Wont be voting for joe biden in november. Well roll this into a vicory in november. That is the chair of the party before the states primary. Theyre expressing confidence democrats will turn out in november despite a sizable protest vote. President biden did win the state of michigan easily last night, but with more than 100,000 people casting ballots for uncommitted, mostly in protest over his handling of the israelhamas war. On the republican side, donald trump racked up another big victory over nikki haley, but with some big Warning Signs for him there as well. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 28th. With us the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, correspondent for bbc news katy kay, editor for the Washington Post david ig nase shus. Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, and from politico, sam stein. Were going to have Steve Kornacki waiting over at the board to break down the numbers for us. A couple headlines, a Big Uncommitted vote again
michael steele. these are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump s attorney and e. jean carroll s defamation case renewing calls for a mistrial. congressman jim hines is here to discuss the improving biden economy, and we are just 72 hours from primary day in new hampshire where the states could not be higher for republicans in for this country. grab your coffee, settle, and welcome to the weekend. we begin this hour with newly-released video from donald trump s april 2023 deposition and the new york civil trial trial against him and his company. during the interview, trump not only bragged about his finances and his brand, but also claimed his presidency save the planet from a quote, nuclear holocaust. you re too busy for the company? anyway, yeah. i can say, it another way of saying. it i was very busy. i consider this the most important job in the world, saving millions of jobs. i think we would ve had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with n
work with a very slim majority in the senate. senator manchin certainly got his views known as did other senators, and we have the progressive caucus, has consistently been pushing for the president s agenda, the democratic agenda, the things that we promised to people that we would get done, and anybody that continues to delay on that is standing in the way of the president s agenda and the democratic agenda. if we look at the calendar, you have been very vociferous for pushing for a march 1st deadline to take action and get things done. with that said, that also coincide with the president s state of the union address, but you heard senator manchin say, we ve got to work on the budget first. how much does that complicate things? that doesn t get done, you know, with a snap. the budget, you know, we in the house have passed almost automatic appropriations bills for the budget, and the chairwoman has been working hard
well, the opposite is happening. it s getting big, he not smaller. it s crazy if you believe president trump s view of this, which is that a trade deficit is terrible and it means that permanent stealing money from the u.s. economy. or, it could mean that american consumers are buying goods from other countries because they have more money. so i think that, first of all, the trade deficit in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing. but for president trump what it demonstrates is that he hasn t actually completed the job. he s made a lot of promises about stopping people from ripping off the united states, particularly china and for some reason mexico and canada he s picked fights with those two allies of the united states. and he s renegotiated a nafta deal that hasn t been ratified yet, it hasn t gone through and so it hasn t taken effect. and the china trade situation is still ongoing. they blew past their march 1st deadline because they haven t been able to get to a deal.
those who would like to see frankly britain remain in the european union. this would be a message to them, don t upset the political situation right now, don t upset my diplomatic efforts, the charm in sharm if you will, and what will follow on in westminster in the rest of the week. don t upset that by breaking up the cabinet right now because i am thinking about your concerns, i am dealing with your concerns, to wit, having an extension so that you don t tumble out with a no deal at the end of march. but again, these are newspaper reports and we know that politicians will float ideas in newspapers to win support over a few days and then the idea can evaporate. and this is what brexit has been like. it is a roller coaster. and theresa may is the architect at the moment of that roller coaster. she s driving it. it s like that game follow the bouncing ball. and we ll continue to follow it. nic robertson, thank you for the reporting. still ahead, heavy rainfall has