eye on the ukraine border where some experts say an invasion is imminent. from a picture of a teacher taping a mask to a student to a mother s threat to bring guns to her school if kids are forced to wear masks. the debate over covid and schools boils over. plus, later this hour, the man whose case led to the legalization of gay marriage is announcing a major new chapter of his life as he takes on politics in ohio. he joins us live. we ll begin with the breaking news out of arizona. the state democratic party s executive board has voted to censure senator kyrsten sinema over her support of the filibuster. in a statement, the board characterized her protection of the filibuster as, quote, a failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy. senator sinema issued her own response to the vote telling nbc news via spokesperson that, quote, she has always been honest about the where she stands. with me to discuss is nbc news senior political reporter sahe
friday, biden reportedly told house democrats to bring that price down to somewhere between 1.9 and $2.3 trillion over ten years. bernie sanders, who favored a larger bill than the $3.5 trillion, was actually questioned about that by chuck todd on meet the press this morning. have you accepted the fact that it s not going to be $3.5 trillion? that s not my understanding what he said. what he said, there is going to have to be give and take on both sides. i m not clear he did bring forth a specific number. at the end of the day, this is basically a numbers game. what s the price tag that both factions of the democratic party, the two that are hoeltd holding out on the senate side, can agree on. it has never been about the price tag. it s about what we want to deliver. i don t feel the need to give a number. my number was 3.5. what about 1.5? that s not going to happen. why is that why won t it add up to that? that s too small to get our priorities in. it s
number. at the end of the day, this is basically a numbers game. what s the price tag, that both factions of the democratic party, again the two that are holding out on the senate side. can actually agree on. from the beginning, it s never been about the price, tag it s about what we want to deliver. i don t feel the need to give a number, because i gave my number it was three point. five so if we re not looking at numbers, what about one point. five so it s gonna be. why won t add up to that. number because that s too small to get our priorities. and it will be somewhere between 1.5 and 3.5. and i think the white house is working on that right now. meanwhile, across the, aisle as you can imagine, republicans are practically giddy at this site of all of this dysfunction, as senator john barrasso made clear this morning on fox. i thought joe biden went to the hill on friday, to try to get that bipartisan infrastructure bill passed, and instead he surrendered to
new mexico to campaign for democrat gubernatorial candidate michelle. nothing on his schedule and he plans to stop by the southern border while he is there. todd: in the meantime, we did not mention the border crisis one single time nor did he talk about crime, conflation, gas prices were many of the other issues boaters they actually matter to them. brooke singman wrapping all of it up for you this morning, good morning. hey, good morning, guys president biden will go the final days of the midterm elections as he heads to new mexico and california this camping trip comes after he blasted maga republicans in a dramatic speech last night, listen. week, the people, must decide whether the rule of law prevails or whether we will allow the dark forces to thirst for power. put a head of the principles that have long guided us. you know america democracy is under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refused to accept the results of the 2020 ele el
up early on way too early. morning joe starts right now. relief. excitement. joy. i m very proud of our fellow kansans. we were telling people in neighboring states that their rights were no longer intact. they had to flee their states to get care. the cards were set against us from the start. as a husband i do not look forward to trusting the legislature to protect the rights of my wife. we re avoiding a huge horror that would have come to kansas. one of the things i heard, you may be against abortion for yourself, but you can t be against it and make it for someone else. this is my life on the line, too, is this my right. tonight, we get to say to kansans, you can still get care here, you re still recognized and make your own medical decisions. reaction from kansas last night, as voters turned out in high numbers to protect abortion rights in that conservative state. it was the country s first best of the issue since the supreme court overturned roe v.