no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena
republican party in making the case that they want to keep these programs that many americans rely upon. the pamphlet in which scott announces this plan, the president actually held it up to the camera on wednesday in wisconsin. yesterday in florida. a copy of it was placed on every seat in the audience to make sure the seniors there saw it. we played earlier on the show, you could just hear the venom dripping in mcconnell s voice about this plan, the proposal. a gift to the white house. easily. that s why biden is leaning into it, despite being booed by republicans making the case or argument, should i say, that he is not being completely truthful and honest about what they really want, or his own history regarding these issues. but rick scott, other republicans, have also gone on the record this week. i believe ron johnson saying things that make it very clear that this program is something that they aren t really sold on. lastly, earlier this week, news came out that labor sec
it s something that democrats are hoping is clear before the end of spring. republicans have already picked milwaukee as their choice. wisconsin, another key, key swing state. i ll say that july or august in atlanta would be really hot. we d have to consider that, as well. we heard from the president while he was in wisconsin. yes. also yesterday in florida. he s been comparing republican and democratic positions on health care and entitlements. tell us more about the argument he has been making. he s trying to make the case that, on the emphasis of balancing the budget or making cuts so that debt ceiling goals can be reached, that republicans are looking at these programs that are very important to republican voters and also voters outside of the gop that biden is hoping to win. he is leaning in. we ve seen rick scott this week stumble over his argument in a way that benefits democrats. there are other gop lawmakers who are really not helping the
someone like rick scott that doubled down on this idea we re going to sunset these programs. so the white house is realizing that they had a nice moment on tuesday during the state of the union where they were able to sort of force these republicans to stand up for medicare and social security, but they also want to keep pushing this message because they think as long as they can highlight the disunity in the republican party over these issues, they can have a positive message for their voters and start to win back some of these seniors and other people who do not want to see cuts to these programs, so they do think this is a winning message and i expect the president to continue to put this message forward in the next few week. certainly on messaging, though, you re right you got a new piece out this week about how the administration has struggled to communicate a lot of their successes, and there s been some frustration in the building about that. tell us more. the president ha
record high today. they could blow past it with a high of 60 degrees this afternoon. back farther to the west minneapolis at 36, milwaukee at 39, and kansas city 50 degrees. not bad for mid-february. as we get into the next couple of days we see a little bit of a cool down for places like chicago, sand, monday, maybe into the 40s. still not bad this time of year. but end up back into the 50s for a lot of places for the next couple of days. how about that super bowl forecast? if you re lucky enough to be headed out to arizona, sunny, warm, 70, this is my kind of weather. elsewhere through the weekend there s your saturday forecast. the whole midsection of the country, plenty of sunshine. yes, of course, rain in parts of the southeast. that ll be something you deal with for the next couple of days. sunshine continues, great weather for really three quarters of the country, jonathan, as we head to sunday. thank you very much. have a great weekend. still ahead here, president biden, we