i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
groundhog movie every time the weather man bill murray wakes up in that hotel he is staying at they are playing this song. come on in. ainsley: i wonder if more people watch it today than any other year. i haven t seen that movie in years. brian: the movie or janice dean who is going to be covering it. steve: that s why the connection. bill murray was a tv weather man and every year janice goes to punxsutawney out in pennsylvania. janice, this year, i think it s the coldest day you have been there. currently 14 degrees there and feels like 8. ainsley: what a cute hat. janice: you know it s all about the fashion, are guys. you know what? it may be 15 degrees but i m feeling the love and the warmth here in glob bler s knob. this is the first time i have been here. gets more exciting if that s possible. a town of 6,000 people. on this day 20 to 30,000 people gather on this small little hill in punxsutawney, pennsylvania to see the groundhog, the progress prognosticator
at least seven people are dead in texas and another dozen in arkansas as a powerful storm cripples the south. residents are still without power. speak of voters say the country is more divided than ever. dysfunctional families were 80% say describing america today. when it comes to the economy, 66% disapprove about how president biden has been handling the crisis. it is groundhog day. a shadow on my stage, no matter how you measure! six more weeks of winter weather! steve: well, i don t know about a long, long time, but six more weeks of winter, according to phil of punxsutawney. he saw his shadow. six more weeks of winter, as the lore goes. it was broadcast live around the world. he could have seen the shadows because of the tv lights, just saying. it was 15 degrees there. it s going to be chilly all day long so it feels like a cold cold hard in the deep of winter. ainsley: it looked like a fun place to be. if you have an opportunity to go, you should g
it s not me. we re not destroying our country. it s the president of the united states who is destroying our country. it s the u.s. senate that is destroying our country. it s the news media. it s the democratic party, academia, hollywood, wall street, and many of our big corporations. wow. florida senator rick scott starting his cpac speech with a light hearted and optimistic tone. whew. bulgaria. plenty of maga messaging at the conference, just as you can see. not a lot of people there to hear it. not a lot. that was dark. that was really dark. donald trump will take the stage tomorrow. very reagan esque. that s where he said oh, wait, he said we re a city shining on the hill. right, for all the world to see. no, that was not that. tone is a little different there, okay. incredibly different. anyhow, this trump appearance tomorrow is following a campaign announcement clearly influenced by florida governor ron desantis. we ll explain what s going on
under president donald trump, christopher miller he served in the position immediately following the 2020 election until president biden took office. he is out this week with a new book titled, soldier secretary. warnings from the battlefield and the pentagon about america s most dangerous enemies when we watched on january 6th, did you not than have any concerns coming out of that day? about how far trump could potentially go, when you saw what happened up on capitol hill, you sounded like you were very calm? i just never saw any indications of that. i was not on the political side, or remember, we put 25 national guard troops on capitol hill, way after that was going on, so the dynamics changed considerably. i never once thought that the president was going to try to stay in power beyond inauguration. so let s talk about drewsville for. there those are over there late. i completely disagree with, you jonathan, and wait, go ahead, i m sorry, i m in your house, i shou