are for open to banning assault weapons. they ll hammer that message. alexi, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. jack-packed morning joe starts right now. one of the constants over the years is baseball. america has rolled by like an army of steamrollers, built like a blackboard, erased and erased again. but baseball has marked the time. this field, this game, it s a part of our past, ray. it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. oh, people will come, ray. people will most definitely come. willie. there you go. good morning. that line. welcome to morning joe. all that was good. 30th. all can be good once again. so many l opening day. opening day, yes. very exciting, huh? best part about opening day is, no matter who you are, any team, there s hope. right now, sitting here this morning, there s hope. now, hey there s a point
happy good friday. i m bill hemmer. happy good friday to you. it s time to break out some colors, i decided, indeed. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. let s get you to the numbers. the united states added 236,000 jobs last month. that is the weakest growth since december of 2020. unemployment it ticked down to 3.5%. we re crunching the numbers. hello, steve. is this good? is this bad? what s it tell smart guys like you? what it tells you that things are beginning to slow. what is more important is what happened earlier this week, the report on manufacturing. report on surfaces, isns, purchase managers, a very good indicator of what s about to happen. manufacturing is in a serious decline. services, which have been a mainstay in terms of people being able to spend on services again after the lockdowns, that s beginning to show signs of weakening. people s savings are beginning to be run down. credit card debt is beginning to go up. the storm clouds are there
biden administration to sanction americans online. a vikings player being praised to help a rescue of a man in a fiery crash. the car crash, it they managed to free the trapped driver. [cheers and applause] brian: for the home of the bronx and the university of tampa, florida. they got a lot that come out. and a very patriotic crew. ainsley: and now we can hear you, brian. brian: by the way, can you hear me? i will add this, steve, you brought the hangover. it is just me. there you go. steve: it s got biscuits, gravy, home fries, gravy on top. that looks fantastic. brian: right. and it is bad for your aorta. chided them. if the drink didn t finish you off, this will do it. it is great. people love it. the number one thing here is the pancakes. samantha, you told me. ainsley: for the breakfast. brian: the number one thing for breakfast, the giant pancake. ainsley: that is massive. steve: it is bigger than your head. ainsley: how do they flip them? s
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absurd notion that space lasers financed by the roth child family are the cause of wildfires in california. she has never equated vaccine mandates with adolph hitler. who s he really talking about there? the democrat defending ilhan omar before the partisan vote to remove her from the house foreign affairs committee. and president joe biden meet with the congressional black caucus for a discussion on police reforms. it comes a day after tyre nichols is laid to rest. and china is doing some damage control this morning. beijing says it s looking at whether a surveillance balloon that flew over montana is actually theirs. we ll have the latest and the response from the pentagon coming up next. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 3rd. i m sitting in for jonathan lemire. democratic congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota has removed from the house foreign affairs committee. 218 republicans voted to back the resolution removing omar from the c