murdaugh which wrapped up a short time ago, and the judge sentenced the disgraced attorney to two consecutive life sentences for the mirder of his w wife maggie and his son paul. i will tell you again, and i respect this court, and i am innocent. i would never again under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie or hurt my son paw-paw. and it might not have been you. it might have been the monster that you have become when you take 10, 20, 50, 60 opioid pills that you become another person. this is all one day after the jury convicted murdaugh on four murder charges. it took just three hours. we will go out to dianne gallagher. walk us through what happened in court this morning. it was incredibly remarkable to hear from judge clifton newman reflecting in a measured way talking about this these crimes that murdaugh has been convicted of, but also the person that he saw hymn become. amara, we have talked for so long why this particular case is capturing nation, and it is
hey, i heard you were a wild one oh, oh steve: how pretty is that you? are looking at syracuse university the quad right there. if it looks cold, it is. currently 15 degrees in syracuse. they re going for a daytime high of 27 and, as you can see, it is clear as a bell throughout portions of the northeast we had a trace of snow according to janice we have now broken the record and officially had some measurable precipitation in central park so it has snowed this year. brian: syracuse new york, the carrier dome back drop right in the middle of campus. they have disappointed so far with their basketball team. a lot of people think jim boeheim should resign. we will get more into that next hour. ainsley: 6:00 opened one a campus. we just did syracuse. what are we going to see at 8:00. brian: new house over there might be the finest broadcasting institution. ainsley: what s that on the left. steve: that is the stadium. the dome. brian: carrier dome right on the l
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
katy tur. here we are again, another fed meeting and another expected rate hike. we re going to get to the number in just a second. it is expected to be a quarter of a point. we re going to see how the markets react to that because they have been on a relative upswing and we re wondering does that trend continue? we are also watching as you well know, memphis. the funeral for 29-year-old tyre nichols is today. and supposed to begin right about now. weather has been delaying it, so we ll go there as soon as it does start. but again, there is breaking news from the fed. just confirmed, they are raising it, interest rates, by a quarter point. joining me now is nbc news business and data reporter, brian cheung. a quarter point, what can you tell us? the nation s central bank, the steward of the u.s. economy raised interest rates by .25 percentage points in their meeting today, after some encouraging news we had gotten in previous weeks that inflation was coming down. was at 6.5
separate locations but with only one suspect. question is did one motivate the other? governor ron desantis defending his decision to reject an a.p african-american studies course. teaching queer theory that s pushing an agenda. ongoing chapter in the m&m war. m&m taking indefinite pause from its spokes candies after controversy over their rebranded appearances. the moon comes up and the sun comes down we find a little on the edged of town dancing the turn the radio up. steve: around those parks in st. augustine, florida. going for daytime high of 70. currently 56 glorious degrees. look at that not a cloud in the sky. ainsley and brian, i just looked. if we got into our fox & friends station wagon right now in front which is parked at 48th and sixth avenue. guess how long it would take for us to drive from here down there? ainsley: st. augustine? brian: 15 hours. steve: 15 hours and 19 minutes. brian that is michael waltz s district if you are lo