that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. we re also following the devastating aftermath of a powerful earthquake that left hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning, rescue crews are searching through rubble for any survivors. and back in washington, there is a major gop donor looking to, quote, turn the page on the past several years in an apparent rebuke of former president trump. we ll explain that development. plus four more years! four more years! four more years! president biden got a surge of support at the democratic national committee s annual winter meeting in philadelphia on friday. as democrats approve a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its presidential nominees. we ll speak to the chairman of the dnc just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 6th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at po
it is the first day of black history month. happy black history month, everybody. or as ron desantis calls it, month. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we re going to get to what is happening down in florida. there you key caitlan is live on capitol hill. president biden face s a series of investigations. also moments from now, the gop is gearing up to kick congressman omar off of a key committee. big questions on whether or not they have enough votes. they believe they do. they face some pushback from republicans. also hunter biden with a counter offensive. the president s son demanding investigations into those who access data from his personal laptop. what is behind this really aggressive new legal strategy. we ll get to all that in a moment. we re going to begin with breaking news out of ukraine. there is heavy shelling this morning. live to sam kylie. sam, hello. what are you hearing? well, hearing is quite literally what we ve been doing here,
and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life after
starts right now. nobody heard anything you said. i don t know why you bothered with that. coming up on the weekend, we ve got this, and pierogi is on the set. what s the story? who is pierogi? he is his dog. he came into visit. he was in the control room and he came into visit. he was in my shot first and then he was like, i m the one with the dog. i was like, give him the dog then. she did. all is forgiven. we are in a rush and sometimes you show up and you don t tell your friends you are there, but you run into them walking out of your hotel or something. that is kind of what has happened, right, because you guys are right there. all is forgiven. you guys have a good time. that was a fantastic show and ia look forward to seeing you tomorrow, because i have no idea what s on your show tomorrow. i was just looking at pierogi. pierogi, have a great time. kyle, thank you for having pierogi join us this morning and velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturd
seems at once a long time and a short time, but when you think of everything that happened since we had our first conversation, it really is remarkable. the way that government is using state power to mandate our ignorance. even as we see the effects of this playing out in our society every day. i left a lot of stuff out, including stuff that happened to you. you don t play, nor do you think you are a victim of this whole thing. in fact when we spoke a few months ago, i want to play back what you said to me about this. let s listen. no one is more surprised at what 1619 has become, symbolically, and what i have become symbolically. this was a work of journalism to me and i hoped people would read it, but i did not think it would spawn this backlash we have seen with all of these anti-critical race theory laws that began as 1619 project laws and have become this cultural