good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 year o
president biden kicks off a key endorsement. then, the former president also looking for a showdown in court, where he could testify as early as tomorrow. and what business leaders are thinking as they brace for a potential trump nomination, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today, donald trump and joe biden are making a serious pivot towards a general election. nikki haley says she is still in the race after trump s double digit win in new hampshire last night. haley is already looking ahead to south carolina s primary, that is one month away. it s haley s home turf, she was born and raised there and served as governor for six years. tonight in charleston, she went after donald trump and challenged him to a good old fashioned debate. bring it donald, show me what you got. the political elites in the state and around the country have said that
would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will. and he s allowed me to go up to the mountain, and i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. we ll be honoring dr. king this morning and exploring his legacy throughout the morning on morning joe. also ahead this hour, we ll have the latest developments on the classified documents found at president biden s home, and the gop s false equivalency when it comes to this discovery. hundreds of files of donald trump tried to stash away at mar-a-lago, to equate is a little tough. congress is on the clock to raise the country s debt limit. it comes after a dire warning from treasury secretary janet yellen. plus, we ll get a live
decided for an entire country that their christian doctrine is the only way. let me reiterate this. a woman s right to choose as a human right. a person s ability in choice to bring life into this world is their choice. in america, where guns are the leading cause for death, an ar-15 has more rights than a woman. does now, the supreme court wants to mandate birth in a country where 17 million children are hungry, and more than 420,000 children or in the first care system. none of this should be a surprise. why? we warned you. every time we told you to vote. this is a decade old republican promise, when barack leblanc was blocked from putting a one gorsuch, kavanaugh, and they handmade in, were nominated and confirmed, we tried to tell you. now, here we are. joining me now is erin haines, msnbc political contributor, editor at large for the 19th. michelle cullen, she is a cofounder and consecutive director of she wrote mississippi. and amy miller, she s the president and ceo
sky. beautiful. the sun just rose. and, of course, after the first day of summer. now we are a couple of days in. five days in and the days are getting shorter. brian: i feel bad for rhode island. every time something small or not big bigger than rhode island, not as small as rhode island. bigger than rhode island. it s the size of rhode island. everything is always compared to rhode island. don t you feel bad for them. steve: this is from new yorkers. in other words, our state could kick your state s butt. prior. brian: always an analogy. rhode island is always the small state analogy. ainsley: have you been to newport before. steve: yeah. beautiful. ainsley: restaurant black pearl, rhode island where they serve clam chowder and so good it s worth going. steve: if it was so good why didn t you bring us a t-shirt? ainsley: i know. next time i go i will. brian: envision the boat pulling up to the dock. how many claims do you need? if you have seafood in the m