soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
i can t remember the exact quote, but remember when churchill said britain needs an ass kicker. churchill said many wonderful things. those particular phrases i don t remember. you re the historian, not me. everybody attributes everything to churchill, and then like the greatest churchill quotes ever, he didn t say. all the things churchill said but didn t say, i m laying claim to them. take them. tim ryan took that one, though, and i think he owned it quite well. it is a close race that could determine the balance of power in washington. the democratic nominee, congressman ryan will join us in just a moment. but first, nbc steve kornacki is standing by at the big board to break down where things stand with the midterms less than a month away. we are at go time. the rage is here, and i m a little nervous. he s pissed off, look at him. he s trying to hide it. i know. we re following the latest from ukraine as russia escalates attacks on civilian areas. g7 leade
harrowing days in our history. the attempted assassination of president reagan. screaming, yelling. it s chaos. now, an unprecedented look into the mind and new life of the gunman, john hinckley junior. stories you haven t heard before. the cop, who questioned him, speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn t think he realized the magnitude of what he had done. from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? secrets from his diary uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actors, jody foster. the letters were sent to and the most controversial question of all, is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potential k dangerous character. hello, welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day, more than 40 years ago, gunman, john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now, we re about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings, and provi
treat alzheimer s. what it does and the potentially risky side effects. president biden marking two years since the january 6th attack. his message as he honored heroes who defended the capitol. tonight s mega millions jackpot nearing $1 billion. and my conversation with al roker as he returns to the today show. new details about the health battle that kept him off the air for two months. good evening. it s now been 13 votes and still no speaker of the house of representatives has been chosen. but we can report tonight the wall of right-wing opposition that kept republican kevin mccarthy out of the speaker s chair is crumbling tonight. 15 fellow republicans who have helped block the path to the job today switched their support to the mccarthy camp. after some deal making. and there is growing expectation tonight that mccarthy now has the momentum he needs for victory as the house prepares to hold its 14th round of voting late tonight. but for now, for a fourth evening
pitch their closing messages to voters. we ll have a slew of new polling numbers to see what, if anything, is getting through. also ahead, this week s jobless claims are in. what the new numbers on of the of another interest rate hike tell us about the state of our economy. professor eddie glaude jr. and jonathan lemire are with us. and joining us, nbc news national political reporter marc caputo and republican strategist and nbc news political analyst susan del percio. it s good to have you with us this hor hour. we have new polling out this morning. a hotly contested senate race in pennsylvania, the latest emerson college the hill survey finds mehmet oz with a two-point lead over john fetterman, within the poll s 3% margin of error. 4% remain undecided. let s keep it in pennsylvania. another new poll shows last week s debate between fetterman and oz appears to have had very little impact in minds of voters. 48% of voters telling monmouth university they will definitely