invaded another country since world war ii nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically and we have to milwaukee sure we change them back. president joe biden once again promising to protect eastern europe against russian aggression. it comes as vladimir putin pulls out of a nuclear arms treaty. plus the forewoman for the georgia grand jury on election interference has been getting a lot of face time this week, and her media tour may add some complications to the investigation itself. and also ahead tim scott s not so subtle stop in iowa, and when the south carolina senator might make a decision on a presidential campaign. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is back at the white house this morning following a historic and successful trip to eastern europe. yesterday the president met with the leaders from the eastern flank of nato, a gro
Breaking news situations unfolding. On capitol hill the House Republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. And without that top member of the u. S. House of representatives in place, Congress Remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that weve been Covering Thousands of miles away. Were watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. Hamas terrorists. Thats where well start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Five days of horror. Israel families missing, tortured, killed. The closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas Serial Killers killing them. Loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to be in israel today. This was near continuous r
at the u.s. military in the middle east. u.s.s. mason off the coast of yemen had two ballistic missiles launch evidence its way that notified. they responded to a distress call from a tanker nearby. we ve seen more than 70 attacks on u.s. military forces since mid october. more shortly coming up here. first the emotions running high in israel. [chanting] bill: these are some of the scenes in israel and the west bank as they see newly freed prisoners. a four-day cease-fire about to run out and find out whether or not the cease-fire is extended. hope you had an awesome thanksgiving. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. an emotional weekend. a 4-year-old israely american girl abigail edan is free but saw her parents murdered in front of her. hamas let go 58 people. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners in exchange. bill: the front page new york post. safe at last. for some that is true. many more still are left behind. p
nuclear fears into the conversation. we ve heard a good deal of that in the last week, as expected. what we should pay attention to is if russia can t advance, trench lines like donbas in 2014, what will the western coalition, make working with chi that do, to bring an end to the con applicant? analyst for nbc news and msnbc, clint watts. we ll see you at the big board during morning joe later on. thank you. up next, there is creeping doubt about president biden and his 2024 re-election bid. we ll have new reporting on some democrats trying to come up with a plan b. then, coming up on morning joe, live reporting from ukraine and moscow on the eve of the one year anniversary. we ll also hear from the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. also ahead, the israeli and palestinianian conflict after the military launched air strikes on the gaza strip. morning joe a few, short moments away. it?
others. what do you make of that? i think this is a very tough and an emotional issue for folks across the political spectrum and think the way we solve the problem is a two-state solution and conditions on the ground that will enable that to happen. it is not going to happen quickly or by press release. it will happen by the administration diving in and helping to build up the political credibility of the palestinianian authorities and not a known and recognized terror organization in hamas. all right. joe kennedy. it is great to have you on. you guys are good together. i like it. thanks for being here. i appreciate it. yesterday a graphic aired on the lead incorrectly stating it was prosecutors that actually r revealed information. it was lev parnas.