coast. the main focus for tomorrow being really georgia into the clips. then from there that low pressure system will continue up the eastern seaboard. by late sunday, the delmarva region and the mid-atlantic, that s where the issues will be. by monday morning if you have to go to work, it s going to be a very soggy commute first thing monday for much of the northeast. very heavy rain. flooding is going to be a concern for this storm. you re talking 3 to 5 inches. coastal flooding are going to be major concerns up and down the east coast. even for areas of the northeast, you re still looking at that 3- to 5-inch rainfall totals. flooding concerns three different days, three different ranges. today the focus will be on florida. tomorrow the carolina coast into the mid-atlantic. then by monday, the main concern is going to be areas of the northeast. also talking winds. you re looking at a lot of these winds in that 30- to 60-mile-an-hour range. that could lead to trees and powe
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
alexandria hoff live on the late-night session. hey, alex. alex: late night, indeed, 14 failed vote over 4 days and tense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in final tally that took place well after midnight and ended up with speaker mccarthy handed the gavel and met with standing ovation. from the great state of california and next speaker of 118th congress kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? i never thought we would get up here. squeezedded by 216 votes, democrats backed ha ha hakeem jeffries. right after the 14th vote failure congressman elect mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after antic anticipate appeao confront matt gaetz. some of you are new but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. the first matter of business swearing in of the 118th congress that was delayed by the stalemate that started tuesday was led by members of the house freedom caucus that resistance broke do
willie, you look at the leads in the papers today, the major papers today. the wall street journal talking about the white house warning that funding for kyiv to run out in weeks. obviously, a desperate, desperate situation for those trying to stop a russian invasion here. the leads on the times, also, their lead story, of course, about israel pushing further south into gaza and approaching another large city center and the growing concerns about a humanitarian crisis. and, of course, over here, something that there s more and more focus on, it s about how donald trump s second term could obviously create a much darker trump and, of course, willie, very few checks and balances. we ll be getting all of those things today. a lot of really important stories and a lot of ground to cover. yeah. we re also going to be joined by liz cheney in just about an hour from now, and she ll tell us about her warning, as well. she believes if donald trump is elected to the white house a
good day, i m chris jansing live in london. we do have breaking news. in just the last ten minutes we learned an american citizen could be among the hostages released from gaza today. that s according to a u.s. official and a diplomat with knowledge of these fast-moving events. we re also following an unspeakable, almost unimaginable tragedy in a war that has been full of them. hamas is now saying that the biebas family, a mother and her two young children reportedly died while in their custody, although they re blaming israel. what impact could this have on the broader conflict and on negotiation aimed at extending the truce. george santos may be in his final hours as a member of congress. but santos remains defiant. his future and his hopes of avoiding that fate now down to simple math. we ll explain coming up. and we have been watching the pictures coming out of georgia where rosalynn carter has made her last trip back to the town of plains where she was born 96 year