address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
le learned about you is how hard you are on yourself. sometimes there is nobody that holds the leader accountable. it was not always about winning and losing for me. it is about being worthy of winning. and good morning, everyone. we re covering a lot today. we begin with tensions on the rise after the pentagon says a russian fighter jet hit a u.s. spy drone and forced it to crash. two russian jets intercepted the drone over the black sea yesterday. u.s. says one of them dumped fuel on the drone and then collided with its propeller forcing the drone to go down. putin is about to make a public appearance in moscow. we re waiting to see if he weighs in on the incident. following the crash, russia s ambassador was summoned to the state department. he claims there is no collision and that drone crashed on its own. here s what the white house had to say about that to our very own jake tapper. well, it won t surprise you that we refute that the russian s denial. i think any
slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn t appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. start treating each other with respect. that s what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. we ll get latest ahead. also this morning, day four of that deadly ice storm across the south. cars are spinning out of control on highways. thousands of flights delayed and canceled. and in texas, nearly half a million people are facing the bone chilling cold without power. it is scary. definitely scary. i can say that. it is very slippery out here. probably one of the worst. we ll get an update from
taiwan there is what growing speculation that she will visit taipei as soonest tomorrow. of course that s not sitting well with beijing because it views the independent nations as its territory. chinese foreign minister terry spokesperson is making it abundantly clear there will be serious consequences if that visit goes ahead saying we would like to once again warned the united states that we are fully prepared and solemnly waiting to bear the people s liberation army will never sit by idly and if nancy pelosi insists on visiting taiwan as for what measures exactly, we will take and see if she dares making the visit. you know i think about, this doesn t have to happen in my view. this be the first time in 25 years you d have a house speaker visit, the biggest visit of united states official going back to 1987. it s an porton it happens because a verbal commitment was made and we must show strength. and you think about all of the foreign policy debacles we ve had starting
soul of this nation. forging the soul of the nation. i knew we were in the battle for the soul of the nation. we are in the battle for the soul of america. judge jeanine: he s planning on saving souls again tonight. in just one hour. we ll be delivering a rare prime time speech where his administration says he s going to be unifying america. this is an opportunity again for the president to directly have a conversation with the american people. what we are going to hear from him is how to move the country forward. that s going to be the focus of the speech tonight, he s going it s way to be optimistic and hopeful. judge jeanine: for months, his rhetoric leading up to the speech has been anything but unifying. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda, it s extreme as most maga are. the maga crowd is the most extreme and political organization that has existed in american history. i don t have to tell you about the ultra maga agenda attacking families and our free