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
lower but to put that into context it was at zero in europe this time last year. and in the world s largest economy the us, the cost of borrowing is at 5% to 5.25%. but critics point out rising interest rates is a blunt tool that comes with its own set of dangers that can pose further risks to the economy. so what else can be done? well, central bankers are getting together today in portugal to chew over this challenge. joining me now isjennifer mckeown chief global economist at capital economics. good morning to you, jennifer. so it s a lovely location, portugal, you got christine lagarde there, andrew bailey, jerome powell among others, what do you think they will chew on? of course they re all increasing the cost of borrowering and in some places like the uk, so far it s having little effect. little effect. yeah, you re ri . ht. little effect. yeah, you re right. beautiful little effect. yeah, you re right. beautiful location, | little effect. yeah, you rel right. be
fox news at night. breaking tonight the state of texas getting marching orders from the biden administration telling governor greg abbott to lead federal agency back in or there will be consequences. governor abbott ordered the texas national guard to seize control of the park with the massive influx of illegal immigrants. the clock is ticking for the wednesday deadline. it doesn t appear either side is backing down between abbott and president biden. shelby park in eagle pass, texas it, is what the u.s. border control uses to process migrants crossing into texas. texas fenced that off to slow down crossings. the biden administration said that s unconstitutional. following the drownings of a mother and two kids the department of justice filed a request with the supreme court to get access. dan patrick said his state is not endangering migrants. he blames president biden s lack of action at the border i tells them to go in. if you drown so what. joe biden has a cold heart.
forces in yemen. search and rescue efforts are underway for two navy seals lost at sea during that mission. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. last dance here in des moines, right? we re the last show out of here. i m bill hemmer. navy commanders boarding a smuggling ship in the sea finding cruise missiles. the same type used by the houthis to launch a series of attacks on ships in the red sea that disresults global trade. wall street journal reports shell is now the latest company to say we aren t going to go that way. we ll stop shipments through the red sea fearing a further escalation of attacks by the houthi rebels. dana: complex raid seizing the weapons took place last thursday while austin was still in the hospital and now released and working from home for a while. griff jenkins is live at the pentagon with an update on all this for us. good morning, griff. good morning, dana. the secretary will have a very busy
america s newsroom. the charges stem from the mishandling of confidential documents. bill: there are at least seven counts. among them obstruction and conspiracy. sandra: he is ordered to appear in federal court tuesday in miami. meanwhile trump s allies and attorneys are blasting these charges as politically motivated. i will say if the president in power can just jail his political opponents, which is what joe biden is trying to do tonight. we don t have a republic anymore. i can also say that there is a two tier system of justice we re seeing right now. when your name is donald trump and leading in the polls you will get hit hard and indicted until you can t take it anymore. this is a pattern of the f.b.i. not investigating anything with respect to biden. bill: on that last point, all of this unfolding as bribery allegations grow louder against the sitting president. the f.b.i. finally allowing members of congress to view a document at the center of what s