Wont be voting for joe biden in november. Well roll this into a vicory in november. That is the chair of the party before the states primary. Theyre expressing confidence democrats will turn out in november despite a sizable protest vote. President biden did win the state of michigan easily last night, but with more than 100,000 people casting ballots for uncommitted, mostly in protest over his handling of the israelhamas war. On the republican side, donald trump racked up another big victory over nikki haley, but with some big Warning Signs for him there as well. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 28th. With us the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, correspondent for bbc news katy kay, editor for the Washington Post david ig nase shus. Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, and from politico, sam stein. Were going to have Steve Kornacki waiting over at the board to break down the numbers for us. A couple headlines, a Big Uncommitted vote again
at this hour, the usual suspect, the federal arrest made possible by an unlikely source, the dna left on a partially eaten burrito. the senate just voted to repeal authorization for the gulf and iraq wars, but how likely is it to pass the republican-led house. also, home prices are cooling for the 7th straight month. we ll dig into latest numbers. and gun safety bills were just introduced in the last couple of hours. we have an exclusive interview with the congresswoman behind them, and two gun violence survivors from her district. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments. let s start in d.c. where congressional lawmakers are deadlocked when it comes to gun laws. that doesn t mean they aren t doing anything. nbc s julie tsirkin is on the hill with new action this afternoon. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i actually just sat down with congresswoman slotkin, who was in a press conference with two students from her district
i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. i want to take you back to june 2020. to the supreme court had just overturned roe v. wade, striking down the constitutional right to an abortion in this country. the decision immediately left millions of americans without access to reproductive rights or reproductive care. in states where that care was protected, millions more wondered if it was just a matter of time until a federal ban would go into effect. some republicans feared and electoral disaster in the coming months were quick to throw cold water on that theory, claiming the court s decision would simply send the issue back to the states. effectively these gop lawmakers had a national ban on abortion, that would never happen here. is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina, just last month. i ve been consistent. i think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion. i have respect for south carolina. south carolina vote
failed. it felt because he sensed maga extremist groups to school boards all across the state of florida, to bring hate, to scream, to yell at our board members, to try to infiltrate and put these weird indoctrination, ideologies, into our school board system, because he is scared, he is scared of differences, of being inclusive, of being tolerant, of showing people empathy. and he is the wrong leader. he is not appropriate for the state, or for any place in, you know, in my mind, my opinion. and people have to be able to see that, these wargames, these mind games where that he is playing, where he s trying to, you know, psychologically create fear in communities, it s not okay. and that we are better than that, and that s why, you know, people have to be really informed about who they are voting for in november. we ll see how that plays out. karla hernandez, you lieutenant governor candidate for the great state of florida, thank you so much this evening. i greatly apprecia
administration down playing the recession call. there s semantics. what is a recession, how do you technically define it. no matter what, there s widespread agreement no matter who you talk to. that is that economic growth is slowing. the treasury secretary, janet yellen acknowledges as much. but then she maintains that that does not mean a recession is inevitable. this is not in an economy that is in recession. but we re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing. and that s necessary and appropriate. we need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace. yellen says the job market is still strong. she says a recession would have to be a broad-based economic contraction. consumers are still spending. household balance sheets are still in good shape. all of that said, the economy did contract the first quarter. economists think at beast we ll see slow growth when the numbers release thursday. the white house insists even if that number does go negative and some