We need to go big. And if we waste some money now, we waste some money. Absolutely we have too many people hurting and the economy is going to sputter and weve got to get ourselves out of this mess. And this is the way we need to go right now. Let me tell you something, that man has a future in Northwest Florida politics. I like him. Or West Virginia. Mika, thats interesting. Thats from the republican governor of a state that donald trump got 69 in. Jim justice, governor of West Virginia, urging congress to go big on covid19 relief. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, february 2nd. We have columnist and Associate Editor for the Washington Post, david ignatius. Back with us, capitol hill correspondent and host of way too early, kasie hunt. And it seems more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hou
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts and co
well, the so-called war on woke is heating up. arkansas governor may sign a bill that would impose restrictions on drag shows. that s according to the washington post. this proposal has to make its way through the statehouse and the governor s desk. but the spokesperson says the proposal is not about banning anything, but protecting kids from sexually explicit drag shows. cnn reached out for comment and are waiting to hear back. that s not all. in her first month in office, she issued an executive office to prohibit critical race theory in arkansas schools. and she banned the term latin x. it s not just her. across the country, more politicians are getting traction with rhetorical and legislative wars on so-called woke culture and language. i want to turn to nicholas kristof. he has a new piece out on these language wars and writes, in part, i fear that linguistic contortions, however well-meant, aren t addressing our country s desperate inequities or achieving progressive
Free you . What do you make of the fact that after attempting to at least verbally say he was going to compete to get you out of russia, donald trump then turns on you . That is tonights the reidout. Inside was jen psaki starts now. Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with yet another hearing on his repeated and flagrant attempts and violations of his gag order, which was put in place because he cant seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, or potential witnesses. Today, judge juan merchan ruled trump violated that order for the 10th time. This time for cummins he made during an interview late last month when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge again found trump in Contempt Of Court and he find the express and 1000. 00, bringing the total up to 10 grand. Judge juan merchan said he was prepared to go further. You want if donald trump does not stop violating his order, he will be left with no choice but to con
Congratulations. Thank you. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. Ready . The clerk. This is the people of the state of new york against donald j. Trump, smz71911 24. Appearancing starting with people. Prosecutor joshua steinglass, for the people, assistant District Attorneys joshua stein glass, michael colangelo, becky mangold, christopher conroy, and catherine ellis. Good morning, emil bove, joined by donald trump and todd blanche, susan necheles. The judge, good morning. Good morning, mr. Trump. So the matter called into the record is the peoples motion for contempt, meaning the prosecutions motion for contempt. The judge says, quote, before i hand down my decision, i wanted to address the defense and mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three separate motions asking this court to find you in contempt. In a moment, im going to hand down my decision on the third motion. Which i in which i find you in Criminal Contem