dramatic new video at the rust trial, what the armorer told police about alec baldwin and about loading the gun before a deadly shooting. and a hospital visit reviving concerns about pope francis. what we know about the health of the 87-year-old pontiff. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that big breaking news about mitch mcconnell. nbc s garrett haake is reporting from capitol hill so you ve had a little bit of time to gauge reaction. what are you hearing from folks? reporter: the word consequential keeps coming up here, whether you liked mitch mcconnell or hated him, and the opinions certainly span that spectrum on capitol hill. no one in either party can deny the enormous effect he s had not just on this institution but also on the judiciary and the supreme court, which he almost single handedly help donald trump remake by holding up the appointment of merrick garland back in 2015 now, 2016. his legacy here will be len
wire ran hates america tonight at eight on cnn landslide. donald trump delivers a big win in south carolina and comes one one step closer to the republican nomination. south carolina. thank you very much. can anything stop his march to the general election? 40% is not some tiny group. trump s a border texas governor greg abbott joins me exclusively in limbo. the world marks two years of glad here, putin s brutal war in ukraine. the homelands will not become putin s backyard. but as ukraine struggles, can the us house agree on sending desperately needed aid the cost of inaction, getting higher national security adviser jake sullivan is next plus great lakes days. the biden campaign gear there is up for a swing state primary, michigan voices matter will frustration over the situation in gaza hurt biden support among michigan democrats, governor gretchen whitmer will be here exclusively how long dana bash in washington when their state of our union is watch
now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. blackmailed over her son s burial. one week after alexei navalny was found dead in a russian prison, his mother is now in a very public fight with putin over his body. does it suggest the russian president isn t really worried about those brand new u.s. sanctions? plus, alabama s chief justice with a higher authority in mind when he ruled frozen embryos are people. how his comments about god and the bible are raising concerns about the separation of church and state. and just 25 worked, that s all it took for judge arthur engoron to reject donald trump s desperate plea to stave off that enormous civil judgment. $355 million plus interest that s already 100 million and counting. we start in russia, on a day it was hit with more than 500 u.s. sanctions, the most since the war began, the focus for vladimir putin and his allies is clearly domestic, not international politics. worried about russia
yesterday s revelations demonstrate putin s pattern of interference and destabilization of foreign democratic elections around the world including america has continued to this very day, and this impeachment investigation is nothing but a wild-goose chase that is based on russian disinformation. a wild-goose chase. that was democratic congressman jamie raskin yesterday on capitol hill. republicans leading the inquiry are refusing to give up despite their key witness admitting that some of his information came from russian intelligence officials. also ahead, a major setback for patients in alabama hoping to conceive through ivf following a controversial ruling from that state s supreme court. plus president biden is weighing a new executive action tied to border security. we ll explain the proposed plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with mor
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, we are going to start in the uk with events in parliament and the last 2a hours or so. calls for the speaker to resign. accusations of the labour party put pressure on the speaker to break with usual practices. the leader of the snp in westminster has come out with some strong comments. we will get to those in just a moment. all of this was about a debate on the israel gaza war, calling for a ceasefire, and the way the debate was run was seen pretty universally as chaotic by the end of it. 59 mp5 universally as chaotic by the end of it. 59 mps now say they have no confidence in the speaker, lindsay hoyle, the person in charge of running debates in parliament. on wednesday, take a look at this. this was of the debate and we had mps appearing to walk out from the snp opposition party, the conservatives, and the speaker apologised and apologised again in the last hour or so so we will take a look at what actually happened.