are for open to banning assault weapons. they ll hammer that message. alexi, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. jack-packed morning joe starts right now. one of the constants over the years is baseball. america has rolled by like an army of steamrollers, built like a blackboard, erased and erased again. but baseball has marked the time. this field, this game, it s a part of our past, ray. it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. oh, people will come, ray. people will most definitely come. willie. there you go. good morning. that line. welcome to morning joe. all that was good. 30th. all can be good once again. so many l opening day. opening day, yes. very exciting, huh? best part about opening day is, no matter who you are, any team, there s hope. right now, sitting here this morning, there s hope. now, hey there s a point
it. democrats held a primary debate in new york city last night. they had no choice. both the candidates in this race are incumbents. thanks to a court decision that redrew congressional bounds, they re running against each other for the same seat. that s a lot of fun. for 30 years, carol maloney has represented the upper east side of manhattan. over the same period, jerry madler has represented the west side. rather than do the obvious thing and retire, the two are competing for the newly-drawn 12th congressional district, combining the upper east side and upper west side of manhattan. it turns out to be the richest district in american politics. there s a lot at stake. we forced ourselves to watch the debate. we were richly rewarded for doing that. we ll start with the headlines in the debate, which you ve already likely seen. neither one of these people is cheerleading for joe biden. here s maloney. who president biden run again in 2024? yes. mr. nadler? too early
it. democrats held a primary debate in new york city last night. they had no choice. both the candidates in this race are incumbents. thanks to a court decision that redrew congressional bounds, they re running against each other for the same seat. that s a lot of fun. for 30 years, carol maloney has represented the upper east side of manhattan. over the same period, jerry madler has represented the west side. rather than do the obvious thing and retire, the two are competing for the newly-drawn 12th congressional district, combining the upper east side and upper west side of manhattan. it turns out to be the richest district in american politics. there s a lot at stake. we forced ourselves to watch the debate. we were richly rewarded for doing that. we ll start with the headlines in the debate, which you ve already likely seen. neither one of these people is cheerleading for joe biden. here s maloney. who president biden run again in 2024? yes. mr. nadler? too early
to torrestaurants in italy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with ken brunhuber. there s a growing sense of urgency among members of congress ahead of monday s second hearing on the january 6 insurrection. they say their investigation paints a tdamning portrait of former president trump. trump and his supporters have been pushing back hard against the narrative. we get more from jessica sh th needer in washington. reporter: they set the stage tor for what s to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings, while the former president is responding to this. the president responded with this sentiment. maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. reporter: today trump responding. i never said or even thought of saying hang mike pence . this is either a made-up story from someone looking to be a star or fake news. we want trump! reporter: and his months-long efforts to discredit the election, leading to what t