Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
but it s far from clear the measure can pass either chamber. the u.s. carrying out strikes on iranian-backed groups in syria and iraq as the white house warns it s just the beginning. and california face ing the threat of historic deadly mud slides from a risky weather event. this is a live look at lax. delays and cancellations already piling up. check your flights. stay off the freeways. we ll have much more. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s monday, february 5th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in washington. we now know the details of the long awaited border deal and foreign aid package that senators have been negotiating for months. the $118 billion package would give the president powers to significantly restrict illegal migrant crossings and curb asylum at the border. that would break with decades long protocols. the deal includes more than $20 billion for border security, roughly there are 60 billion for ukraine and $
he follows south carolina senator tim scott, who filed on friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson and mike pence will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a unity ticket, the idea from the group no labels, include senator joe manchin, independent senator krysten sinema and larry hogan. trump s biggest obstacle seems to be his own legal ent entanglements. among them his remarks here on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by georgia da who recently signalled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray final ly step ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary. he writes for florida playbook. previously work ed in the tallahassee bureau of the associated press. nice to see you again. so desantis is dug in on this disney issue. i find it interesting
nomination more crowded by the day, a tech entrepreneur is the third candidate to toss his hat into the ring. as the gop field grows larger, no one in the democratic party has announced candidacy, including president biden, currently staring down multiple crisis here at home and abroad. gillian: could the president face a challenge in his own party if he continues to wait to make his announcement? karl rove and marc thiessen will break down the implications of the long wait coming up. russia and chinese relations are developing as we planned. previous years, everything has been going forward, developing and we are reaching new frontiers. the current international situation is indeed serious and complex, but the reallies are tested by ups and downs in the past, never targets third parties and is not interfered with or provoked by any third party. cooperation in the international arena between the peoples republic of china and the russian federation as we have repeatedl
cinematographer. miguel a ma gator is interviewing the special prosecutor right now. we re listening. we ll share everything we learn in realtime. plus president biden is putting 3,000 miles between himself and the growing political headaches in washington. the white house and some top democrats trying to down play concerns about whether the special counsel will derail his reelection bid. but are other democrats sensing a 2024 opportunity? and more proof of egregious lies from george santos ares exposed, including a claim about his mother and september 11th. alec baldwin is now facing serious charges in the shooting of a cinematographer. he will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. here he is back in 2021. all of what happened on that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that is that we had something profound in common. and we both assumed the gun was empty. the da writing if any one of these three people had done their jobs, she would