Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
it s the race between romney and gingrich that is dominating coverage. new polling shows a statistical dead heat. 36-34. well within is the five-point margin of error. romney there at the 36. that s from the sampling done sunday, monday and tuesday. now, as always, expect those numbers to change. expect tomorrow night s debate to move that the needle, as well. also expect more of what we saw today. each candidate hammering the other. . [ speaking foreign language ] the gingrich campaign today stopped running the spanish language radio spot accusing romney of being the most anti-immigration candidate in the race. they took the ad down after florida senator mark rubio has yet to endorse a candidate took strong exceptions to it calling it inaccurate and inflammatory. the romney campaign meantime angling for the latino vote with an ad slamming gingrich for being the ultimate washington insider, specifically his relationship with freddie mac. romney has consistently described