soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
they don t know that yet. there are dead new york firefighters who believed the bush administration when they said that smoldering pile, it s fine. talk to the gang that, you know, got the burn pits legislation. i wrote about this east palestine last week, and i was late to the story. yeah. so that tells you how late officials have been. you know, go there. there are also regultory issues. there are issues involving the railroads. this was a 151-car train, which is more and more the norm now. of course, you know, newton s second law of motion or whatever. but more mass equals a more violent derailment when this sort of thing happens.