lemire. and the host of msnbc s politic s nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton joins us this morning. let s dive right in. the senate yesterday signaled the effort to convict donald trump in his second impeachment likely they ll come up short. only five senate republicans voted to move forward with the trial. joining all democrats in voting down senator rand paul s measure to dismiss the case because trump is no longer in office. if trump is to be convicted for inciting an insurrection, 17 senate republicans would need to join all 50 democrats. the only republicans voting to continue with the trial were senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, mitt romney, ben sasse and pat toomey. senator rob portman said his vote declaring the trial unconstitutional was in favor of debating the issue and was not a sign of whether he would vote to acquit. okay. there s another possible vote. now here are the arguments that we re hearing from some of t
sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span s q & a. next, a panel looking at ways to improve the budget process held before the house committee on modernization of congress. congress. the meeting will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled recommendations from previewing the budget and appropriations process. a look at the work of the select committee budget and process reform and i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. the 104th congress which convened in 1995 was the last to pass all appropriations bills prior to the start of the fiscal year. that was almost 25 years ago. most house members serving today have never seen a process that works the way it s supposed to where stand alone bills are passed on time. and the joint select committee on budget and appropriations process reform on which i served, along with my colleague rob woodall was established
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
thsuorrs, the republan critics, and the students and families grateful to be helped. ccilia vega live at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. and after those dire warnings from president zelenskyy, tonight, russia launching a deadly attack on a train station on ukraine s independence day. tonight, authorities now believe more than 20 people have been killed. ian pannell with late reporting from kyiv. tonight, abc news, the countdown to the midterms and the eye-opening results from the primaries overnight. what a race in new york state, a congressional race, might reveal about abortion rights and its key role as we approach the midterms. the democrat pat ryan beating the republican, a major upset, and he focused on a woman s right to decide. in uvalde, texas, at this hour, the school board determining right now the fate of embattled school police chief pete arredondo. will he keep his job or will he be fired? john quinones standing by. the major discovery in te
families grateful to be helped. cecilia vega live at the white house. the war in ukraine tonight. and after those dire warnings from president zelenskyy, tonight, russia launching a deadly attack on a train station on ukraine s independence day. tonight, authorities now believe more than 20 people have been killed. ian pannell with late reporting from kyiv. tonight, abc news, the countdown to the midterms and the eye-opening results from the primaries overnight. what a race in new york state, a congressional state, might reveal about abortion rights and its key role as we approach the midterms. the democrat pat ryan beating the republican, a major upset, and he focused on a woman s right to decide. in uvalde, texas, the school board determining right now the fate of embattled school police chief pete arredondo. will he keep his job or will he be fired? john quinones standing by. the first lady dr. jill biden and her rebound case of covid tonight, after taking paxlovid