good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it s monday, february 25th. to say this is a blockbuster week in politics that could have major implications on the president would be a gross understatement. mr., michael cohen begins three days of testimony on capitol hill. cohen is the president s former lawyer, former fixer, now a convicted felon who has implicated the president in a crime. that s hard to fit on a business card. his testimony on wednesday is open to the public and will be broadcast on television around the world, including to vietnam where that same day, wednesday, the president will sit down for a critical meeting with the north korean dictator kim jong-un. also new this morning, a bipartisan group of 58 former national security officials plan to issue a statement saying, quote, there is no factual basis for the president s national emergency to build a wall on the border with mexico. the house will vote tomorrow to block the president s emergency declaration.
now the bad, border patrol founding a thousand pounds of cocaine hidden in pineapples, inspecting a shipment from colombia. the drugs are estimated to be worth more than $19 million by the way. and finally the ugly, total panic as they get clothes out of dryer, look at that, the snake all curled up in the clothes, the woman got the harmless snake and took it outside and the couple believed they got into the dryer vent after realizing cover on the side of the house. that s not a good thing. that wraps up this hour of fox & friends first , thank you so much for joining us, fox & friends first continues right now, have a great day, bye bye. rob: monday february 25th, countdown to second summit in
it is monday, february 25th. still with us, nick confessore, professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. eddie s a great professor but the worst morning joe guest ever. he fell asleep in the middle of the ceremony. and kasie hunt. and usa today s susan page and kurt bardella. and white house reporter for the washington pos
it is monday, february 25th. we have nick confessore, we have kasie hunt up erecall on monday morning for us, eddie glaude jr., susan page eddie glaude is also an oscar correspondent. eddie, what did you think of the winners last night? it was obviously a wonderful evening for the diversity in the country. for sure. we saw an oscar celebration, in some ways, of the beauty and
surrounding us. so to have a concern, yeah, i had a concern. well, it took him nearly two years. as you see president trum dp visit a war zone this past christmas. as he points out, he is finally headed to vietnam in service of his country. a half century later. actually, a lot of people would prefer given that he s done nothing but talk about how much he loves one of most dangerous leaders on the planet that actually prefer this time, 40 years later, he actually stay way from vietnam. but i don t think anybody has a say there but the president. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 25th. with us we have political writer for the new york times and msnbc political analyst nick confasori. capitol hill correspond and host of kasie d.c., kasie hunt up early for us.