now that i m not affiliated with any team anymore and have strong ties do i have friends on the dolphins that i really like. steve: we re here at courtside kitchen the famous pickleball restaurant and look who just pulled up during the commercial? of course, you know that star for down here in texas. that is the official team bus for america s team. allow me to cue them. hey, there you go. ladies and gentlemen, it s the dallas cowboy cheerleaders live on fox & friends. hello. anyway, it is great to have you on this friday. we tried to make it as much fun as possible. and it s also really noisy. [cheers] steve: really happy. steve: good morning, everybody. all right. come on down here. katiana how are you. i m good how are you. steve: i know you are up early. do you guys play football. i do play for fun not professionally. steve: no money involved. somebody play from the team. some of us might play a little bit today. we ll see. steve: actually, y
josé diaz-balart. right now hundreds of thousands across the american south are waking up to no power after a deadly ice storm pummelled the region. we ll take you live to arkansas. in memphis, police are facing new questions on the discrepancies in an initial police report compared to the video detailing the deadly beating of tyre nichols. on capitol hill, in just a couple of hours, the house will vote on whether to remove congresswoman ilhan omar from the house foreign affairs committee for what republicans have called anti-semitic remarks. we ll ask congresswoman pramila jayapal about that and more . a brand new congressional dads caucus has just launched and seeks to advocate for working families. it s congressman jimmy gomez who brought the idea to life will join us to discuss. and is an early spring around the corner? punxsutawney phil makes his groundhog day predictions. and we begin this hour with the extreme winter ice storm impacting the southern u.s., the
tonight, protesters are out in the streets across the country, after the unprecedented supreme court decision, ending roe v. wade. 50 years after it became law. demonstrations have been growing ever since the ruling was announced this morning. five of the courts conservatives voted to overturn roe. samuel alito who is a draft opinion was leaked last month, wrote in his final decision that roe was egregiously wrong from the start. the ruling automatically clears the way for abortion bans in 13 states. at least six states have already put them into effect. and there are concerns about what this may mean for court decisions on contraception, and gay rights. justice clarence thomas says those should be up for review as well. we ve got a lot to cover tonight, but i want to begin with my friend and colleague, morrow barrick, our nbc news reporter. she s on the ground, at the supreme court, all day long. morrow, you have been among the protesters for hours. what are they telling you
peaceful. as republicans celebrated the win, decades in the making, and now facing an uncertain political fallout from the decision. democrats clearly angry, but left without votes in congress right now. and without a plan of action. this court has lost legitimacy. they have burned whatever legitimacy they may still have had after their gun decision, after their voting decision, after their union decision. they just took the last of it and set a torch to it with the roe vs. wade opinion. several states are already working to protect abortion rights while others, at least ten, effectively banned abortion as of saturday night. another five states are expected to pass laws limiting abortion in the coming days and weeks. in all, 26 states could outlaw or set extreme limits on abortions. a new cbs news poll after roe was struck down finds the majority of americans nearly 60% nearly 60% do not approve of overturning that law. interesting. that was a poll conducted over the
a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on charlie crist to challenge the state s current republican governor ron desantis in the general elocation. and it will be former orlando police chief congresswoman val demings trying to unseat marco rubio in the united states senate. both charlie crist and val demings will be our guests on the show a short time from now. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, august 24th, i m willi