republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
now, people are using the clock to speed up other things. look at this interview from the president. is your age into your own calculation as to whether to run again? first of all, look, first of all, to look, they the no but yes. there you go. it worked. jimmy fallon having some fun with baseball s new rule. we have a lot to get to this morning. a major conservative conference is going to be missing some star power. we ll go through the big names in the gop who are skipping cpac. we ll tell you which event many of them are attending instead. meanwhile, ron desantis takes control of a key figure in his so-called war on woke. we ll explain what is happening in florida. and we ll have the latest bombshells to come out of court documents in a lawsuit against fox news, including rupert murdoch s testimony on false claims about election fraud. also ahead, we will be joined by education secretary miguel cardona, as president joe biden s plan to cancel student
jesse: nancy pelosi thinks her boogie man will disappear if we stop talking about him. at the direction of donald trump. yeah. a very sick person. i think that we spend too much time talking about him because this was a real taint on our democracy to have that person there. but we cannot keep giving him all the press he wants. jesse: this is coming from the lady that impeached trump twice. ignore trump and he will just go away. obama didn t get that message. barry and michelle took a private jet down to australia this week. michelle looked miserable. what does she have to be so sad about? her husband is making millions in australia. people are paying $900 a ticket just to hear him talk? now, obama met australia s prime minister. look how happy they are. they didn t even need the marine to hold the umbrella. obama greeted by indigenous elder anti-joy murphy. elder ante only comes out for the big shots. and when you go to melbourne, she gives you a welcome bush.
you watching as here in the united states it states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i head on cnn newsroom scared, frustrated, and terrified for their safety ahead of u.s. environmental protection agency is promising accountability for the toxic derailment in palestine, ohio. but many residents are skeptical. signs of life believe it or not, people are still being rescued from the quake zone in turkey. we are live in istanbul with the latest. and defense and diplomacy the war in ukraine tops the agenda as well leaders, including the u.s. vice president, gather in munich almost one year since russia invaded. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. we are getting a better sense of what happened in the moments leading up to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, that s build toxic chemicals all over the community two weeks ago. have a look here. take a look at the top of your screen. apparent over before pass through
a teenager disappears. come home. police. amber never made it right then. somebody had her. kept us up at night. going over in your head, what happened in front of the school? then another gone. she s such a good girl. she needs to come home. there s a lot of desperation. maybe she s tied up somewhere. maybe she s being held captive. two missing girls, one man. a secret. did you get any sense of the sort of personality you are dealing with? yes, psychotic. he came up and it came right here, the edge and he says, right there. two families, two mysteries. two journeys for justice. if 11 can be learned from amber, then i wanted out there. on the evening of february 12th, 2009, in a hillside house north of san diego, count fournié. the negotiation was finally complete. the girl had one. i made her writer one page letter to me, and she made it two pages but repeat yourself multiple times to make it longer. i m like, okay. she pestered her mother, kar