Hello, everyone. Hes making sure his phone is turned off. 5 00 in new York CIty and thisei is the five. Just moments ago the fbi Secret Service and other officials giving a major update on the second Assassinationli Attempt on Donald Trumps life. The subject who did not have line of sight to former president fled the scene. He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent. What we did proves that the system can work. Because the suspect didnt even get close to getting around off and we a apprehended him and brought him to justice. It comes as we get chilling new details on the Wouldbe Assassin including what he was doing right before getting caught. DoIt he Wasear Tha lying in waIt, spending nearly 12 hours hiding in a Snipers Nest near the Golf Course before being confronted. And Agent Opening Fire after spotting a Rifle Poking through a Chainlink Fence where the C Former president was golfingha, causing the suspect to flee in a car until cops caught up wIthus him. In the secret Serv
Votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u. S. Ban on the popular chineseowned social media app tiktok. National security concerns at odds with the platforms 170 million american users. We will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. The judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. What the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. Warning signs, as Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war. Nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Theres big news today from capitol hill. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 35265, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over National Security concerns. Specifically, the potential that the platforms chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on more than 170 million americans w
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party also, those maga republicans are a real problem. but among voters maybe the problem is him. his approval rating hitting new low in a recent gallup poll with 59% disapproval of the job he s doing. and democratic strategist don t like all of the negativity. it sometimes frustrates me when i hear people and some democrats say that, you know, joe biden doesn t excite them he doesn t send a thrill up their leg and that i think we need to maybe value some different things in who we choose as president he s a man of tremendous integrity and in public service for the right reasons. but is that a public service leaning saying he works about six hours a day only able to schedule events between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. you want a job like that dongt you and biden approval may be at all time low but vp and 224 polling lower, behind scenes of the white house and biden campaign team trying to give the veep and image boost she s featured in formally campaign announcement and featured
joining us, eugene scott. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you for joining us way too early. morning joe starts right now. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. that conversation is the main reason a special grand jury in georgia is investigating election interference. yesterday, we got some of their report, and it reveals that the jurors believe that witnesses lied to them. and, somehow, the former president, donald trump, thinks this report exonerates him. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. plus, the group trump famously told to stand back and stand by now wants to call him as a witness in its trial tied to january 6th. we ll have an update on senator fetterman, who is in walter reid for treatment of clinical depression. he checked himself in. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 17thment we have the host of way to early, politico s jonathan lemire.