Francine a couple of days ago. They are close in condemning huawei in china. This is over a security law that china did in hong kong with the u. K. Offering to suspend the extradition treaty with china, something that china has not taken so well. Nott punish the u. K. By doing dont touch football. It is something that actually could simmer, but we had a great story on bloomberg yesterday saying that under president xi, we could just see a china versus u. S. , china versus u. K. , as he is ready to take on the world as being the strongman back home. Tom it will be interesting to seal. I will be emailing our chinese brethren, on crystal palace, i believe, sunday. Right now, first word news with karina mitchell. Karina bloomberg has learned there is a settlement in the Goldman Sachs case and malaysia. Elation would drop all criminal charges it malaysia would drop all criminal charges against the bank. China has struck back. He has ordered the u. S. To close its consulate in the southweste
Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
strikes down alabama s congressional map, ruling in favor of black voters who challenged it. we ll break down what it means and what comes next. major developments in the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news learned trump has been told he is a target in the probe. an apocalyptic-like haze from canada s wildfires blanketing more than 15 states with hazardous air, affecting more than 120 million people, causing ground stops at airports and closing schools. and presidential hopeful mike pence comes out swinging against his former boss. but he refused to slam trump on one issue. indicting a former president of the united states sends a terrible message to the world. i hope the doj thinks better of it. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. the high court just issued a major decision in a very closely watched case centering around alabama s congressional district map. in a surprise decision, the court ru
S p 500 up 3. 5. All of this coming after the major indices closed at record highs. Dow up 55. The nasdaq and s p gaining 1 . Treasury yields with the tenyear yield at 4. 33 . That was fast. Lets look at the meme stocks. Well see. It could come roaring back. Gamestop now down six. It was more than double that. Amc is above the recent lows. Gamestop and amc fell during yesterdays session. Amc, as it has in the past, took advantage of the rally. Announcing a debt for equity stock. It completed a stock sale on monday. Theres the weekly chart. There is contraction and time you think that is a meme stock craze lasts four days . The last one lasted and went much higher. Much higher levels. People said gamestop was much harder to short. Right. It could be a weak phenomenon . Four or five weeks . Yeah. It went into the hundreds, didnt it . People really wanted it to happen. They wanted it to happen. It would be hard to keep any of these things going. Do you think were going to see a meme from
Fears of lasting damage. Our phone lines are open at 2027488001 for republicans and 2027488000 for democrats. Youre an independent, 2027488002. Send us a tweet. Well read it cspanwj or join in on the conversation. Many already have at facebook. Com cspan. And good sunday. Thanks very much for being with us on a very busy sunday morning. We want to begin with the front page story of the Washington Post and the reporting of develin barren and phillip instructor. Rucker. It has repeatedly come under fire for abuses of fire, privacy or civil rights, writes the Washington Post from red scares to recording and threatening to expose the private conduct of it Martin Luther king jr. Goes on to write the bureau is under fire not from those on the left, but rather conservatives who have long been the agencys biggest supporters as well as the president s and his handpicked leaders of the f. B. I. Theres been another amtrack derailment and two people dead and more than 70 injured. The amtrak train