those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is
reports that attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant application. now, garland faces an even more daunting and consequential decision, that is whether to pursue criminal charges against the former president. now that decision is amplified as an fbi organization representative warns that growing calls for violence against law enforcement are, quote, real and imminent. the fbi investigating an unprecedented number of threats to bureau personnel and property in the wake of the court authorized search of mar-a-lago. also this morning, rudy giuliani firing back after prosecutors in georgia tell him that he is a target of the special grand jury there. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s begin this morning, here in washington, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz tracking all the latest developments. the justice department is making clear just how serious this investigation is. what do we know about where it sta
the suspect allegedly writing, if you work with the fbi, you, quote, deserve to die. terry moran standing by. also, the major headline tonight involving rudy giuliani. abc news has now learned giuliani has been informed that he s considered a target of the criminal investigation in georgia, the investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the election there. cecilia vega, and what we ve learned. tonight, iran responding after the attack on author salman rushdie in new york state. stabbed multiple times, rushdie on a ventilator for a time. he might lose an eye. we have news on his condition, and what iran is now saying about any suspicion they were involved. tonight, one year since the chaotic and deadly withdrawal in afghanistan. what our team has now witnessed there. the taliban celebrating in the streets, many with american-made weapons. the babies malnourished. the women and girls who bravely tried to demonstrate for their rights and the gunfire that
threats against the fbi. the suspect allegedly writing, if you work with the fbi, you, quote, deserve to die . terry moran standing by. also, the major headline tonight involvinvolveing rudy giuliani. giuliani informed he s considered a target of the criminal investigation in georgia, the investigation into lalged efforts to overturn the results of the election there. cecilia vega and what we ve learned. tonight, iran responding after the attack on author salman rushdie in new york state. on a vent rater for a time. he might lose an eye. we have news on his condition, and what iran is saying about any suspicion they were involved. tonight, one year since the chaotic and deadly withdrawal in afghanistan. what our team witnessed there. the taliban celebrating in the streets, many with american weapons. the babies malnourished. the women and girls. ian pannell tonight. the youth football coach turning himself in, accused of shooting and killing another coach. the suspe
drone strike killing five iranian proxy fighters in northern iraq and stopping what would have been another attack on american troops in the middle east. you re watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. griff: and i m griff jenkins in for todd piro. severe escalation for proxies in yemen who launched hours long assault in the red sea, drawing the u.s.s. carney into the line of fire. trey yingst is live with the latest on the ground there and more on washington s response to iran s provocations. good morning, trey. trey: good morning. a lot of developments over the past 24 hours. israeli forces are ramping up airstrikes, they targeted 200 different sites, bringing total number of strikes against gaza to 10,000. the heavy air campaign issic spooing, tdeath toll say 700 people were killed over the weekend. israel targeting hamas leadership, this weekend hitting a battalion and the commander responsible for carrying out raids into israeli territory back on october 7. th