gillian: first possible relief over the debt threat. the house is going to vote tonight imminently on the debt extension deal to avoid a historic default on federal obligations. a lot of staunch conservatives are against this agreement which means democrats will definitely be needed to get the measure across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight. hi, chad. good evening, gillian. the vote comes some time after 8:00 tonight. expect broad bipartisan support. lots of democrats will vote yes. albeit with reluctance. when trump was president, they approved every extension of the debt relief and, yet, when biden s here, no. this is extortion. but we have to deal with it, it s for the benefit of our country. and the world s economy and i will vote yes. some conservatives berated house speaker kevin mccarthy for negotiating the deal. graves negotiated the for the g.o.p. is he tired of the right torching the deal and the spe
meanwhile, the trump desantis rivalry is heating up. we ll show you how the florida governor responded to the covid criticism. we ll look at the rnc s 2024 playbook as party leaders want to double down on an issue that lost them the elections in the midterms. running straight into loserville. and today, president joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy sit down at the white house in hopes of ending the standoff over the debt ceiling. plus reverend al sharpton joins us live from memphis ahead of his eulogy today for tyre nichols. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, february 1st. along with joe, good to have you back. good to be back. willie and me. we have jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. so we start with today s high stakes meeting between president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. their focus, ending the standoff over the debt ce
state of the economy. john: first, fox news alert to kick off america reports, stunning new exclusive video coming in from our fox flight team. infrared video shows dozens of migrants crossing the border into eagle pass, texas as it spirals out of control. had to mention christmas. sandra: you had to mention beer, wait four hours for that. the issue plaguing the southern border and border states for those. john: vice president and board czar seeing a surprise at her doorstep after migrants were bussed there from texas. and the swanky island of martha s vineyard greeted by dozens more after being flown there from florida. sandra: and more on the way according to governor abbott. white house slamming republican governors saying they are playing with politics and people s lives. greg abbott responded a short time ago. biden himself was doing that very same thing, the only difference is he was moving people in the darkness of night and dropping them off without the pu
back to the office. not that they want to stay home in p. j.s, but they are scared of getting shot. everywhere i go i m confronted by the same question these days. what s going on in chicago? john: burger boss and his very blunt message on chicago s crime as it spirals out of control on the city streets. sandra: another real problem many are facing. john: we will get to the golden arches in a bit, but begin with breaking news and two of the biggest foreign threats our nation faces looking to join forces as one. sandra: and that is a new world order, that s the goal straight from communist china. two of america s biggest adversaries huddling up today on how to knock the u.s. off the top of the world stage. john: the chinese president meeting with vladimir putin, xi s first visit oud side china in more than two years. sandra: analysts warning while those two nations are increasingly isolated from the west, a bigger alliance may be in the works. or as the washingto
Vote. Is there could be a mad Dash Scramble and nominate ago speaker and eight candidates seeking to acquire the gavel of this hour and watching that closely and updates as soon as we get them live from the hill. Meanwhile, from the middle east, it is day 18 of israel at war and idf cranked up air strikes against hamas targets in gaza overnight. Israel Still Deciding on major Ground Offenses or keep the jewish states powder dry. At least for now. Good morning. We await for more action on that im bill hemmer live in new york. Big couple of hours here, dana. Did i recollects im dana pree no and this dana perino and this is meshs news room. At this hour, a very large group of israeli supporters are gathering outside United Nations chanting bring them home ahead of a 10 00 a. M. Hearing. Amber lets get to it. Best of my recollections apologies, well try to get the audio in there a bit. Did i recollects President Biden will not consider a ceasefire till all hostages kidnapped by hamas are f