that president biden retained and disclosed classified materials from his time as vice president. the justice department declined to bring charges in part because, quote, at trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with an important memory. president biden addressed those remarks in a rare primetime press conference. president biden: i am a well-meaning elderly man, i know what i m doing. i am the president, i put this country back on its feet. neil: dan heninger and kyle peterson, what do you make of this report? at least the decision not to prosecute and the reasons for it? dan:this is an exercise in prosecutorial discretion, that trump was indicted primarily for lying or misleading the fbi and instructing others to. that is a crime. whether keeping classified documents is a crime, or one that has been prosecuted, is a different question. that is included in the indictment of
there is a question of whether a former president is disqualified for insurrection to be president again, is, you know, just saying it, it sounds awfully national to me. the thing that is troubling to me is i totally understand your argument, but they were listing people that were barred, and the president is not there. so, jason, what specifically did you hear that gives you hope they will rule in your favor? certainly i think the hardest questions they asked is whether the states have a role to place here in enforcing disqualifications for the presidency. there s a long history of states excluding ineligible candidates, whether they re underage, foreign bore or fail to meet other qualifications for i ve. i do feel there was a sense that maybe this provision of the 14th amendment should be different, though when i think the court digs into that issue, they ll be hard pressed to say why this should be different. states run elections, so the normally way these things w
tonight, former attorney general eric holder on a number of issues, including the looming crisis at the border. the end of title 42 that is expected to bring a surge of migrants to the u.s. we will also discuss a massive man hunt for a fugitive. an undocumented immigrant accused of murdering five neighbors. he gunned down four adults and a 9-year-old boy after he does asked to stop shooting in his yard, and also a new wanted poster. in the last 24 hours, the feds say they have absolutely zero leads after that rampage 40 miles north of houston. the boy s grieving father speaking how about the loss of his son and also his wife. translator: that was my 9-year-old son and my wife too. and two people who died protecting my 2 1/2-year-old daughter. my 1 1/2-month-old son was protected with a lot of clothes so the killer wouldn t kill him too. we are also learning tonight from an i.c.e. source that this suspect, a mexican national, had been deported four times, most recently in
senator john fetterman checking himself into walter reed hospital for treatment for depression. and actor bruce willis suffering from a form of dementia. we ll get the latest for you. plus, the crisis in east palestine, ohio, continues in the wake of that train derailment. the wreckage burned for days and tonight children are suffering from nausea and rashes and one resident we ll speak to says his mouth tastes like a battery. we need help. we do. people are getting sick. aliens have not landed here. at least they re not behind those flying objects the pentagon has been shooting out of the sky. what do you honestly hope to see? i don t know. maybe nothing. is this why we came out here, mulder? to look for ufos? tonight we ll tell you the latest theory on what those ufos are. okay, here with me is our panel, we have lz granderson and kristen soltis anderson. no relation and natasha alfred and dr. debbie of nyu school of medicine. guys, thanks so much for being wi
joining us, eugene scott. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you for joining us way too early. morning joe starts right now. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. that conversation is the main reason a special grand jury in georgia is investigating election interference. yesterday, we got some of their report, and it reveals that the jurors believe that witnesses lied to them. and, somehow, the former president, donald trump, thinks this report exonerates him. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. plus, the group trump famously told to stand back and stand by now wants to call him as a witness in its trial tied to january 6th. we ll have an update on senator fetterman, who is in walter reid for treatment of clinical depression. he checked himself in. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 17thment we have the host of way to early, politico s jonathan lemire.