soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
they re told, drink the water, though i wouldn t tell that to my family. a lot don t have the choice. there are challenges here that are far beyond this moment and who travels there. it s how are people impacted who may not have the resources to make those choices? it just seems, david, very tone deaf. it actually reminds me of the bp oil spill, when barack obama went home over, i don t know, memorial day weekend or something like that, while every cable network had that oil pumping into the gulf coast. there s just no time like the present to move, to act. i m not sure why overreact. right. too early get on the ground. to say too much. you think that lesson would be clear. you have to be careful, as jen says, this is the heartland of america.