address, days after russia s invasion of ukraine. tonight, his speech is going to be heavily focused on reminding americans what his administration has accomplished over the past two years. it comes as ukraine is now preparing for a major russian offensive. we ll have more on the mobilization of troops in putin s army. meanwhile, we are learning more about the chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, and other incidents that went undetected by u.s. force. also ahead, the latest from turkey and syria where the death toll is rising following a massive earthquake, and rescuers continue to hold out hope of finding survivors. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 7th. the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria passed 5,000 and continues to climb. a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the region early yesterday along with multiple aftershocks, including a 7.5 magnitude one that struck just hours later. tens of thousands have been injured.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Goodwin,
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governor, good to see you again. you re talking about issues and solutions to problems. it seems, for the large part, at least former president trump and other republicans are playing small ball, talking about the past, an election in 2020. the former president tweeting or truth socialing yesterday about the pulitzer prize awards given to the washington post many years ago, things like that. you ve said that he should be disqualified for being the nominee because of his actions around january 6th. with all that in mind, with the stories we ve been talking about this morning, the club for growth wanting to move on, the koch network wanting to move on from donald trump, some evangelical groups saying they want to do the same, what is the future, in your eyes, of the republican party? what should it look like if it is a post donald trump party, which, by the way, it s not yet, that s for sure. it is important to remember that the american people still trust the republican party when
Distinguished news editor and educator Jerry Ceppos has died. Ceppos, whose career included leading Pulitzer Prize winning teams and two journalism schools, died Friday at 75. Ceppos became the vice