Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
And to know your objective, you have to know what your core values are. So, what is the republican position on covid relief . Is there some consensus within the party on what that Relief Package should look like . And who exactly is doing the negotiating for the republicans . It is becoming increasingly clear that republicans do not always speak the same language and sometimes there is no one directing the choir. Take the issue of stimulus checks. Some conservatives argue, yes, there are people in need and yes they deserve help. But that is not the role of the federal government. It is a minority position, for sure, but it is in fact a position of some conservatives. I think the better position is federal and state governments essentially took income and jobs and opportunities in an effort to control the pandemic. And by took, i mean under the takings clause of the constitution. Jobs, income, opportunity were taken in an effort to control the virus. And we understand why government too
By an illegal immigrant says the president is making americans less safe. You know, there is no justification for stopping the wall thats already there thats designed to keep criminals out. You know, there is no reason for him to ignore the families. Our Family Members are in the cemetery at the same time he is rewarding illegal aliens with amnesty. It is just not fair. Harris former Acting Deputy dhs secretary Ken Cuccinelli is with me on our top story. Also in focus today Mike Huckabee weighs in on the growing calls for new York Governor Andrew Cuomo to quit. And seattle radio host Jason Rantz On Black lives matter lesson plans in elementary schools. First i want to go to William La Jeunesse live at the southern border in san diego on the president S Immigration plan. William. Harris, the challenge that President Biden has is how does he undo the trump policies he doesnt like without undoing the success trump had in reducing illegal immigration . The chief thing among us right now is
Surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers that kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear. Ultimately, continued to demand that i choose him over the constitution. Good morning. Thank you for being with us, its 10 00 eastern in our nations capital. Im ana cabrera along with jose diazbalart for this special coverage of the third arraignment of donald trump. Here in washington, d. C. , a growing sense of anticipation ahead of the former president s appearance at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Lines started building outside the courthouse overnight. Take a look at these pictures. The morning, however, the intense security continues. Barricades outside the court. Officers with long guns on the grounds. We expect the former president to travel here from bedminster, new jersey, in just a few hours. We know hell be fingerprinted and go before the judge. Garrett haake is outside that d. C. Courthouse. Dasha burns is in new jersey where trump is currently staying and also with us is legal analy
police cars. a giant mob forced a cruiser backward down the freeway. lauren has more from washington. good morning, these videos are just as wild as dangerous and dumb. this was a busy intersection saturday night. take a look. oh. [bleep] [engines revving] ashley: at police cars, a crowd swarming and forcing a police car back. one officer was injured, several police cars were damaged. the police department is understaffed from officers on the street and 911 operators. just 60% of calls is answered within seconds. they had to lower minimum job requirements to fill openings. in 2020 the austin city council defunded the police by $150 million. the austin police association tweeted austin policymakers are responsible for the overall safety of citizens and visitors, looked like the wrong decision and they continue to demoralize public safety. austin was one of the safest cities, not anymore. the police budget was reinstated, but not until after officers left. they are strugg