hello and welcome to this special memorial day edition of inside politics. i m manu raju in for john king in washington. the president marking this memorial day at a stop at the tomb of the unknown soldier and thanking troops who gave their last measure of devotion to the country they serve. plus a debt deal. the stext of the deal is now ou. they must find a goldilocks rolled to get it to the president s desk. and chris sununu says he ll decide soon on a 2024 run but is the field already too crowded for anyone not named donald trump. first, a salesmanship test for the president the of the united states and the house speaker. n they struck a deal but now comes the hard part. the president must convince democrats he didn t give away too much. this morning new optimism that the middle out strategy will get enough members onboard to push the deal across the finish line. but there are already loud complaints too. progressives say the president opened up the door to draconi
stories we re watching today the first is joe biden heading to monterey park, california the president will deliver remarks on gun safety. we are also following a developing situation out of ukraine involving a u.s. intelligence aircraft that was forced down by russian war planes but we start today with the race to the bottom in the republic primary the leading contenders for the presidential nomination making clear that they will not stand with the fledgeling democracy. a statement from ron desantis in response to a questionnaire than none other than fox news and america s most prominent putin defender tucker carlson reads in quote, while the u.s. has many vital national interests, securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the chinese communist party, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not
for their country will prevail. democracies over the world will stand guard for our freedom today, tomorrow and forever. president joe biden delivering a powerful message to vladimir putin and all of eastern europe marking one year of war in ukraine. we ll have more on his speech in warsaw in just a moment. back here at home we re learning more about the special grand jury that investigated the potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. plus we ll have the latest on the efforts to cleanup an environmental disaster in ohio as federal and state officials take action against the rail company at the center. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 22nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. today president joe biden wraps up a historic trip to eastern europe. last night he gave a speech in warsaw, poland marking one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. it followed monday s s
the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
i wear heels, not for a fashion statement, they are ammunition. different generation, start choosing victory. erebels shot down a u.s. reaper drone off the coast of yemen. u.s. striking in self-defense. brawl breaks out in los angeles outside screening of unedited hamas attack videos. fight between pro-palestinian and pro-israeli protesters. gale gadot hosted the event. subpoena for the biden family. money doesn t lie. jelly roll accepting the award for new artist of the year. there is something poetic about a 39-year-old man winning new artist of the year. i don t know where you are in life or what you are going through, keep going, baby. brian: the gloves coming off last night in the republican primary debate, debate number three in miami. steve: candidates clashed on wide range of issues and foreign policy was front and center. ainsley: and former president trump holding a dualing rally, same city, same time. lawrence: rachel campos duffy is down