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.
president obama being heckled. the key for president biden, and he knows this, is that part of the theme of his speech tonight is going to be about him being basically the adult in the room. that s what one of my former colleagues described to me. if he is the adult in the room and is contrasting that with the chaos in the room, these people heckling him in the house chamber, at him having a calm response, is exactly confirming the point he is making in the speech. yes, you have to prepare for it and think about it. i certainly expect they re doing that. john, interesting for the first time visual tonight, speaker mccarthy standing behind president biden as he delivers the address. mccarthy had been a critic of president biden but, in his own way, participated in the attempted coup to prevent biden from sitting in that office. mccarthy yesterday said he wouldn t tear up the speech. he pledged to be on good behavior. we ll see. i don t think we can say the same for everyone in his c