but now people aren t so sure. . we re being told that a womantym is pretty much anyone who feels like they re a womanuch . it puts a hand up and goes,i i m a woman. it s an increasingly weirdu and hysterical campaign to make us believe the sky is greesky in and the grass is blue, and that anyone who disagrees is instantly who a bigot. and ironically, it s being led by women who, before all this nonsense, were the leading feminists. people like us women s soccer superstasts.r megan rapinoe. she says excluding trans athletes from women s sports is taking away people s full humanity, really. rapinoe adds that she d welcome a transgender woman replacing a biological female on the u.s. national team. female jusly and conveniently, she said that just as she s retired herself so it wouldn tas she be her plae that would be taken. and of course, we already know what the resuleady knot of repeg those demands would look like. a few years ago, the u.s. women a few s team played fc das
go and how much he will go in demanding congress move to say avert a debt default, one of the big issues outstanding this congress. one in which the house republicans and the white house must resolve their differences to avoid a potential cevent to the economy and talking about all the issues surrounding the global security around the world, choir these spy balloon, the president expected to address the threat from china as well. a lot of questions about the president s tone and house republicans plan to showcase what they believe is a reasonable opposition, sit there, listen to the president, act respectfully as republicans are planning to battle back on things that they believe simply have no chance of passing this congress, jake. yeah, act respectfully is an interesting point. they are leaking and telling reporters mccarthy gave a warning to house republicans to behave during the speech. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, behind closed doors in the house republican co
good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america s banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. also the faa is convening a rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight cros
raising interest rates five times this year to combat inflation. and even with this new report, economists say people should still be bracing for the possibility of a recession in tough times ahead. so let s get to the new report and what it means and what is it doesn t. matt egan is here. and what does this good news say about what is next? well, kate, not that much. this is a rearview mirror number. it is a snapshot in time. we know the economy got knocked down in the first half of the year, but it got back on its feet this summer. gdp rising 2.6%. that is solid. consumer spends slowed but it is still positive. i think that this should silence the argument that the u.s. economy is already in recession. right. gdp is positive, the jobs market keeps chugging along. new numbers show that initial jobless claims which is a proxy for layoffs, they remain low. at pre-covid levels. how you could have a recession if you don t have playoffs. this is so confusing. because the ec
to do the business of their cities, their counties, their states, and this nation. their families don t sign up for this to be harmed. and it is wrong. the san francisco chief of police on the attack against paul pelosi. authorities now say the zip ties were found at the scene. welcome back to morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. out west. we begin with the attack on house speaker nancy pelosi s husband inside the couple s california home on friday. let s bring in national correspondent who is at the san francisco hospital where paul pelosi is recovering from a fractured skull and the surgery he had to have for it. miguel, what is the latest? good morning, paul pelosi is inside the hospital s intensive care unit. his son when leaving the hospital yesterday was asked how his father was doing. he responded, doctors are building him back together. this as we learn more about the suspect who had some troubling postings online. reporter: this morning, the ha