this monday, february 20th. presidents jonathan lemire wit special correspondent katty kay and elise jordan. thank you for being with us just after 8:00 a.m. first time in modern history an american president entered a war zone where the united states does not have an active military stance. erin mclaughlin has more on the surprise visit. reporter: this morning president biden in ukraine for the first time since the invasion began. and a secret unscheduled visit. i m here to show the unwaivering support for the nation s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. thank you for the support and thank you to congress. i think that is a historical moment for our country. reporter: the president meeting with zelenskyy at the
welcome back to morning joe on this monday, february 20th. presidents day. i m jonathan lemire alongside u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and we re in for joe, mika and willie. elise jordan still with us on this presidents day. joining us now, retired master sergeant jason beardsley, decorated combat veteran and intelligence officer, as well as senior coalitions adviser for concerned veterans for america. also with us, professor of history at rice university and presidential historian doug brinkley. professor brinkley, we were just saying we picked a perfect day to have you on. it is presidents day. of course, our thoughts are with president carter. we ll talk about him a little later. let s start with the news of this moment. this president, president biden, making this trip to kyiv. what does it say to you about where this war stands and the message this president is trying to send? well, any time a president goes abroad to visit troops or
seaboard. thanks, sir. good to have you with us. we ll stay on that story. thanks for joining us today, everybody. that is the story. monday, february 20th. the story goes on. i ll see you back here tomorrow at 3:00. have a great afternoon, evening, depending where you are. your world gets started in a few seconds. see you tomorrow. i don t care what they say. i showered the other night. my skin was burning. a lot of people don t want to stay. you can t blame them. we care. we all care. this is home. the first time i went in to my shop was 36 hours after the dera derailment. i m out of business. i don t know what else to do. i don t feel that they care about us. getting the help or sympathy i m not asking for
that s evidence of corrupt intent. on the phone call. would that be instruction? yes. it would be attempted obstruction. only obstruction if it succeeded. if you try to interfere with a criminal prosecution that may knock at your own door by putting your own ally in there, that is clearly an attempt to obstruct justice. napolitano, that guy has been doing 99 miles an hour fast. on fox. for months. the part of fox news the president might not have wanted to see or retweet yesterday. we ll go in-depth on that sweeping new york times piece. good morning. it is monday, february 20th. along with joe and willie we have mike barnicle, katty kay is here. and msnbc news intelligence and
president trump. you look at what is happening last night in sweden. they are having problems like they never thought possible. the president believes in the first amendment. i will never let them get away with it. we need a free press. that s how dictators get started. the senate committee will have an investigation into the trump russia connection. we don t know any contacts with russian agents. it is really critical they speak with one voice. this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. all right. welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is new day. monday, february 20th. 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. brooke baldwin is here with us. up first, last night in sweden, the fact the president flagged a terror incident that never happened. example of all of the problems that come with not knowing the