our country. when i look to the future, i see america strong once more. and the america i see, the permanent politician will finally retire. and mandatory mental competency test for politicians over 75 years old. good morning, happy saturday morning. good morning micah, happy saturday. i love saturdays, you bring me my coffee. i do, and we re probably watching this right now while you re drinking coffee that i get for you. it s delicious. she literally pushes me out a bed at 5:30 okay, okay, that s a little much. people don t want that mental image. okay. it s her saturday morning routine. and your saturday morning routine of course is watching morning joe weekend. it s saturday february 18th, former south carolina governor nikki haley officially kicked off her candidacy this week at an event in charleston on wednesday. in his speech she said, there should be mental competency test for politicians older than 75. micah, that was kind of a dig at president biden
ours. we have our community the disaster happened to that we didn t know how to respond to it. we just want answers. people who live near the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio, are demanding answers about the potential health risks, as the biden administration vows to hold the railroad accountable. senator sherrod brown who met with the families today will join me. as those lawmakers were trying to help people, kevin mccarthy was engaing in political theater at the southern border while ron desantis is seeking a rewrite of the constitution. and leslie jones is here. we ll get her take on ufos and much, much more. we begin tonight with the latest rebuke in the ongoing saga of a twice impeached former president who continues to push the unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen. newly unsealed portions of the georgia special grand jury s final report looking at potential election meddling by donald trump and his allies detail what literally every c
western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very moment we are in. history is vital, as is knowledge. it s why education is so often ground zero in the u.s. culture wars. and why florida governor ron desantis apparent white house ambition strikes at the heart of the american classroom. desantis has staked his political future on a bid to block an advanced placement course in african-american studies, saying it lacks educational value. it s that f
are tense again. thank you so much for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. a self-loathing has swept our country. joe and kamala even say america is racist. this is not about identity politics. i don t believe in that, and i don t believe in glass ceilings either. strong and proud, not weak and woke. that s the america i see. [ applause ] the only challenger so far to donald trump in the 2024 presidential race kicks off her campaign. during that speech, nikki haley took a dig at her former boss and president joe biden. we ll play for you those comments. also today, we ll get our first look at the pieces of the grand jury investigating the president s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. plus, mike pence wants all the credit for doing the right thing on january 6th but doesn t want to talk about it under oath. we ll show you what he had to say abou
is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe