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,
Love acceptance speech. Now i want to bring in a special guest who is at the State Of The Union. Last night i have with me tonight Grammy Nominated artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, all around wonderful man, fat joe, nice to see you. Hey, laura. Whats up . Thanks for having me on. Im so glad youre here. Im happy you were in town. You were actually there last night as congresswoman barragans guest. Right in part because, joe, you have been an enormous advocate for a Transparent Health care system. I mean, you even released a psa with with rick ross, with busta rhymes. Others listen to what you had to say. I want everyone to see this. Love our nurses, and we need our doctors. But hospitals and insurers rigging a system to make profits off of people thats in struggle is unforgivable. We demand prices and transparency in health care. Power to the patients. First of all, youve got the best beard of everyone we just saw. Im just saying for a second there, dont tell them that you you know
our goal today is to try to foster a discussion based on principles, not politics, much like the example of bipartisan bridge building said by democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch, passing some of the most important legislation of their times, such as the americans with disabilities act and the children s health insurance program, and forming an unlikely friendship that transcended their partizan differences. in that spirit, in just a moment, we ll hear from democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire and republican senator joni ernst of iowa. they re used to facing off from their posts on the armed services committee in the senate, and clearly they have different views on the biggest issues facing the nation. but for the next hour, we ll try to find common ground through constructive disagreement and search for the bipartisan compromise that has been the hallmark of the u.s. senate for more than two centuries. and now, without further ado,
we can go with the more accurate polish version, or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. of course, i m not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week, perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to watch the campaign launch on twitter spaces was hearing the candidate s last name. i m ron desantis and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. come again. the same day that governor desantis released that video, he appeared on fox news and he said this. anybody that s so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support at rondesantis.com. this was low-hanging fruit for the trump campaign. i m ron desantis. this is governor ron desantis. hello, this is governor ron desantis, wishing everyone a merry christmas. who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this
campaign video to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis s announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government s making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation s challenges, and he takes his cues