Mccarthy is leaning leaning toward removing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene from the Education Committee. Now greene has endorsed statements calling for the execution of democratic leaders. Shes harassed survivors of school shootings. Shes suggested Mass Shootings were staged hoaxes, and this morning the reporting is that mccarthy is leaning toward removing her from the Education Committee. Well see if it happens. Why . Just leaning . What might be pushing him this way . And what is she refusing to do that might help her keep her committee post. That in just a moment. First, Josh Campbell In Washington where officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor this morning. Josh . Good morning. Were taking you live inside the Capitol Rotunda where the remains of this fallen officer are currently Lying In Honor. There has been a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects. Lawmakers, as well as members of the capitol police. Many of them wearing black bands around their badges to symboliz
Qanon rhetoric and violent conspiracies. According to politico this morning, greene showed no remorse for extreme positions, which included past support for assassination of top democratic officials. Politico also reports that Kevin Mccarthy and his top lieutenants are leaning towards removing green from one key house committee, not two. Is that enough . The future of powerful House Republican liz cheney also on the line after she had the audacity to vote her conscience in favor of impeaching trump for that capitol hill insurrection. But cnns Josh Campbell starts us off. Hes live in washington with more on officer sicknick lying in office. We take you live inside those images of the United States Capitol Rotunda, where the remains of fallen officer Brian Sicknick are lying in honor. Swe we have seen members of the Capitol Police coming in to pay their respects, also members of the national guard. Also lawmakers and staffers. That building remains closed to the general public that due t
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with
Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
It is looking like a biden trump rematch. Steve kornacki is here with the latest on tuesdays primary results. Plus, the heated moments on capitol hill. Both republicans and democrats grilling Special Counsel hur over his report on President Biden. None, is the Clock Ticking on tiktok . The bipartisan effort in the house to block the app. Whats at stake in this bill, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle, live from new york city. And we are now 238 days away from the election, and it is a very, very big night for the candidates. With tonights primary results, nbc news is now officially projecting that President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to be officially named the democrats presumptive president ial nominee. And donald trump at this point is very close to doing the same with the republican nomination, but nbc news projects it is too early to call that one. With that, you know where we are headed, right to the big board,