republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
of government records. as of now, we should note no one has been charged with a crime. trump s first line of defense was to baselessly suggest the fbi may have planted evidence while in his home. plan b, trump had declassified documents before the fbi seized them. so they re both declassified and planted. does that make any sense? the espionage act does not hinge on whether documents are classified. the trump team s latest move is to blame a government agency for moving boxes of classified information to mar-a-lago claiming, quote, that s not on the president. now, new this afternoon, the democratic chairs of both the house intelligence and oversight committees have written a letter to the director of national intelligence saying they want a damage assessment and briefing regarding these documents recovered from mar-a-lago, whether they posed some sort of national security risk to the country. joining me to talk about this is the former director of national intelligence, jame
reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
conversation with jerry seinfeld and the cast of his netflix comedy, unfrosted, a movie about the creation of the beloved breakfast treat, pop tarts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. we made it to friday. it is friday, may 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. along with u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. we re in for joe, mika, and the birthday boy, willie geist. we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmieri. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and managing deputy politics reporter for politico, you just saw him on way too early, sam stein. we have a lot to get to. we should note, at the top there, what we played, president biden, after days and weeks of unrest of college campuses, finally made public comments. it d been more than a week since he addressed them. he d asked his aides the night before to prep remarks in case he did need
a new week of testimony looms for donald trump. why a trump insider says the process is the punishment for the former president. plus, the author of this new piece explains how a tabloid publisher became a trump trial witness. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. another round of tornado devastation across parts of the midwest and the plains states overnight. oklahoma hit hardest with 35 tornadoes reported across that state in the small town of sulphur near oklahoma city. officials say the entire downtown was destroyed. several were hurt. this comes one day after more than 100 tornadoes ripped through six states. 14 million people are facing the risk of severe weather today with strong wind, large hail, possibly more tornadoes. we have a report coming up for you shortly. let s go now to donald trump s busy week ahead of the hush money trial. there is no hearing on monday. trump will be back in the defendant s chair tuesd