justice for tyre. the family of tyre nichols on the eve of his funeral. it comes as there are more accusations against the police unit that beat him to death. meanwhile at the white house today president joe biden will meet with kevin mccarthy for the first time since he became speaker as to try to find a compromise on the debt ceiling. and the most talked about freshman member of congress says he can t get a fair shake not because of the many lies but because of the media s coverage of him. we ll have the latest in the george santos saga just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 1st. february already. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in memphis where tyre nichols will be laid to rest later today. vice president kamala harris and other white house officials will attend his funeral. nichols mother and stepfather invited the vice president after speaking with her on the phone yesterday mornin
we are coming on the air with several developing stories, the big international pledge secret meeting on secret doc with a little bit of committee chaos, let s start with what is happening right now with the u.s. and allies getting ready to add tanks to the battlefield in ukraine. the white house just now outlining when those tanks will be on the ground, part of a bigger international push to try to get other countries to do the same. our teemg is standing by with the latest. also this hour, senators getting briefed by the head of the u.s. intelligence and what is at the top of the agenda, a whole bunch of classified documents ending up in places where they shouldn t be. we will have the team on what to expect. plus the committee, democrats blasting speaker kevin mccarthy s move to boot top democrats from the in tem committee and his expected push to try to block one member of congress from foreign affairs. we will get into it all later in the show. i m hallie jackson in
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