Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
are being executed in the north of the country. in clinical trials, both the vaccinated people and the people who received the placebo had shown small numbers of blood clots developments. the number of thromboembolism events overall in vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the general population. the european medical agency the general population. the european medical agency investigation - the general population. the european medical agency investigation is - medical agency investigation is ongoing, we are expected to hear the outcome on thursday. but let s be clear, both the uk present medicines were regular and the world health organization have stressed there is no evidence of any connection between these vaccines and blood clots. on monday, the eu because i picks memphis, germany, france and italyjoined several other countries in suspending the astrazeneca jab. sweden, latvia, portugal, and slovenia have now followed. other countries including au
they ll be getting that check soon either by direct deposit or a check from the treasury, and they re going some will get it as early as this weekend. the moment of jubilation came just one day after the president s first prime time address where he set some bold new goals for vaccine distribution and the path to recovery. i ll direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. i need every american to do their part. if we do this together by july the fourth there is a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day. on july fourth with your loved ones is the goal. last hour i spoke with dr. francis collins director from the national institutes ever health. if he thinks i asked him if he thinks placing a marker like the fourth of july is a good idea when dealing t
is enormous. but if ever therbue were a time that the world needed journalists, reporters risking journalist reporterstheir livese stories, to tell the truth, uth it s now without a free press. the autocrats, when we will redouble our efforts to honor efforts t these collea. and all reporters in harm s way and jennife tonight, and jennifer worked tis endlessly, tirelessly to help benjamin hel and get him to saf. now, in the hours, dayst and weeks and months thatfoughtf followed, benjamin fought for his life and he did ite.he did i with such a positive attitude. i ve had the honor of speakingwh ben throughout his recovery and his courage in the face ofa in twhat unthinkable adversity is an inspiration personally to me and to so many others. hao he has a new book. k i urge you to read saved a war reporter soe mission to make it home. it is out march the 14th. and by the way, it is a must nead . i recently sat downw york. with benjamin hall in new york . here is part one of this intervi
series of brutal attacks.attack. and benjamin hall was workin g around the clock to bring all of us real time information on the ground. here with more on the groundv . he s in kyiv tonight, the capitol of ukraine. hefox s own benjamin hall. benjamin, what s going on to on tonight?night? well, sean, you d have to look back at today and say whatnot an we ve seen is it s a continuation, if not ann escalation of what we ve seenof over the last week, increasingig civilian areas. civilian areas, an inability to geto ge humanitarian aid into these surrounding cities.t rian and an inability for peoplem. get out of them. then just just a few days late on march the 14th, hall was on a fact finding mission on the outskirts of ukraine other wo other journalists, peter and sasha, when they were viciously attacked by russian forces now. and sasha, they were killed kile had hall was left fighting for his life. here s jennifer griffin was j and worried aboutn. our colleagues and ben hall to