well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third financi
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.
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big tech s layoffs to its benefit. nsa recruiters have been reaching out to laid off workers from employees like meta and amazon. they re in one of the largest hiring surges in the past 30 years. in wisconsin, the journal sentinel leads with the struggle the league of women voters is facing. the non-partisan organization has played a vital role in elections, providing voters with information on candidates and hosting forums. republican lawmakers have been refusing to attend the group s events, saying they are not non-partisan. the league has publicly supported liberal priorities such as reproductive rights and banning conversion therapy. and the citrus county chronicle in florida reports soda prices are on the rise. according to the u.s. labor of bureau statistics, coke, pepsi and other brands are up 45% in less than four years. the cost of a 12-pack of coke in
after the presidential election there. on december 14th, after the 2020 election, that s the day that every stateti was supposed to formally assign their electors for the electoral college. wisconsin and every state in the country. the way that works is simple. in states that biden won, those states formally name their biden electors and say that those will be the state s official electors and states that trump won, those states say these are formally their trump electors and those are the electors from this state.ecanteidstst that happened in little sort of low-key, but official ceremonies all over the country in every state capitol in the united states on december 14th, 2020. but in wisconsin, as the neke official electors were meeting that day in the state capitol, and this is footage of the official electors meeting, we know, thanks to reporting from d the journal sentinel, the milwaukee journal sentinel, a group of republicans decided j they, too, would meet secretly elsewhere i