a shot of a predawn los angeles. welcome to the fourth hour of morning joe. it is 6:00 a.m. out there on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. here in the east. i m jonathan lemire alongside the bbc s katty kay. we re happy to report that msnbc contributor mike barnicle is joining us for the hour. we re in for joe, mika, and willie. catty, a lot of headlines to get to in this hour. the biggest one got mike off the ice rink earlier. landed a couple triple axels and came upstairs and i m sort of disappointed he s changed out of his outfit, but there we go. and took the gold medal off. right. let s get to the headlines, mike, beyond yours. the latest from buffalo where the national guard is going door to door checking on residents who lost power during the deadly blizzard. we ll have the latest as officials face scrutiny over that. and southwest airlines cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from the winter storm. the unions are speaking out about how the disaster
i m ana cabrera in new york. repeating it doesn t make it true. one day after the house committee investigating the january 6th attack voted to subpoena the former president and its sweeping probe, donald trump is unleashing calling the panel names and once again falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen. saying nothing about whether he will actually comply with that subpoena. what we do know, the committee has reviewed thousands of documents, videos conducted hundreds of interviews and an investigation now laid out for all of america, explosive revelations leading up to and on the day of the insurrection. more about that in a moment. first cnn exclusion sievely obtained more video of the day of attack. never before seen footage taken by nancy pelosi s daughter. a documentary filmmaker on january 6th. here is speaker pelosi before the siege. we re going to walk down and i ll be there with you. we re going to walk down to the capitol. if he comes here they told him
enough. plus it is primary tonight in two big states with redistricting in new york forcing out a near 30-year incumbent. and a familiar face to florida voters looks to unseat governor ron desantis. nothing like an election night when numbers start rolling in we start with our chief political anchor bret baier at the big board to break down the races. haitian on lot of activity one of the biggest races we re following is in new york. it s not a primary race it s actually a special election filling an open seat in new york district 19. now, this is looking tonight like democrats are going to pick this up in a republican-leaning district. this is pat ryan versus mark molinaro. ap hasn t called it yet, but it looks like there are not enough votes for mull nair 0 to close this gap. that is big in this environment. pat ryan used choice, he used the overturning of roe v wade as a big part of his campaign. he said on all his signs, choice is on the ballot. a big part of his campai
customers have mostly shrugged off the higher menu prices and the revenue has gone up. what s going on there? both of those companies, walmart and mcdonald s are facing higher costs as is practically every company right now. the difference however is mcdonald s has been able to pass on some of the higher costs. walmart can t do that as much because their whole brand is centered around being a low-cost retailer. it s having to eat some of the costs and that s why it s warning about profit. but jake, one thing i should flag, we talked about this recently in terms of the retail sales data. wall mmart warning they re speng more of essentials like food and fuel and that s leaving less discretionary income. the reason that matters to a retailer like walmart is their profits are higher on categories like apparel. their profits are lower on essential categories like food and fuel. that s why we re seeing the profit warning. it s yet another data point, yet another sort of warning n
really not lifting sentiment much because even if you are seeing some relief at the pump, which most americans are, you re not seeing it anywhere else. we re not seeing it at the grocery store, not seeing it practically anywhere else in your day, and that s reflected in the latest reading. americans remain quite sad about the state of things. but we also keep buying things. so is this retail therapy, is it something more nuanced? what is it? i think it depends on who you re talking about. we got retail sales data which shows a better than expected jump of consumer spending of 1%. the expectation heading into this report was an increase of .8%. but what you have here is a tale of two consumers. for americans who can afford it, who are still sitting okay financially, they re still spending. they re shifting where they re spending to services and experiences. for folks, however, who are struggling with inflation right now, they are shifting their spending. they re spendin