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
good evening, before we begin tonight s broadcast, i want to say something about what we witnessed at last night s town hall. many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment, many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on the stage in front of a crowd of republican voters to answer questions. and predictably, continue to spew lie after lie after lie. i get it. it was disturbing. it was disturbing to see him here that person referred to black law enforcement officer as a thug. an adjective used many times to describe blackmon. and called kaitlan collins the moderator, nasty. which is what he calls any woman who stands up to him. it was disturbing. to hear him speak so highly of qanon conspirators and insurrectionists who assaulted police officers and our democracy on january 6th. it was awful to hear him spread ridiculous lies about the election. it was certainly disturbing to hear that audience, young and old, our fe
witnessed at last night s town hall. many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment. many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit on a stage in front of a crowd of republican voters to answer questions, and predictably, continued to spew lie after lie after lie. and i get it. it was disturbing. it was disturbing to see and hear that person refer to a black law enforcement officer as a thug, an adjective he used many times to describe black men and called kaitlan collins, the moderator nasty, which is what he calls any woman who stands up to him. it was disturbing to hear him speak to shyly of qanon conspirators who assaulted officers on january 6th. and it was awful to hear him spread lies about the election. and young and old, fellow citizens, people who love their kids and go to church, laugh and applaud his lies and his continued defamation of woman who according to a jury of his peers he sexually abused and defamed
for cinco de mayo. rachel: they were great, they sang. brian wasn t in the mood to celebrate. brian: i m not a big cinco de mayo person, i m usually working. rachel: do you like mexican food? brian: some of it. lawrence: i do. i m from texas, i love mexican food. you wash it down with tequila, it is amazing. brian: washing it down? usually that masks the taste. you drink alcohol lawrence: i know you are a yankee, no sense of flavor. brian: a yankee? still doing the yankee thing? still yankees? lawrence: i m authentic texan, if you come, i will introduce you to the culture there, half is mexican, okay. brian: i know don t start with that, here we go again. all right. i like del torito. rachel: what is that? brian: a mexican place, a chain. lawrence: the not mexican rachel: not mexican food. like saying olive garden to an italian. rachel: actually funny. brian: is this coming out of my time. turning to major protest in new york city. huge c
borders. eric adams fell felonies in new york city, hit 15-year high. instead of focusing on the crime crisis. mayor adams hint guilty at bringing back covid mandate. may be another times we have to do mandates. got it. it took everybody to win this football game. super bowl championship, let s go. all my life. brian: that was the story a few hours ago at the building right behind me. you see him hug andy reid. you have travis kelce excited and confetti pouring down. this game was exciting to the last minute. kansas city trailed most of the game. pulled ahead. then eagles came right back and then a game-winning field goal. no time really, 8 seconds left on the clock. there would be no return for touchdown. and that, of course, is rihanna at halftime revealed that she is not afraid of heights. nor was she afraid to dress a lot of people in white outfits and put them up in the air, too. i did not even know that she was secured. i m saying to myself i cannot believ