now? so let s be real clear about one thing, there is no actual crisis here. this is entirely a crisis of their making if it occurs. president joe biden continues to call out house republicans over the debt ceiling, delivering, what sure sounded like a 2024 stump speech. meanwhile on capitol hill republican senators air their grievances with the attorney general. and also ahead, a major move on the price of insulin that will bring much needed relief for millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 2nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland faced a barrage of attacks from republican lawmakers yesterday during a senate judiciary committee hearing. as is customary for an attorney general to do, garland appeared before the new congress to answer questions about a wide range of topics. but the a.g. spent a large portion of the four-hour hearing de
and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. the media suggests they are not paying attention to the concerns of every day voters. you want to sweep it under the rugment i don t want to talk about this any more than anyone else. when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. they were people that behaved badly on that day. i m not one of them. ms. abrams is going to lie about my record because she doesn t want to talk about her own. i don t have the luxury of being part of a good old boys club. debate night in ohio, utah, and georgia with the midterms exactly three weeks away, things are getting a little heated. steve kornacki is standing by at the big board. did you see that guy beforehand, he s going into the whole rage thing. out of hand. this guy s crazy. the state of the race, which is what we really want from him. republicans claim to care so much ab
honk the victims, 86-year-old ruth whitfield who stopped for groceries, she had just returned from visiting her husband in the nursing home. her son spoke to omar jimenez. one of the things that we as a family wanted to ensure is that we call it what it is, it is white supremacy, it is hate, it is racism, it is bigotry. we got to call it what it is and stop beating around the bush and take it head-on because it is proliferating, it is not getting better. jasmine wright is for us in washington. and as you just heard, the families are calling for officials to confront racism head-on and it seems like that is what the president plans do today. reporter: that s right, christine. a white house official says that the president is expected to address the racial motivations that led to this shooting and he is expected to condemn them, but also call on americans to embrace diversity, the thing that makes this country really america frankly america here. so we will see the presid
he always loved simply the best and all of his campaigns use simply just completed, but i don t think we ever this all right, guys. thank you very much for being with me this morning. thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt, cnn new central starts right now a phone call, that could shape the future of the war in gaza. new reporting this morning on how president biden plans to vent his anger that israeli leaders cancer cases potentially skyrocketing the newer for just out finding these illnesses worldwide could jump 77% in the next 25 years. and breaking overnight, police in la are investigating one of the biggest heist in the city s history, more than 30 million as stolen. i m sure slider with pay baldwin and john berman. this is cnn new stuff this morning, a crucial phone call at a crucial moment in israel s war against hamas. and the us support for that war that could be on shakier ground than it was just a few days ago. this will be the first call betwe
alabama grad joe later this morning. mcdavid leads the league with 52 goals so far this season. and lastly major league baseball, a florida feline crashed yesterday s sporting game. play was briefly halted in the seventh inning as that adorable loose cat dashed across the diamond, making a pit stop in the red sox dug out and disappearing among the crowd. there the cat goes. time now for the weather and let s go to meteorologist angie lassman. are you a cat person? listen, i love all animals. let s talk about what i know to be true and that is the rain is going to be impactful for a lot of people in nashville, knoxville this morning and also storms developing as we get