trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first hearing last night. in prime time a bipartisan group of lawmakers set the stage for what republican chairman mike gallagher called an existential struggle over the future of america. we may call this a strategi
those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is
hello, welcome to our viewers joining us here from the united states and all over the world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, heavy snowfall along the west coast leaves hundreds of residents stranded, and the situation across the northeast does not look much better. we will bring you the latest on extreme weather pummeling parts of the united states. a stunning admission under oath, the chair of the fox corporation, rupert murdaugh, acknowledges that fox news anchors pushed a election lies on air. reports of crumbling morale and desperation within the russian military. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin with extreme weather in the united states, as a winter storm is pummeling parts of the country with heavy snow and rain. nearly 50 million people are under winter weather alerts, across the northeast. new york s governor says parts of the state could see up to a foot of snow. schools in connec
trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first
it s wednesday, march 1st. catty kay with us, and mike barnicle. joe has the morning off. willie. this is a bipartisan congressional committee that set its sights on what it calls china s threat to the united states and our national security. our senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett, has the story. the fbi has for quite sometime now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident. the fbi s agents, analysts and biological threat experts assessing if a lab in wuhan, china, was the likely source. the chinese government denies