happen with this court. i do. but i m not on the courts, and certainly i m not on that court where that texas judge decided to, uh, turn upside down the whole process that fda you has used for years for many drugs. cnn s elaine to train is in washington. for us, elena. i mean this was a controversial decision to be sure. so what our members of congress, saying this is all about? well for the reaction has been pretty disparate immediately after the court s decision was announced, democrats began railing against the ruling. they held press conferences. they span the airwaves, and some even went so far as to tell president biden that he thinks that they think that he should ignore the ruling altogether. now republicans, meanwhile, have been far less outspoken, but we did hear from a few today who were pressed on the issue during the sunday shows that includes congressman tony gonzalez. he is a republican from texas, and he had some pretty harsh words for the biden. ministrations
address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
is the most divorced looking woman i have ever seen. funny stuff, but we will tell you why the georgia republicans plan is no joke. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday, special counsel jack smith is not playing around. he is closing in on donald trump s inner circle. from his family to his former vice president. this week, the new york times reported that smith has subpoenaed donald trump s daughter and son in law, ivanka, jared kushner, to testify before a federal grand jury about trump s role in january 6th. and smith has asked the federal judge to compel mike pence, who is already been subpoenaed, to testify. meanwhile, there is growing concern that some of trump s allies may try to rewrite the history of the insurrection. especially speaker mccarthy, who gave fox news host and chief conspiracy theorist tucker carlson exclusive access to 44,000 hours of security, footage from january 6th. other news organizations, including nbc at msnbc or no see
a preference for a supreme court justices being nominated by a republican, or by a democrat. and if you are prepared to live with supreme court justices from either party, then you are a very unusual voter. so this is the product of all of those votes, all of those people who went out and voted for joe biden, that is how this has happened tomorrow. a little piece of good news, i m looking forward to your show tonight, lawrence. thank, you ali, thank you. tonight, we have a new reason i knew apparent reason why the january 6th committee rushed into that special session yesterday, to hear the public testimony of cassidy hutchinson. they want the white house counsel. they want him. and that s why they had to have that hearing yesterday. because cassidy hutchinson s testimony fully justified the subpoena to trump white house counsel pat cipollone that the committee issued today. the last time a president was destroyed by a congressional investigation, the white house coun
testimony fully justified the subpoena to trump white house counsel pat cipollone that the committee issued today. the last time a president was destroyed by a congressional investigation, the white house counsel was a key witness. richard nixon s white house counsel, john dean, helped bring down the nixon presidency, with his testimony in the watergate hearings. and now it looks like pat cipollone could be the witness who locks in donald trump s guilt for the january 6th committee. when presidents break the law, the white house counsel knows. the white house counsel s job is to prevent presidents from breaking the law, among other things. that is to say, prevent them from breaking the law intentionally or, as can happen, unintentionally. when someone in the white house has a bright idea, like banning all muslims from entering the country, it is the white house counsel s job to say, we can t do that, that s unconstitutional. the white house counsel is not the president s pers