andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
doesn t. well, good morning, everyone, that was vie vek ramaswamy and n desantis reacting to the news overnight. that donald trump is ineligible in colorado to run in 2024. what this means across the country. and later this hour, we re going to hear of the organization behind this lawsuit. the civil rights group taking action against the state of texas over the controversial new border law there, and dozens of documents naming jeffrey epstein s alleged victims and associates to be named public. cnn this morning starts now. well, historic and unprecedented can be overused at times this day and age, but here s a look at the front page headlines america is waking up to this morning. donald trump, the republican front runner, disqualified from the ballot in colorado. it is a stunning and, yes, historic ruling that could have huge implications for the 2024 presidential election, trump is vowing to take this case all the way to the supreme court, just weeks before primary s
Winter storms from the Pacific Northwest to new england, texas to tallahassee, weve seen temperatures plunge in some places by tens of degrees an hour. Coastal flooding, gail forced winds, Blizzard Conditions, roads iced over causing massive pileups, including the one you see here on the Ohio Turnpike that took one life at least. Were also seeing more than a million homes without power tonight, more than 5,000 flights cancelled. C cnn Polo Sandoval is live for us and drivers are stranded on icy roads and omar jimenez is at ohare. We begin with Polo Sandoval. What can you tell us about the stranded drivers and what theyre facing tonight . Reporter it is going to be a very long frigid night, Jim For County officials as they will be out in these conditions going through hundreds of Stranded Cars Inn erie county and rescuig people inside. Officials said this is something they feared of happening so they implemented at 9 30 this morning a driving ban hoping people would stay home but sadly,
get a briefing on china while members of congress are holding hearings demanding answers about the u.s. response to that spy balloon that floated across the u.s. we ll talk to congressman gregory meeks who attended a house briefing on the matter earlier this morning. president biden is back on the road today heading to a key battleground state to sell his agenda, and he s doubling down on accusations that some republicans want to cut medicare and social security. and migrant crossing borders are up. they re up 700%, but not through the southern border. we ll explain. we begin with devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria where the staggering death toll is now more than 19,000 as workers are going through ruins in hopes of finding more survivors. i want to warn you that the following footage is disturbing, but it is the reality. the reality that people are facing today. right now dozens of unidentified bodies are laying out on the ground in a makeshift morgue in souther
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 bureau