scheduled to meet with the justice department next week including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss who left the probe into hunter biden since 2018. the lawyers insists this meeting is nothing to do with fresh disclosures for an irs whistleblower who said the investigation to the president son is being mishandled. california public and congressman darrell issa on the right of your screen is standing by with reaction. first was going to look at thomason with the latest. jon, we could have a situation where hunter biden s lawyers are meeting with the justice department at the same time as his father president biden is announcing he s running for reelection next week. the white house is known to talk about any of this. are not going to talk about 2024 is going to look like you re not going to talk about that from here. an ap poll says 73% of americans do not want the oldest president in u.s. history to run again and the majority of democrats. biden would be 82 at the begi
several hours to get a closer look at the destruction. also the middle of the damage, charles watson for we in mississippi what is the latest? surveying for a couple hours now and it s hard to believe all the destruction we are seeing. a lot when tornado hit but it doesn t look like a bomb hit, take a look at the level of destruction. tons of tree branches down, large trees. look at this house, you can see folks beginning what is expected to be a lengthy cleanup. we spoke to one of the folks who live over there who told us there carport was lifted up and detached from the home so that s what those folks are dealing with over there. the street you can see a lot of debris hanging around for folks to clean up. we ve seen folks in the streets in this particular community working as fast as they can to try to clean some of this stuff up so they can get roadways clear so folks can get to their properties to assess the damage but a simple look and you know it s going to take folks
meanwhile, the trump desantis rivalry is heating up. we ll show you how the florida governor responded to the covid criticism. we ll look at the rnc s 2024 playbook as party leaders want to double down on an issue that lost them the elections in the midterms. running straight into loserville. and today, president joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy sit down at the white house in hopes of ending the standoff over the debt ceiling. plus reverend al sharpton joins us live from memphis ahead of his eulogy today for tyre nichols. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, february 1st. along with joe, good to have you back. good to be back. willie and me. we have jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. so we start with today s high stakes meeting between president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. their focus, ending the standoff over the debt ce
economists are telling a different tale, a much different tale. and remember when vice president harris told meet the press the border is secure? well, there are new warnings tonight of not just one but multiple migrant caravans heading to the so-called secure border trying to get into the u.s. before republicans potentially take back congress. and crime victims here in california are furious after one of the state s biggest counties just dismissed hundreds of criminal cases, many of them for violent offenses all because of a judge shortage. l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva is here on set with us to talk about rising crime and confronting the deadly fentanyl crisis. plus, breaking tonight, elon musk appears to have completed his takeover of twitter ousting two top executives in the process. but twitter s leading advertisers are warning mr. musk his plans to promote free speech might drive users away. but we begin with president biden trying to paint republicans as the ones
that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a