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republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington b ....
covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing wi ....
somewhere. how several states slated to receive that soil are pushing back. also this morning, the fallout keeps growing for the creator of dilbert. more newspapers dropped the comic strip after the cartoonist went on a racist tirade. all that in just moments. we begin with a destructive winter storm on the move. two houses. the storm unleashing multiple tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas. one of those tornadoes tore through norman. shredded homes and injured at least 12 people. hurricane-force winds whipped up massive blinding dust storms in texas. this is a scene in lubbock. the storm buried parts of southern california under more than six feet of snow. take a look at these snow totals near los angeles and san diego. more than 90 inches of snow recorded at mountain high, a winter resort about an hour and a half outside of l.a. warmer parts of southern california were battered by heavy rain and flooding. a helicopter crew had to rescue this driver from a jeep cau ....
here we go. one house. two of them. yeah, hit two houses. wow. right? good morning, everyone. good monday morning. good weekend? good weekend. monday though. arg. you ll get there. we re glad you re with us. we start with weather. there is a dangerous winter storm dumping quite a bit of snow on southern california. that s right. southern california. and unleashing tornadoes as it heads east. we re tracking the severe weather threat. also this we re confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. there s growing concern this morning that china may be ready to provide weapons to russia. could it be a game changer on the battlefields in ukraine? what s ahead the cia is saying. house republicans taking aim at the biden administration s handling of a toxic train disaster in ohio. what we re hearing about investigation ands hearings on capitol hill. but we begin with the winter storm tearing across the nation right ....
stare down between the u.s. and china and the outcome could have huge ramifications for russia s war in ukraine. u.s. officials are saying beijing is considering arming vladimir putin s forces with drones and ammunition and it s a move the biden administration thinks would prolong the war and up the death toll significantly. the cia says there is no evidence that china has yet sent any of this lethal equipment, but the white house promises major consequences if it does. beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. now, this warning is coming just weeks after a suspected chinese spy balloon traversed the united states, leaving the relationship between these two super powers in tatters. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house for us. does the white house see this a ....