Willie, when he saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark, yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. And watching these people, the great people of this town, i couldnt imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Willie, i know you feel the same. Powerful words to open the program this morning. Yeah. Lifted straight from bill murray. Looks like an intense concert for 6 00 a. M. Is that smashmouth getting after it . What is that . Is this the movie . No. This is a live picture from punxsuitawney, mika. I dont know if it sees the shadow if it is more spring or less spring. I did research this morning, and it only made it worse. I dont understand. If its clear, he sees the shadow and goes back to the den for six more why would you go to the den . Its a beautiful day. Start spring early. Its the opposite. Im more confused than ever. Its a great movie. Lets listen for a second at the punxsutawney trio. Gobblers knob. The gobblers knob trio. That
Of congress for more regulation, especially over concerns of risk of gambling addiction. Should the fedent regulate Online Sports bet something if you say yes regulation is needed if you want to tell us why and to what extent, 2027488000. If you say no, 2027488001. Maybe youre not sure, 2027488002. If you want to give us your thought via text, 2027488003. Facebook is available to facebook. Com cspan and we have a twitter poll as you can participate as well on x. You can at cspanwj. Bets on basketball online saying the total amount of bets on all sports through legal wagering sites in 2023 from the previous year. Thats up from 7. 5 billion. The American Gaming Association estimates that 2. 7 billion will be bet this year on mens and womens sports tournament. Some of those facts from Sports Betting from the United States 38 states, the district of columbia allow some form of Sports Betting. When it comes to the question of regulation there was a recent poll done by s c if more regulation
Live. I am the reporter here at the washington post. Our guest is former republican from michigan it, fret up in. Fred upton. Welcome back. Fred its nice to see you. Host lets get right to the news. Donald trump was indicted for a third time on charges that he tried to disrupt the 2020 election. You said this was totally justified. Your vote to impeach mr. Trump for those actions, why do you feel vindicated . Fred we saw it firsthand. Those of us that were there in the capital that day casting the vote at 8 00 when the house came back because of the insurrectionists that were there. The bottom line was he really did try to not allow the counting of the electoral votes on january 6. We see the conspiracy charges with the fake electors. We have every reason to believe that was directed within his administration. I read the indictment the came out this past week. I dont know how the trial will proceed. Absolutely, everyone of us all the same thing. After january 6, the president said i di
Threatening federal prosecutors. Today, the judge in that case could decide exactly how much he can talk about it. It comes as federal prosecutors are now pushing for a trial right after new years day. Cue up u2. Well have much more on trumps legal issues ahead. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is i mean, come on, man, its august. Its august. This is moving. This year is moving too fast. Its midaugust. You know, you get old like me, and it just flies, right . Its august 11th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. Host of politics nations, wearing tan today, the reverend al sharpton. Looks good. Come on, man. President obama wore tan, and look what happened. It was a big news story. With me, its just another day. Can you believe that . That was a big news story. The president of the United States wearing tan in the white house. We have a the same people that were upset by that are now, like, hey, its really cool. We su
Live. I am the reporter here at the washington post. Our guest is former republican from michigan it, fret up in. Fred upton. Welcome back. Fred its nice to see you. Host lets get trump was indica third time on charges thatied t0 election. You said this was totally justified. Yo impeach mr. Trump for those actions, why do you feel vindicated . Fred we saw it firsthand. Those of us that were there in the capital that day casting the vote at 8 00 when the because oe insurrectionists that were ottom line was he really did try to not allow the counting of the electoral votes on january 6. We see the conspiracy charges with the fake electors. We have every reason to believe that was directed within his administration. I read the indictment the came out this past week. I dont know how the trial will proceed. Absolutely, everyone of us all the same thing. After january 6, the president said i did everything totally appropriate. I dont know if he would say the same thing today. That was one of