after last night s address where he took on his critics in realtime. then the plot twist of the house oversight committee meeting where republicans hope to focus on hunter biden, but we ended up focusing on trump s attempt to censor tweets. then the bombshell murder trial prompted by a bomb threat today mid testimony, a lot to cover as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, president biden turning up the heat on republicans as he takes his state of the union message on the road. today he went to the key battleground state of wisconsin to pitch his vision of america and he leaned into the agenda that he laid out for us last night. as the new york times reports that includes using government programs to help boost the economy, but today, biden amped up his promise to protect social security and medicare and he called out those gop lawmakers who half of them last night after he accurately accused some of them who are lo
take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
charges, in this case is jus the tip of the iceberg washington post reports that a federal judge has grante prosecutors requests to forc trump lawyer evan coren to testify before grand jury abou the former president possession of classified documents. he handled the initial respons to requests for trump s team t return the documents, an refused to until investigators questions, citing attorney client privilege that defense is now gone joining me now, former actin solicitor general of the unite states professor of law georgetow university, and msnbc lega analyst. anthony, holy former directo of the author of public affair in the department justice, and former senior adviser to attorney general merrick garland. and pulitzer prize-winning journalist charlie savage. washington correspondent for the new york times, msnb contributor, and author of power wars, the relentless ris of presidential authority an secrecy. what a powerhouse panel i have with me this morning i m going to st
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