they are dahl. when asked about the decision by the leaders of texas and mississippi to lift mask mandates. message to texas and mississippi, texas and mississippi? . , i think it s a big mistake t. look, i hope they realize by now masks make a difference. we are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because the way in which we are able to get vaccines in people s arms. . the last thing, the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking in the meantime, everything is fine, take off your mask, forget it. it still matters. . that s the president on wednesday. here s what martha black burn of tennessee had to say about the president s comment. . we were called neanderthals when i led the fight against the imposition of a tax. i started the neanderthal caucus. they are hunter-gatherers, they are protecters of their family, they are resilient. they are resourceful. they tend to their own. so i think joe biden needs to rethink what he is s
okay. speaker nancy pelosi with some of her patented shade as she forgets the name of the senator she s criticizing. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is friday, february 26th. it s friday! along with joe, willie and me, we have nbc news and msnbc national fairs analyst and host and executive producer of show time s the circus and host of hell and high water podcast. and jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. so, willie, a lot going on on this friday morning with more threats that we re hearing toward the u.s. capitol, as if we haven t learned our lesson. and republicans still thinking these are something that can be worked out. active threats in the days and weeks ahead yes. we cannot let the miami vice theme song pass. coming off the don johnson remark. crockett, tubbs and the rest of them. it was very nice. we love the pop culture references early in the morning, mika. don johnson, ron johnson. don t exactly go together too much. i wonder if ro
. take him under arrest. citizens arrest. um, that was republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin asking whether an armed insurrection even happened january 6th. just to remind people, people recovered a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from seven people who were arrested over their involvement in the riot at the capitol that left at least five people dead. senator johnson should read his own state s paper, the milwaukee journal sentinel. 14 people tied to the january 6th attack. and two are facing federal charges. he was calling it a pitiful armed insurrection and questioning whether it was an insurrection at all and wondering what people were going to do with the plastic ties they were holding. in is that the game plan? are we really to play incredibly stupid. is that where they end up after this is all over? yeah. . pretending this did not happen? had we have the video. we have the video. . did he not watch? . we have the video of polic
city chiefs, winning the franchise s second super bowl title and the 7th of brady s legendary career. good morning and welcome to morning joe . sit monday, february 8th. with us we have white house reporter for the associated press , jonathan lemire, host of msnbc politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. we also have co founder of punch bowl news anna palmer with us, and senior columnist for the daily beast , matt lewis joins us. i m just going to get my purse out and start cleaning it. because i know you re going to talk brady. jonathan lemire, you grew up with this guy in new england. it s kind of cool. . even you couldn t have imagined how he could have won last night s game on what was widely believed to be the best team in professional football. yeah, joe. tom brady the greatest of all time. tampa s defense dominated patrick mahomes, who is a wonderful player. i know there was some calls, officia
babies. the game stop frenzy continues with backlash against robin hood for redistricting amateur trading. good morning and welcome to morning joe . restricting. it is friday, january 29th. with us we have white house reporter for the asci press , jonathan lemire, michael steele, and former aide to the george w. bush white house elise jordan, msnbc analyst as well. so we will get to the latest in game stop. that story ahead. plus, a full year into the fight against covid. and we re learning troubling details about the pandemic. a federal investigation found that u.s. officials who greeted american evacuees from wuhan did not have training in infectious disease control and were told not to wear masks. that s according to the washington post . the state s attorney general is investigating why the cuomo administration failed to report 3,800 hospital deaths as being linked to nursing homes, an undercount of 40%. we ve got details on both of those stories coming up on mornin