whether this was an armed insurrection because he said, when i think of armed, i think of firearms. just to fact check that, there were arrests that did have to do with firearms but a number of weapons that clearly were not firearms but deadly weapons. well, i think it s total rubbish. i think he has a political agenda. he wasn t listening to the people who were actually there trying to fight the insurrectionists. you will also recall johnson wasn t sure this was actually an insurrection. i don t know what he thought it was. did he think it was a walk in the park? and what mr. sund said, he said these people came with equipment and with climbing gear. these are people intent on getting into that capitol one way or another. if you were just going to a trump rally, you could just listen to the former president and whatever he would say, and then go your merry way. there were a lot of people who did that. but the people who invaded the capitol had an agenda and that s what the
took in his grandparents and his family. that was a moment, no question about it. and it was a genuine moment. what senator booker was trying to do was to harness what we saw all summer, the anger, the protests, the demands for changes in the justice system from top to bottom to make it so that the disparaities that he talked about would be changed. now there is a chance, more of a chance than before, to do that. so what booker was doing was trying to get the likely soon-to-be attorney general to make that promise, that he wouldn t just pay lip service to it but make it part of his mission to change the laws that discriminate, intentionally or not, against people of color. laura coates, on that point, part of it is trying to change laws, but a lot of it, judge garland, soon to be general, why change it? where do you put your emphasis? why are people put in jail for marijuana possession? why don t you put our time and resources in violent crime. it shows that elections do ha
a.m. friday localtime. the pentagon says the air strike was in response to recent attacks against american and coalition personnel in iraq, including an attack in erbil this month that killed a civilian contractor and wounded a u.s. service member. officials say the u.s. response targeted a transit hub used by militia fighters near the iraq/syria border and that multiple facilities were destroyed. here s defense secretary lloyd austin speaking last night. we re confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we were very deliberate about our approach, as you would expect us to be. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence, and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. can you say why this was important to do, mr. secretary? and was this your recommendation? it was my recommendation. as we said a number of times, we will respond on our timeline. the attack against the iranian-ba
okay. speaker nancy pelosi with some of her patented shade as she forgets the name of the senator she s criticizing. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is friday, february 26th. it s friday! along with joe, willie and me, we have nbc news and msnbc national fairs analyst and host and executive producer of show time s the circus and host of hell and high water podcast. and jake sherman, msnbc political contributor. so, willie, a lot going on on this friday morning with more threats that we re hearing toward the u.s. capitol, as if we haven t learned our lesson. and republicans still thinking these are something that can be worked out. active threats in the days and weeks ahead yes. we cannot let the miami vice theme song pass. coming off the don johnson remark. crockett, tubbs and the rest of them. it was very nice. we love the pop culture references early in the morning, mika. don johnson, ron johnson. don t exactly go together too much. i wonder if ro
u.s. vaccine to receive emergency use authorization. note, official authorization hasn t happened just yet. the white house says as soon as that comes through, millions of doses could be released next week. the governors are carefully planning their efforts and getting ready for the possible new vaccine. if authorized, we are ready to roll out this vaccine without delay. if an eua is issued, we anticipate allocating 3 to 4 million doses of johnson & johnson vaccine next week. also from the president s covid team, 25 million free washable face masks will soon be offered to the public. let s discuss with cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen. she also served as baltimore s health commissioner. and, dr. wen, you are a volunteer in the johnson & johnson trial. what is your reaction to today s announcement, especially regarding the prevention of asymptomatic infection? it s all really good news, ana. the end point that really matters is the end point that prevents severe disease