Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
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 $
we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
defense lloyd austin after austin failed to tell the president that he was in the hospital in intensive care and temporarily off his job. days after the revelation we still don t know why secretary austin was hospitalized in the first place. leaving this hour, president biden goes to south carolina bringing his campaign back to the state that he hopes can save him again and he went to emanuel church in south carolina, that was the site of the 2015 shooting fueled by white supremacy. his speech interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza. ceasefire now! you hear the crowd afterwards, folks tried to drown out the protesters by chanting four more years. there was nothing subtle about the contents of president biden s speech in an attempt to tie the ideology behind those racist murders in mother emanuel church in 2015 to donald trump and the maga movement. a mob attacked black officers, black veterans. maga republicans led by a defeated president is trying to
numbers soaring and think the race is over. how about the year 2000. fighting for the nomination texas governor george w. bush. out of nowhere maverick senator john mccain. people were surprised when the bush coronation turned into a cage match. if you don t take care of social security, my friend, that s all hat and no cattle. that s cute. they are always cutest when they are true. it s not true. brian: bush would get the nomination and face al gore. it was not a tough battle. bradley would not win a primary. so much for the so-called experts. who could forget 2004. howard dean led john edwards, richard gephardt and john kerry in the polls. people would love howard dean but he finished almost as fast as he rose with the dean scream in california. we are going back to washington, d.c. to take back the white house. brian: former new york mayor rudy giuliani was leading in those polls. governor mike huckabee stole into prominence from behind. remember tv start fred thom