immigration restrictions expire. the white house is taking unprecedented measures as federal and local officials are preparing for the worst. also this hour, high-stakes debt limit negotiations between president biden and congressional leaders have been called off for tomorrow. we re going to tell you what we re learning about the postponement as the country is another day closer to a potential default. and new republican reaction to donald trump s controversial positions and brazen lies at cnn s town hall in new hampshire. the state s governor, a republican, chris sununu, weighs in as a prominent trump critic and potential 2024 rival. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. the countdown is on at the southern border. the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42 ends in less than six hours. we have correspondents on both sides of the border. rosa flores in texas. david culver is in
happen. hello, welcome, hello to you. john: john roberts in washington, this is america reports. any moment now the white house will take questions ahead of today s pivotal meeting in the oval office, time running out to avoid the u.s. defaulting on its debt. sandra: coming sooner than many had predicted, charles payne is standing by. john: jacqui heinrich is live, where the briefing is pushed back by 15 minutes or so, and jacqui, the president has touted his ability to reach across the aisle for an agreement. what s changed? jacqui: they are not negotiating leer. the president campaigned on being the uniter in chief refuses to negotiate, even though he always touted how well he worked with the other side during his 50 odd years in washington. and despite his own past votes against raising the debt limit over concerns about too much spending. in 2006, he wrote because this massive accumulation of debt was predicted, because it was foreseeable, because it was unneces
even say i guess how old i am. i can t even say the number. it doesn t register with me. and only thing i can say is that, one of the things that people are going to find out they re going see a race and they re going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it i respect them taking a hard look at it i would as well. i took a hard look at it before i decided to run. paul: let s bring in poll strer strategist doug served as advisor to former bill clinton doug nice to see you again. good to be here, paul. polls say majority of democrats would prefer another candidate to be their nominee in 2024 can you remember a case when that was the true incumbent? i can t remember a case where that was true of the incumbent or case where the field of perspective challengers to the president was as frankly limited as the field would be. there s an old adage in politics you can t beat somebody with nobody. that s what we re facing. paul: is there a doubt about him related to his
brand-new at 2:00. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. right into a jam packed hour with this fox news alert. faa has been charged with modernizing notam for ten years. why has it taken ten years? we have been on a journey of modernization. let me ask again, why has it taken ten years and why is it still not done. it does take a while. these systems the complexity. everyone shut down the first time since 9/11. john: acting head of the faa getting grilled on capitol hill over the air travel debacle, the first nationwide ground stop since the september 11th attacks. sandra: faa says it is now taking steps to avoid a repeat of that massive system failure but already several incidents of near collisions have travelers rethinking their next trips. john: even some lawmakers questioning the agency s priorities, listen here. do you believe that that is your mission at the faa to mitigate climate change and increase equity, is that your job at the faa?
meanwhile, the trump desantis rivalry is heating up. we ll show you how the florida governor responded to the covid criticism. we ll look at the rnc s 2024 playbook as party leaders want to double down on an issue that lost them the elections in the midterms. running straight into loserville. and today, president joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy sit down at the white house in hopes of ending the standoff over the debt ceiling. plus reverend al sharpton joins us live from memphis ahead of his eulogy today for tyre nichols. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, february 1st. along with joe, good to have you back. good to be back. willie and me. we have jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. so we start with today s high stakes meeting between president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. their focus, ending the standoff over the debt ce