welcome to the programme. in a week s time, it will be one year since russia invaded ukraine, and world leaders are gathering in europe. us vice president kamala harris has arrived in germany for the munich security conference, which starts tomorrow. european leaders rishi sunak, olaf scholz, emmanuel macron will all be there, as will nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg and a vast array of key defence and intelligence officials. discussions in munich will be accutely focused on the danger of a further offensive from russia, especially after the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko a key putin ally spoke to members of the western media, including our russia editor steve rosenberg. few people know vladimir putin as well as he does alexander lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of belarus. he s agreed to take questions about the war in ukraine and his role in it. one year ago, i say, you let russia use your country as a staging ground for invading ukraine. are you
meanwhile, the trump desantis rivalry is heating up. we ll show you how the florida governor responded to the covid criticism. we ll look at the rnc s 2024 playbook as party leaders want to double down on an issue that lost them the elections in the midterms. running straight into loserville. and today, president joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy sit down at the white house in hopes of ending the standoff over the debt ceiling. plus reverend al sharpton joins us live from memphis ahead of his eulogy today for tyre nichols. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, february 1st. along with joe, good to have you back. good to be back. willie and me. we have jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us. and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. so we start with today s high stakes meeting between president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. their focus, ending the standoff over the debt ce
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I took a mug shot, which i never heard the words mug shot. they didn t teach me that at the wharton school of finance. so, keeping them honest however that works with this. it s hard to imagine that someone who grew up in new york and counted mob lawyer roy cohen has one of his close friends had never heard the words mug shot before yesterday. harder still to imagine when you see the t-shirt business political action committee was hawking at up to $1,000 a pop back in april, the one with a fake mug shot of him on it. even harder still when you listen to the conversation he had a few weeks before that, the one in which he clearly did hear the words mug shot from his friend, sean hannity. you d be arraigned yeah. that there would be a mug shot, you d be fingerprinted, and maybe even handcuffed. now, when you think about being at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and juxtapose it to that, how do you deal with that? well, i deal with it.
Expectations growing that new terms could be announced next week. centrica, the owner of british gas has announced record profits, prompting more calls for energy firms to pay more tax in the uk. the energy giant recorded nearly $4 billion in profits for last year, more than three times higher than in 2021. the industry has been boosted by a surge in oil and gas prices caused by the war in ukraine shell, bp and exxonmobil have also made huge profits. let s bring peter in on this one to begin with. energy companies, centrica not alone in these huge profits, but it it s very uneasily with people when households and businesses are struggling with sky high energy bills. yes. businesses are struggling with sky-high energy bills.- businesses are struggling with sky-high energy bills. yes, if i can .0 . sky-high energy bills. yes, if i can -o- back sky-high energy bills. yes, if i can pop back to sky-high energy bills. yes, if i can pop back to the sky-high energy bills. yes, if i can p