they re trying to ignore it even happens. of course, that is terrible in its own way, as an overall principle. but in terms of their political calculation, they re like, look, we re trying to get this day over with. we re not going to mark it with anything. you re going to do more harm than good. to be clear, trump heard that, but he s not been one known to make decisions always for the good of the party in mind. that, while part of his thinking, his aides told me. other networks were not carrying it live. they were fearful it wasn t going to get the media attention he hoped so, therefore, he is taking a pass, sparking relief from republicans. we should expect to hear from the former president at his rally in arizona in two weeks time. joe, i think you re also right to a point there, where people around the president say, look, for him again, let s caution this for him, treading a
new york city here where they have said, look, though there are some suggestions of remote learning, we heard from the head of the teachers union yesterday who said, the mayor and i are speaking and this is what we re going to do. the mayor made clear they are going to have here in new york teachers in classrooms, students in classrooms. that s not the case, of course, in chicago. we have heard from the biden administration throughout the pandemic, and certainly now throughout this wave of omicron, that they do also believe students should be in classrooms. they believe in in-person learning. they re trying to surge funding as part of the covid relief act to these school systems to make sure that can happen. one does wonder, as a democratic strategist yesterday texted me last night, wondering if, indeed, chicago, this situation, whether it d end up on president biden s plate. in-person classrooms and education is a priority for this administration. they want the kids in school. and j
raskin, who led the second impeachment effort against donald trump following the january 6th attack on the capitol. and we ll be joined by one of the men who defended the capitol that day. u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, january 5th. with us, along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and bureau chief for usa today, susan page is with us this morning. the story we were covering throughout the show yesterday, going throughout the day and throughout the night, the thousands of drivers trapped for more than 24 hours along interstate 95 in virginia, after parts of the highway became impassable due to a snowstorm. nbc news correspondent tom costello takes us through the
assistance more than we do. reporter: this family had the kids asleep in the backseat. we haven t moved since 9:00 last night. that s kind of how it s been. reporter: also stuck, senator tim kaine. there s families with kids. families with seniors in the car, people with medical issues. people are running out of gas. reporter: sisters gabrielle and noel bundling up in blankets and playing video games. they re sharing food, walking down the lanes and offering snacks up. so the roads are now clear, but questions remain as to why it took so long for help to arrive. i mean, we were in contact, joe, with people who were out on the highway. they were still on route 1 between quantico, virginia, and stafford, virginia, inching along, trying to find a hotel somewhere because there was no power. there was no way to get gas. it was impossible. apocalyptic was the word that was used. they were doing that going into the second night. yes. they d already been out on the road for
these kids need school. i ll tell ya what, jonathan lemire, what is maddening is, what we heard all last year is let s put teachers at the front of the line. we said it here on the show. put teachers at the front of the line for vaccines so they can get back in. put teachers at the front of the line for boosters so they can get back into schools. teachers said, listen, we ll go back to school. we just need the vaccines. give us the vaccines, we ll go back to school. they got the vaccines. yeah. you still have some unions, not all, not all, and so we re notd paint not painting with a broad brush, but certainly in chicago, you have teachers walking out on kids after they got the vaccines or they were able to, able to get boosters, and not showing up for work. right. joe, that s a key point here. there s access to vaccines. there s access to boosters. obviously, are there some teachers with underlying health concerns who now at the height of the omicron wave perhaps shouldn t be i