if you re watching morning joe weekend. and if you can t get enough of us on monday through friday. which is kind of surprising we talk a lot. no surprise it was another really busy week with trump s legal woe deepening, and desantis making headlines for all the wron reasons. let s take a look at some of our top stories this week! michael cohen, the one tim attorney and fixer for donal trump, wrapped up his testimon before a grand jury convened before the math and district office in the investigation of trump. and hush money paid to adult film actress, story daniels. cohen spent about two hour yesterday, testifying before the grand jury, in the first appearance on monday when he testified for abou three hours. and the woman of the center of the hush money payments has no spoken with prosecutors in the case as well stormy daniels attorney said that he and daniels both met with prosecutors, via zoom yesterday. calling the conversation substantive, and a goo meeting. the att
good morning. time it running out to find survivors in the rubble of the deadly quake, the one that s taken nearly 5,000 lives so far in turkey and syria. cnn is there. madam speaker, the president of the united states. [ applause ] we re live on capitol hill where tonight president biden will deliver his state of the union address. what he ll focus on and who will be in attendance. the spy balloon from china, new cnn reporting reveals why the trump administration apparently didn t notice spy balloons over the united states during their term. new this morning, ukraine hints at the ability to strike russian territory. another significant escalation in the nearly year-old war. also here on capitol hill today, a hearing into the nationwide travel issues, including the near miss between a fedex plane and southwest flight that came within 100 feet of disaster. cnn this morning starts right now. we are going to begin in turkey and syria where countless people are st
michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled not guilty. i thought about tyre s mother and her grief, and i also thought about so many grieving mothers in other parts of the world right now. as turkey and syria recover from the massive earthquake that has now k
watching for in tonight s big speech. right now in turkey, and syria, more than 5,000 people are dead, entire communities have been destroyed after two powerful earthquakes rocked the entire region. we ll take you live to turkey where international rescue cruise and aid are now arriving. also this hour, an inside look at the u.s. coast guard s efforts to address the rise in migrants arriving to the u.s. by sea, and the dangers those desperate people face in search of a better life. and we begin this morning with the horrific destruction in turkey and syria after two powerful earthquakes devastated the region. this morning, the death toll stands at over 5,000 people. it is expected to climb even higher. right now tens of thousands of emergency crews are working around the clock to rescue and recover those trapped under the rubble. in some areas, rescuers are facing snow and freezing temperatures as they search for survivors. turkish president erdogan declaring a week of
officials telling nbc news the goal of the president s address tonight is to affirm the core promises of his 2020 presidential campaign. restoring the soul of the nation. tonight s critical address as the polling shows the president faces growing dissatisfaction at home. the administration is not taking care of our own people. you have to get these old guys out. i will be joined by chris jansing and katy tur. plus, looming large. the diplomatic fallout from shooting down the 200-foot tall chinese spy balloon over the atlanta expected to play heavily into tonight s address. some of the lines of the speech referring to china were being edited in the wake of the military operation. how hard will the president go against china tonight? death toll rising. more than 5,100 people dead after two powerful earthquakes striking we were hearing voices, messages from under the rubble. we couldn t do anything. good morning, everyone. i am andrea mitchell in washington. this