take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau
Research to hold back their work. scholarship is so important, and this is a flashpoint in our political conversations. at the moment, and certainly heading into next year. nicholas johnston of axios, thank you for being with us this morning. thank you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. a lot of republicans, their dream is to discuss social security and medicare. let me say this, it is your dream, but my veto pen will make it a nightmare. here s actually the good news. there s a lot of good republicans. i found it interesting. when i called them out on it last night, it sounded like they agreed to take these cuts off the table. remember i said i m serious, remember what i said? so you re not going to cut it, huh? no. i said, okay, we got a deal. well, i sure hope that s true. president joe biden continues his populist push, hammering a
Producing some of their secret recipes. the story is ongoing. we ll have to do a taste test and get to the bottom of this whole thing. we can do that on the next commercial break. thank you. coming up next, nicholas johnston of axios has a look at that morning s one big thing. and on morning joe, the legal fallout after mick mulvaney admitted to a kquid pro quo. before then walking it back. and janet that pole tan know joins the connotation. morning joe just moments away. . morning joe just moments away. dinner s almost ready. but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with our renters insurance. yeah, switching and saving was really easy! drink it all up. good! could have used a little salt. visit geico.com and see how easy saving on renters insurance can be.