republican party. then, i will be joined by legendary author of a darkly dystopian and eerily oppression to book, that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1985. the one and only, margaret atwood. two will join me for this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club, to discuss her frequently banned blockbuster book, the handmaids tail. velshi starts and now. good morning to you. i am ali velshi. it is, sunday may the. first it is day 67 of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. we begin this morning with breaking news. because just hours, ago the house speaker nancy pelosi led a small delegation, a congressional delegation, on a trip to kyiv. she met ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. she spent about three hours on the ground in the capital. pelosi is now the highest ranking u.s. official to visit to kyiv. since the start of the war in february. this comes about a week after the defense secretary lloyd austin, as the secretary of state anth
ukraine. cortney kube covers the pentagon. msnbc international affairs analyst michael mcfaul is the former u.s. ambassador to russia. and i m joined by retired army lieutenant general steph twitty, an msnbc analyst. matt, bring us up to speed on the situation on the ground there. reporter: we re observing the law in most cities in ukraine that imposes a curfew and a blackout so we can t do outside to do this shot. we re in the city of zaporizhzhia, in the southeast corner of the country. not so far from the besieged city of mariupol, which is becoming more hellish by the day. i just spoke with a soldier fighting inside that azovstol steel plant. this siege is ongoing with what looks like could be hundreds of soldiers and hundreds of civilians including children. the russians have bombed what sounded like a field hospital in that facility. we spoke with the soldier, he said they have infinite amounts of ammunition. i m not sure if that was just bombast or if that was really
incursions. my guest this morning, president biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan. plus pence rebukes trump. president trump lost. i had no right to overturn the election. mike pence responds to donald trump s claims he could have overturned the election. this as the rnc censured liz cheney and adam kinzinger for participating in the january 6th investigation. all those for the motion, please say aye. and the political riot legitimate political discourse. i ll talk to the president s chief of staff. and the nfl s race problem. there s only one black head coach. some 20 years after the nfl pledged to do better by nfl coaches, it still looks like the boys club. secretary jeh johnson, amy walter, matthew continetti and helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york times. welcome to meet the press. announcer: this is meet the press with chuck todd. and a good sunday morning. in 2008 during the summer olympic games in beijing, russia
states soon follow? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that wonders if any political discourse is legitimate at this early hour. i m jonathan lemire, on this monday, february 7th. let s start with the news, there s a lot of it. several leading republicans are backing former vice president mike pence after he openly rebuked donald trump before a group of conservative lawyers. here s the former vice president pushing back at trump s claim that pence could have overturned the 2020 election. this week, president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people, and the american people alone. and frankly, there s no idea more unamerican than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. the truth is, there s more at stake than our party or political fortune. men and women, if we lose faith
morning joe. it is a busy monday, february 7th. with us we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire. and national security expert, columnist at usa today , tom nichols joins us. the republican national committee is facing growing push back from some members of the party following a vote on friday to censer representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger. the measure describes cheney and kinzinger as, quote, participating in a democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. several republicans, including senators mitt romney, bill cassidy and lisa murkowski along with maryland governor larry hogan either criticized or questioned the move to censure those two lawmakers. some members of the party are taking issue with the rnc s characterization of the capitol attack as legitimate political discourse. did you see legitimate political discourse that day? from my seat i did not see a