coldest caucus on record. the battle begins in iowa and it begins right here. the march to the republican nomination is well underway. i always get to go out and make their voice heard. it s about the future of our party and of our country. that s get to work, let s rally, let s get it done. a front runner and former president with sky high expectations. 2024 is our final battle. a governor and former ambassador scrabbling for the silver metal, and a boost for new hampshire and beyond. i m the only one running who can say that i have delivered on 100% of my promises. no one is going to outwork me in this race. no one is going to outsmart me in this race. and underdog campaigning on a hope and a prayer. we need fresh legs. somebody from the next generation to lead us to victory. it s a battle for momentum and the stakes could not be higher. our coverage of the iowa caucuses starts right now. bret: live from des moines, iowa, the results are
police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attack appears to have been carefully planned and targeted. audrey hale, a former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children all nine years old, before being shot and killed by officers. there ve already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have died at the hands of firearms. and more than 400 of those have been children under the age of 18. earlier, us presidentjoe biden spoke to reporters. the majority of american people think having assault rifles is bizarre. i can t do anything but plead to the congress. let s hear from nashville s chief of police. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. they were legally purchased. three of those
soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
they were said to have been erased. then, new reporting got efforts to get testimony from donald trump and mike pence. one committee member says that it may not even be worth the effort. later, the case of a ten year old girl from ohio that has become a flash point in the debate about abortion. this is how some figures lined up to sell doubt that this child even existed. this is what they are saying now. all that is coming up. so let s get started. good saturday morning to you all. welcome to the katie phang show. first, we have some breaking news to get to. president biden is wrapping up his four-day middle east trip. saudi arabia, the president is expected to give his remarks any moment. for the latest on his trip, we are joined by nbc news white house correspondent carroll of the. she is live. carol, good morning. what are we expecting to hear? what did he achieve with this particular trip? the big thing that has happened in the last 24 hours is this meeting that the p
abortion rights for all women in america in the aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned is a warning sign to all americans right now of what they envision for all women including the most vulnerable among us. on capitol hill, republicans are willing to infringe on a person s right to travel in order to hold up their draconian bans on abortion in republican-led states. on thursday, senate republicans blocked a bill that would make it illegal for governments to punish residents who cross state lines to receive abortion care. one republican senator said the bill would lead to abortion tour tourism. can you imagine? it s a term how divorced republicans really are from the horrible reproductive decisions that women face all across our country each and every day. over in the house, lawmakers voted on a pair of bills today one that would codify the right to an abortion. not one single republican voted for that bill or for that right. another piece of legislation would protec