the dow plunged 500 points. this is unbelievable. ftc going after elon musk for communications with journalists. on the biden administration s effort to censor americans online. a minnesota vikings player being praised for helping rescue a man from a fiery crash wide receiver k.j. osborn. uber driver noticed the crash and they managed to free the driver. got high, high hopes. steve: another one of those beautiful red, white and blue in the district of columbia. it s absolutely clear, about 50-mile visibility. currently they have got 33 degrees in the federal city and they re going for a daytime high of 52. and sunrise for our nation s capital is 6:30. although ainsley people would say people are in the dark there all the time. ainsley: that s exactly right. if you are heading out and you are in washington this morning. bundle up. 33 is pretty cold. steve: it is, indeed. here in new york city we will go down to brian in tampa. ainsley: much warmer. s
several of them are calling out fox news for down-playing the violence of that dark day. we ll have those comments in just a moment. plus, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. and also we could be closer to finding out who sabotaged a russian pipeline last year. that new reporting is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 8th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with a growing number of republican senators blasting fox news and prime time host tucker carlson for showing select footage from the january 6th insurrection on his prime time show. that footage provided by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the fox news try today portray the deadly riot as peaceful, calling the insurrectionists sight seers and that lawmakers who suggest otherwise had lied to the american public. even alleging some capitol police officer
politicsnation. tonight up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another on identified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it is the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america airspace over the past week. just a minute, i will spoke to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i am headed to florida this week as head of national action network to join in demonstrations against governor ron desantis s effort to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will
politicsnation. tonight s illiad, up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another unidentified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it s the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america, airspace, over the past week. in just a minute, i will talk to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i m headed to florida this week, as international action joins in demonstrations against governor ron desantis to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate, just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will go head to