garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you re in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it s still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is with us this morning. we have a lot going on. we ll start with the special counsel investigating president biden for his handling of classified documents will not bring charges against the president. that s the conclusion. he wrote in the report, wrot
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today s focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it s a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down because markets are anticipating it. what s being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? let s remember that this 15 million
when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled a hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. the speaker s office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. the police chief identified that 4 2-year-old suspect in custody. the speaker was in washington when this assault happened. sources say this is why her security detail was not at her home in san francisco. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and jamie gangel and manu raju. evan, we got about 45 seconds to a minute of new information from the chief there, but combining what we learned from the chief and from your sources, what do we know about this suspect? well, that s right, v
helping the president celebrate his inflation reduction act the same day we learned inflation wasn t reducing, it was soaring. and later than that same day the dow can was careening more than 1200 points. now, some call it bordering on tone deaf. but on the lower left here, no more so than when it concerns the border. never mind more than 2 million migrants that have been pouring in there, from the administration nothing to see here. we have a process in place to manage migrants at the border. frankly, a dereliction of duty when you are an elected leader to play those kinds of games with human life. neil: so forget about acknowledging these problems. today we re going to explore the very real danger when the white house all but ignores these problem. let s just say we report, you might want to hide. welcome, everybody. and maybe not necessarily a very happy weekend after what was a rocky week, but we re into it regardless and what the implications are right now with a pre