this tragedy. plus, we ll explain the cryptic statement on a national security threat from republican congressman mike turner of ohio that created chaos and confusion on capitol hill. also ahead, we ll preview a busy 48 hours for donald trump s various legal issues. there are two hearings today, including a criminal case you may have forgotten about. good morning. welcome to morning joe on this busy thursday, february 15th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. and deputy managing editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us this morning, as well. good to have you. willie, we have tom winter here and will be talking about the tragedy in kansas city. really quickly, though, the reverberations from that huge democratic win on long island a couple of nights ago still being felt in washington. here, the head editorial in the wall street journa
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
Guarantee there won t be lines because we ve had so many people vote already, and 2,700 voter locations open. gabriel sterling, thank you. big congrats to your uga bulldogs who have all georgians feeling like winners after beating lsu in the s.e.c. championship. is that beer in there? for the record, coke zero, get close, it s coke zero. if it was beer i m impressed you can pull it together for that segment. thanks so much, gabriel, again, congrats. never judge a film by its title. but the you ll coming movie cocaine bear is about exactly what it sounds like. the bear is [ bleep ]. did cocaine. a bear did cocaine! up next, the surprisingly very true story behind the movie. unlimited hotspot data. (woman 2) you know it s from the most reliable
40 flee the state in the next few days without voting first. all this won t stop media from churning out headlines that oz takes the lead. that s not to say the race won t be close, and there are things voters have cause to be frightened about. a record of preelection lawsuits, voter locations at drop boxes. this is kay skairy stuff. election night will be a thriller. so democrats are deploying their most powerful weapon, president obama, a voter enthusiasm machine. here s what he had to say about herschel walker this past weekend. some of you might not remember, but herschel walker was a heck of a football player. but here s the question, does that make him the best person to represent you in the usa? let s do a thought experiment. let s say you re at the airport, and you see mr. walker and you
What are you seeing are the new modes and challenges of voter registration which historically voting rights came out of the civil rights movement and the naacp and the vanguard of that? first of all, i want to commend the students of prairie view for standing up to ensure their rights are protected and to make sure democracy work. we are watching a repeat of the 1960s in many ways. ever since holder vs shelby, we are not seeing a lot of voter locations, applications not being processed like in georgia and in shelby county, tennessee. a deliberate effort to suppress voting which i truly believe some of the elected officials who are participating should be brought up on criminal charges.