we begin this hour in california. significant flood threat is intensifying. powerful drenching storms hitting the northern and central parts of of the state. brought on by an atmospheric river. governor newsom declared a state of emergency. a levy breach forcing evacuations in monterey county. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. around 15 million people are under flood watches across california and nevada. for some residents, the rising water is simply too much to bear. can t live like this. how do you live like this? how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her had house? snowfall is also causing significant problems blocking roads and trapping some people in their homes. several feet of snow have fallen in parts of the sierra nevada mountains. moouk is live for us in monterey county reporting on the flooding taking place there. what s at stake and what s expe
frontrunners for the 2024 republican nomination, even though only one of them is officially in the race. ahead, a veteran gop strategist explains why desantis is stealing some of trump s thunder. meanwhile, election deniers are celebrating after three states pulled out of a program to protect voter rolls with two more states considering joining them. we ll explain this latest development. plus, we ll go through the changes norfolk southern is making following the derailment of two of its trains in ohio. and we ll ask transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the federal response to the disaster and how to prevent another one from happening when he joins us later this morning. and good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, march 7th. we are live in abu dhabi, the crossroads of the world. it truly is, with our 30/50 summit, forbes and know your value has come together to create an incredible, cross-cultural, multi-generational summit that, really, t
have been ringing the alarm bell for years. we begin with this fox news alert. john: president biden heading to california this hour after giving an update on the sudden collapse of silicon valley banks. the president sought to reassure americans, all while taking shots at top bank executives and republicans for the failure. welcome back as america reports rolls onto us again our appeared happy monday, sandra. here we go again. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york. the news continues. 2:00 on the east coast. sounding off on the handling of this banks collapse. nikki haley offering their take on all of that as they gear up for their 20202024 run. john: out with a warning about the future of guaranteeing deposits. politically, it s going to be impossible not to extend the same full, unlimited deposit guarantee to all banks. once you do it for one bank, it is hard not to do it for ano another. john: let s get straight to peter doocy, waiting president biden s arrival
justice department personnel were dispatched to the house, even though many of them were not cleared to view top secret materials the biden team is refusing to go into detail about almost any aspect of this scandal but it s justification for that silence is being challenged every day. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich tried to get clarification on that this afternoon. she starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. there are new reports that the justice department considered having fbi agents oversee the search at the president s home but decided against it. it is unclear who made that call or why. but we were told today by the administration that prides itself on transparency effectively not to expect answers on much from them is. the white house will not be taking questions on the investigation into president biden s apparent mishandling of classified documents anymore citing doj protocols. anything that is
it s forecast to reach major hurricane status baring down on cuba. the storm s path otherwise uncertain, but floridians are prepare ing for the worst. people are filling sand beings to protect against the heavy rains and storm surge. long lines outside of stores as people look to stock up on supplies. you can see the empty health ises there. bottled water, wasn t of the hot est items. florida is under a state of emergency. governor ron desantis activated the national guard. joining us is michael brennan, acting deputy director for noaa. thank you so much for being with us on this morning as we re watching ian approach here. give us a sense of where you are watching and when you re expecting landfall. well, you can see ian right now is located about 90 miles southwest of grnd kay men with intense activity developing near the center. we have seen this intensify rapidly. if we look at the forecast now, we re expecting ian to turn from its northwestern motion and move towar