dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican party s race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that state s republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues from across the aisle. justin pierson, justin jones, and gloria johnson. their crime? protesting the epidemic of gun violence. in the days after a deadly mass shooting at a nashville elementary school. it is the stuff of third world tin pot dictatorships. no offense to them. apparently, the use of a bull horn without being recognized to speak is for republicans in tennessee an adequate enough reason to override the will of the voters and forcibly strip those lawmakers of their positions and d
stories we re watching today the first is joe biden heading to monterey park, california the president will deliver remarks on gun safety. we are also following a developing situation out of ukraine involving a u.s. intelligence aircraft that was forced down by russian war planes but we start today with the race to the bottom in the republic primary the leading contenders for the presidential nomination making clear that they will not stand with the fledgeling democracy. a statement from ron desantis in response to a questionnaire than none other than fox news and america s most prominent putin defender tucker carlson reads in quote, while the u.s. has many vital national interests, securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the chinese communist party, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not
somebody seaworld headquarters to new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. concerns are growing. new questions arising today after the u.s. military shot down a third high flying object in a week. the latest object taken down saturday by a u.s. fighter to dover the yukon territory in canada. under prime minister justin trudeau s orders. today, the prime minister says recovery team are looking for the cylindrical object with the country s defense minister has described as smaller a potentially similar to the chinese spy plane shut down off the carolina coast. last weekend. today on msnbc, the biden ministration justifying its quick action. the president took this accent. we wanted to make sure that we are always the promises we re always going to track. we re always going to detect and we re always going to defend our airspace and that s what the american people should expect. also new reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. as they express concerns
delayed his election as speaker. in brazil hundreds of arrests an insurrectionists stormed the capitol over the weekend, including the presidential palace, parliament and the supreme court. fueled by false claims by trump allies in the u.s. and others over the country s election results. imitating what happened here on january 6th. also this hour, i will be speaking to arms services committee chairman jack reed and former u.s. ambassador to russia john sullivan about the u.s. support for ukraine as house republicans threaten to cut aid to ukraine. and nbc news can chief white house correspondent kristen welker is at the border as president biden makes his first trip to mexico since inauguration. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. kevin mccarthy s long list of concessions to that faction of far-right lawmakers who put him through the public humiliation of 14 failed speaker votes last week could cause problems for his conference today and the next two years
typhoon nanmadol has killed at least four people and injured more than eighty. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are torcuil crichton, westminster editor at the daily record, and claire cohen who is a journalist and author. tomorrow s front pages starting with the financial times leads with liz truss s comments that tax cuts for the rich are not unfair and that she was prepared to be unpopular to boost growth. the daily mail says the pm will link tax cuts at home with standing up to authoritarian regimes abroad. but the guardian sees comments byjoe biden as an attack on liz truss s policies, after he said he was sick and tired of trickle down economics. the i predicts interest rates will rise by two percentage points in the next four months starting with a three quarter per cent rise tomorrow. the telegraph reports pro russian leaders in four occupied areas of ukraine will hold referendums onjoining russia. th