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,
As dana mentioned, we will speak exclusively to a man with a lot of power in washington, West Virginia democratic senator joe manchin. But first we begin in florida where two fbi agents were killed while serving a warrant. Phil keating is on the scene in sunrise, florida. Good evening, phil. Reporter good evening, bret. It all went down just after 6 a. M. This morning. A brutal, brazen and tragic incident inside that apartment complex behind me. Five fbi agents were shot, two of them fatally. Just minutes ago the fbi called this a very dark day. We are saddened by their loss as we struggle to come to terms with what happened. However, as we grieve their loss, we will continue the mission to protect the American People. Reporter the federal agents showed up to the subjects apartment before dawn for what was planned to be a Surprise Serving of a Search Warrant in an on going child pornography case. Instead of answering his door, the subject grabbed a gun and started shooting. The two age
Resolved. Biden will also ask to streamline the naturalization process. The president S Immigration changes, as new data shows migrant encounters of the border have shot up 178 since last year. Going from nearly 65,000 in fiscal year 2020 to well over 180,000 in fiscal year 2021. Jesse, we are in the land of Executive Orders. Congress hasnt been able to pass a bill on this in decades really. So now you have the undoing of the Previous Administrations work and its really a confusing mess. Jesse if you listen closely, you can hear the cartels cheering. Now the coyotes can come over and bring a body to our soil and joe is not going to do a thing. You killed the remained in mexico deal that trump struck with the mexican president where they have to stay there and await a silo. You get rid of that, youre bringing back catch and release. Catch and release his back now. What is joes plan . He says we will send millions to Central America. How has that worked out for the last couple decades .
Makeshift camera from home when i had to broadcast from home because i was in Covid Quarantine back in november. Because i had to do that back in november, i knew i could do this again so i just wheeled the whole setup back out again tonight. The roads are not fit for manor beast nor Cable News Hosts so, again, apologies for things looking a little higglety piggelty. Ill be back in the studio tomorrow night. January 2009, barack obama was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States with joe biden as his Vice President , in january 2009, over 800,000 americans had just lost their jobs. The Great Recession caused by insanity in the financial industry and the accompanying Wall Street Collapse. The economy had been Hemorrhaging Jobs for months at a rate not seen since the Great Depression when President Obama was inaugurated. Unemployment was headed for 10 . The Wall Street Collapse had wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth. People were hurting. People were very scared. And o
Democrats are considering going it alone with a much more expansive and expensive bill. The latest on these negotiations. Good evening, bret. Tonights meeting is the first time that President Biden has invited them to the white house and all of them are republicans. Whether or not he is willing to compromise or not to earn their support is still very much. Go big or go bipartisan. Thats the question President Joe Biden faces as he attempts to pass his 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. The president calls for bipartisan support and 10 moderate republican senators responded to the roughly 600 billion plan of their own. Im going to do everything i can to encourage the president to do something that is much more targeted from the 1. 9 trillion package. He was one of the ten moderates to send a letter to him on sunday reminding him of the promise tomorrows going to be it looks like you are in the snow globe at the white house. Thank you. Down the street from the bipartisan meeting in the oval