Comers remarks were short. If he found anything that was, he would have leapt at the chance to say it. You would think that he would have led the entire commentary just a few moments ago with whatever he seems to have found. That was fox news host neil cavuto, not buying what james comer was trying to sell on capitol hill yesterday. Were going to go through Hunter Bidens closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee Later in the show here. Plus, the end of an era for senate republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnells legacy and who might replace him. Of course, were going to talk about the shocking news we all heard yesterday. The death of beloved comedian and actor Richard Lewis. Well talk about that and play for you some of joes interview with him, which happened just several weeks ago. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, february 29th. With us, we have the
environment. that s fine, yeah, they are both important in their own way. in different ways, some important for tomorrow, less than yesterday. i don t even know what i mean by that. have a great weekend, chris. you too, alex. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. this january 6th rioter, the one in the queue shirt at the front of the pack here, his name is douglas austin johnson. he has now famous for having chased capitol police officer, eugene goodman, up the stairs in the capital. he actually did not even know what building he was invading on january 6th. this is me touching the white house. bring the white house! that s what we do! touching the white house, very close but still a few blocks down pennsylvania avenue, mr. johnson. anyway, despite not knowing where he was, johnson didn t know why he was there, wherever there was. this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you k
this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the
health have no fury like donald trump scorned. you are watching cnn special live coverage of the new hampshire primary. the former president with a convincing victory, not enough to get the last remaining rival to tap out. trump does not say it, if the republican contest is over but nikki haley will not say that, at least not yet. you have all heard the chatter. they are falling all over themselves saying the race is over. i have news for all of them. new hampshire is first in the nation, it is not the last in the nation. this race is far from over. it appears the race will roll on to south carolina for now. last week iowa was as gracious as trump is known to be. this week gracious trump gave way to grumpy trump. i have one put up, we almost took every single pole in the last three months against crooked joe biden and she does not take those. this is not your typical victory speech but let s not have somebody take a victory when she had a bad night. let s begin with
fox news is learning that former republican presidential candidate and senator tim scott will endorse president trump tonight. he s appearing with the former president in new hampshire it s happening this hour we will bring it to you when they come out. focus of tonight s angle. now, there are many reasons to be in a great mood going into this weekend because the good news keeps coming. now, first and most obvious, donald trump blew everyone out of the water in iowa which means that the party is uniting. it s only a matter of time before nikki haley and ron desantis, who both gave it a good go will drop out and if they re smart, they will endorse him taking on biden and the billionaire supporting biden is going to require all hands on deck and a laser beam focus on turnout, mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting. the second piece of good news trump provided some clarity about his v.p. pick. and haley is not on the list. truth be told not a good fit doesn t need a liz cheney fo