contempt of parliament over his own lockdown behaviour, and says he should recuse himself. we ll be asking the political writer and johnson biographer andrew gimson and the shadow leader of the house thangam debbonaire how they think this sorry tale will end. also tonight. with gilt rates throught the roof and inflation refusing to plunge, will interest rates have to rise and result in more mortgage misery? we ll be asking an economic adviser to chancellorjeremy hunt and a former bank of england insider. we have a report from the palestinian territories on how young people see the political situation there. what do you hope for? we all hope for the same thing, to liberate palestine. but what does that really mean? and what does the question really mean, what do you hope for? i can hope for many things. and whatjust happened in california? it s a new world record. tonight we ll bejoined by a record holding super cuber who s going to show us how its done. good evening. in the h
joining us, eugene scott. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you for joining us way too early. morning joe starts right now. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. that conversation is the main reason a special grand jury in georgia is investigating election interference. yesterday, we got some of their report, and it reveals that the jurors believe that witnesses lied to them. and, somehow, the former president, donald trump, thinks this report exonerates him. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. plus, the group trump famously told to stand back and stand by now wants to call him as a witness in its trial tied to january 6th. we ll have an update on senator fetterman, who is in walter reid for treatment of clinical depression. he checked himself in. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 17thment we have the host of way to early, politico s jonathan lemire.
. . rachel: fox news alert. showdown in the senate. lawmakers engaged in a vote-a-rama all night long over dozen of politically charged issues. will: live look at senate floor. senators continue to argue whether the inflation reduction act will do anything to help ease inflation. joey: alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest? reporter: this vote-a-rama is part of the senate budget process where senators allow unlimited amendments. senator graham opposed a amendment by maggie hassan. they wouldn t let you do this in professional wrestling. what you re doing is deceitful, is dishonest. we ll call you out. reporter: vote-a-rama started 11:5 according to chad pergram. likely wraps up mid-morning, midday today. senator collins had a statement about irs workers. this reconciliation bill is culmination of year of negotiations of democrats pursuing a stripped down version of the build back better bill. this one dubbed by democrats as the inflation reduction act. $433
places staying dry with a bit of sunshine. very high for the time of year. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our under way on bbc two. colleagues for the news where you are goodnight. a wave of mental health illness has hit the workforce now the single biggest reason among the under 44s for not seeking work. it s now become an economic problem, but is this here to stay? on the day that the economy showed again its inability to grow, a key problem remains the size of the workforce. i m in bed most of the day, because i m in bed most of the day, because i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, iwould say i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, i would say the employment side is much better, if i was in it. we have an exclusive investigation from ben and talk to the experts. also tonight. the un children s boss who hasjust returned from gaza on the day rains turn palestinian tent citi
sweeping pieces of legislation in most recent history, set to impact american life on many, many levels. by now you probably heard about the $1,400 stimulus checks, which could start going out via direct deposit next week but the bill is also expected to add 7 million jobs to the economy. it s designed to cut child poverty in half, specifically helping black and hispanic families through the tax credits and family aid and it will fund nationwide vaccine distribution that should help bring an end to this covid pandemic. to underscore that, we just learned in the last hour, the biden administration will announce plans to buy 100 million additional vaccines from johnson & johnson. we should make it clear, that while there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential surrounding the new covid bill, we will not be sure how effective it s going to actually be until it s put into action. i want to bring in garrett haake on capitol hill. also with us, chief white house correspondent for n