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
the government says russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine. a british man has died in thailand reports say he was attacked with a knife in kanchanaburi, west of bangkok. new zealand s prime minister, jacinda ardern, is postponing her own wedding, after placing the country on the highest level of covid 19 restrictions. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have your company this afternoon. we begin with the conservative party and the allegations made by nusrat ghani, who was sacked as transport minister two years ago, and says she was told that her muslim faith was one of the reasons for her dismissal. nus ghani has told the sunday times that her muslimness was raised as an issue. the conservative chief whip mark spencer says she had been speaking to him, and he called her allegations completely false . downing street said the prime minister had also spoken to ms ghani and invited her to make a complaint, but she did not do s
field has the latest on the spike in covid-19 cases. if you look at the uptick, it is actually almost a vertical increase. reporter: amid a tsunami of new covid cases, the daily average topping 400,000 for the first time. the fda making major moves to adl add layers of protection, shortening the window between the initial doses of a vaccine and the booster shot for everyone from six months to five, and authorizing a third dose of vaccine for some immunocompromised children between the ages of 5 and 11. all that as the omicron surge brings with it a growing number of hospitalizations. more than 100,000 people are currently hospitalized with covid-19 for the first time in nearly four months. but even that stark figure is lower than we ve seen during another surges. the one group that that may be a problem for is very young children, toddlers who have trouble with upper airway infections. we are seeing rising hospitalizations among that pediatric segment. reporter: schoo
scheduled so far. also, millions of americans face floods and high winds after southern california is hit by the first tropical storm in 80 years. scientists in london develop an artificial intelligence tool that can reveal exactly how much an unhealthy lifestyle can prematurely age your heart. we ll see how it works. on our panel tonight, rebecca harding independent trade economist. and miles taylor former republican, homeland security official. donald trump says he won t be at the republican party primary debates. first is wednesday in milwaukee. he made the announcement on his social media platform truth social. he says he won t be there because the public knows who i am and what a successful presidency i had . look at the latest poll from our partners cbs news. trump is way out in front of his republican rivals. 62%. nearest challenger mr desantis, who sat on 16%. donald trump favourite to become republican party nominee for next presidential election. joining me n
colombia. he s been charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents about nuclear and military secrets. but now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m 0lly foster. we are live in istanbul, 30 minutes away kick off in the champions league final. here s what s coming up on sportsday. can manchester city cap an already incredible season with the trophy they have been craving for so long? tea m team news coming up to you. team news coming theirfans have no doubt that they will beat inter milan to become become european champions for the first time. cheering and i m gavin ramjaun at the bbc sport centre. away from the champions league final.. iga swiatek reigns in roland garros but the defending champion is pushed all the way by karolina muchova. and australia are in the driving seat against india, who have a record run chase ahead of them, at the world test championship final at the oval. this is sportsday. welcome, well, here we are at