those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is
stunning leak guarding are classified intelligence. it is truly a matter of life and death. why did a young air national guardsman have access to some of america s closest held secrets, plus ron desantis signs an abortion ban in florida ? even as some republicans worry they ve gone too far from most voters. we ve got to show some compassion to women. by and large. most of americans aren t with us on this issue, but will gop leaders moderate their policies or just their rhetoric? and feinstein s future. she s missed weeks of work in washington. now some democrats say it s time for the senate legend to resign. it has become painfully obvious she is no longer able to fulfill her duties. hello and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. it is the most egregious disclosure of classified documents in years. and as of this morning, the full extent of the impact of these leaks remains unknown. armed federal agents descended on the massachusetts home of 21 year old air na
charged in the january 6th attack on the capitol. how authorities tracked them down, and tonight the images from inside the capitol, what they re seen doing. one allegedly posting, glad to be part of history. pierre thomas with late reporting. the weekend storm hitting the northeast. two systems combining. one from the rockies in the middle of the country with a system from the south. and what it ll bring to washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york, boston and the entire northeast. lee goldberg timing it out. tonight, the new images in new york of alec baldwin seen for the first time since learning he ll be charged with involuntary manslaughter. what his legal team is saying tonight. the war in ukraine new images coming in. the horrific explosions in the east and what president zelenskyy is pleading for now. the u.s. defense secretary in germany, and why the germans so far are saying no. authorities on the death of an american in mexico. the husband found dead. the
charged in the january 6th attack on the capitol. how authorities tracked them down, and tonight images from inside the capitol, what they re seen doing. one allegedly posting, glad to be part of history. pierre thomas with late reporting. the weekend storm hitting the northeast. two storms combining. one from the rockies combining with one from the south. what will bring to new york, philadelphia, boston, and entire northeast. tonight, the new images in new york of alec baldwin seen for the first time since learning he ll be charged with involuntary manslaughter. what his legal team is saying tonight. the war in ukraine new images coming in. the horrific explosions in the east and what president zelenskyy is pleading for now. the u.s. defense secretary in germany, and why the germans so far are saying no. authorities on the death of an american in mexico. the husband found dead. the wife sleeping. and why the family isn t buying the explanation. also tonight the
we re watching the white house where the president is set to deliver a speech any moment now. touting what he calls the achievement of the last 18 months. and while, yes, there are plenty of achievements for the biden administration to harold, like any leader, he faced his share of setbacks. if he runs, would he have the political momentum needed to win re-election. regardless, any 2024 plans announced by president biden will come under a cloud of covers. the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents is just getting started. we re learning more about why president biden and his top aides chose to keep the first discovery a secret for almost 70 days before it blew up in their face. former fbi chief of staff is with us. joining me now is monica alba and a washington post reporter. thank you for joining us. monica, let s start with you. in listing the wins today, is president biden laying out a case for his re-election before announcing his bid for re-elect