorneys says the gun charge, he was accused of lying on a federal form is valid, it was signed by both parties. The defendant, his attorneys say they have a binding and bilateral diversion agreement. Weisss team says its not valid, even though it was signed as bidens attorneys suggest. And to reiterate the withdrawn agreement is not in effect. And chris clark was the chi
you see, music isn t just the harmony of sound. it s the harmony of human beings, of different races, genders, religions, identities, sexual orientations knowing we re different but rejecting division to find moments of joy and unity and harmony. and that s what music is all about. yes, the right s biggest nightmare. a celebration of everything they fear broadcast to an audience of millions. they can t stop it, but they surely will keep on trying. also tonight, the florida governor s efforts to whitewash history preceded very controversial changes by the college board to a proposed a.p. african american studies course. but was desantis behind the updates? kimberly crenshaw, one of the scholars expunged from the course joins me. i ll also talk to an executive with the college board. and we are on the eve of president biden s state of the union address, following a year of impressive victories. now he looks ahead to next year and increasingly likely re-election campaign
i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. permanently disbanded. a major change at the memphis police department after the beating death of tyre nichols as the country sees another night of protests. ukrainian officials say, quote, fast-paced negotiations are underway with western allies to supply the country with long-range missiles amid days of russian attacks. how vital the weapons could be to ukraine in its fight against russia. i do fear for the future and what it may hold. you think there could be another january 6th in this country? yes. plus, a former twitter employee blowing the whistle about what she says were the company s failures leading up to the insurrection. why she is not satisfied with the january 6th committee and concerned this could all happen again. also, artificial intelligence with some very real world impacts. more on that viral tool chatgpt and why it s raising concern among america s teachers on cnn this morning. sunday, january 29th. we
high-profile case of police brutality to result in charges. five former officers indicted. the victim s family says he was beaten like a human pinata. what led to nichols death is the big question. plus, the murder trial for alex murdaugh accused of killing his wife and son. the first witnesses called to testify and the key reporting the jury heard today. plus, democratic congressman adam schiff drops his name in what s shaping up to be a hotly contested senate race. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. we start with breaking news. five fired memphis police officers have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. the shelby county district attorney announced the charges which include second degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and assault. police officers say they pulled nichols over and he ran away. there was then a confrontation. nichols died three days later. the district attorney said there was a lapsed period of time in getting medical
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