armies in the world, but we cannot stop we cannot stop these viruses. and you are the army. you re the navy. you re the marines. i really mean it. this is a war. you are the frontline troops. what you re doing really, really, really matters. that was yesterday at cdc headquarters in atlanta, which was the first stop on biden and kamala harris first joint trip as president and vice president. the trip was dubbed help is here. it was initially scheduled to promote biden s recently passed $1.9 trillion relief package but the focused shifted after tuesday s shootings in and around atlanta that left eight people dead to highlight the asian-pacific islander communities where hate is on the increase in anti-asian sentiment since the start of the pandemic. they ve been attacked, blamed, scapegoated, harassed, verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, killed. documented incident of hate against asian americans have seen a skyrocketing spike over the last year. it s been a yea
groups of lawmakers, one democratic and one republican recently visited the reporter republicans were led by ted cruz who revealed how packed the facilities are. republican texas congressman brian babin joined fox news live earlier today and called on the administration to take more action. we have been told for day after day, week after week that this is not a crisis and yet we know it is a crisis, this is time for the administration to step up and see it for themselves and not the unofficial gag orders to the media can t go down and see the facilities and tell us that we have a closed border and people are being turned back where we know that is absolutely not the truth. eric: steve harrigan live in texas was on the border at the very southern tip of the lone star state, hi steve. 19 republican senators here on friday focusing a lot of attention on the situation on the border there is a facility in donna texas which has been criticized for being overcrowded and since th
overnight president biden calling governor abbott telling him he will in his words work relentlessly to get his state what they need. we re also learning from texas energy officials that the entire power grid was seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure that could have left the state in the dark for months. we re asking a texas congressman about that in a moment. plus, cruz damage control. the senator back in texas this morning with backlash building after he flew to cancun with his family while millions of his constituents shivered in the dark. we shouldn t have had to be without lights. i know it s freezing, but somebody is responsible for this. you ve got people dying out here. you ve got hypothermia, dying. you know? people s houses all busted up because of water and the pipes that busted. i m surprised mine didn t bust. lady behind me hers busted. and breaking this morning capitol police confirming dozens of officers are now under investigation, six sus
we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you ve given us to serve your agenda. we are making tremendous progress i want to congratulate you on the men and women you ve placed around this table, the holistic team of working for america is making results in each and every area what does it say about someone who needs that so badly? you have to imagine president biden s first cabinet meeting today will look a little different from the previous administration s good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, april 1st. joe has the morning off, along with willie and me we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire and we are following a lot of stories this morning, including a number of developments with the dramatic third day of testimony in the trial of a former police officer who is accused of killing george floyd, as a juror becomes ill and a witness breaks down on the stand. some shipments of johnson & johnson s corona
color exactly what happened every minute of the day on january 6th, here at the capitol and at the white house and what led to that violent attack. multiple weeks of public hearings, setting out for the american people in vivid color exactly what happened. that s what she said. clearly, they put a lot of work in this investigation if they re prepared to hold multiple weeks of public hearings. committee chair bennie thompson revealed that their investigation has involved the cooperation of 250 people so far. there are at least two former trump associates not included in that list of 250 people. former department of justice official, jeffrey clark, this man, and john eastman, the lawyer. this man. legal scholar who authored a memo for vice president mike pence on how he could do his part to overturn the election results on january 6th. both men are now reportedly planning to plead the fifth. in the meantime, the committee s pressing forward with more depositions scheduled for