And 51 days to go until the election, a new poll shows a still tight race with the Vice President at 52 of likely voters while the former president stands at 46 . Now the issues, the Vice Th president leads on abortion, healthcare, and protecting democracy. While trump leads on immigration, the economy and inflation. Supporters from both sides talking about the economy on g the Sunday Talk shows. Look, i think hes always better off talking about the issues that really impacted american, and i think the economy is always the most important thing these things are the things i think are the Bread And Butter that he should be talking about. She should talk about strengthening Social Security, lowering prices by having more competition. I think shes got a very compelling economic agenda. Meanwhile, gop Vice President ial nominee Jd Vance on a number of sunday shows doubling down on the baseless claims of migrants eating Pets S in his Home State of ohio amid threats to the community. First o
we have a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump formally taking his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. we ll tell you what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, back in 2020, donald trump hired an expert to prove election fraud. instead, that person found the 2020 election was not stolen. we re going to speak with that expert about what his data firm actually uncovered. also ahead, we ll dig into the ultimatum from house republicans following their visit to the southern border. do they want a deal? along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and msnbc host jen psaki. she s a former white house press secretary. good to have you all on board this morning. willie? let s start in colorado. former president trump s legal team officially has petitioned the supreme court to overturn last month s co
a.m. out we i m lipid see riser at msnbc headquarters in new york heightened anticipation as we watch for a potentially unprecedented decision from a new york grand jury about whether to indict trump. his former fixer, michael cohen, could head back to the grand jury today as a rebuttal witness. that s because they re about to hear from a different unexpected witness today, robert costello, michael cohen s former legal adviser. looming over the decision, the former president s statement over the weekend that he expects to be arrested tomorrow. with uncertainly swirling, prominent republicans including the speaker of the house are coming to his defense. it doesn t matter what side of the issue you re on it doesn t matter if this was president trump or if this was a democrat there should be equal justice in america, and stop going after people because you have political differences. also this hour, a high-stakes meeting in moscow between chinese leader xi jinping and russia
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
this is the kind of thing that is catastrophic. mold is start to go grow and accumulate on everything. this is what makes it so unlivable and unsafe. over the weekend in iran we ve seen anti-regime protests continue across the tun. another sign of defiance, a broadcaster appears to have been momentarily hacked. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. russia s rerevenge and ukrainian civilians pay the pride. overnight they rain down on zaporizhzhia in southeastern ukraine. at least 13 people are dead. dozens are hospitalized. more than 200 rescuers have been combing through the rubble, looking for survivors and more victims. the russian attack on this enabled comes hours after a truck bomb on the bridge. that s created a huge bottleneck, choking a critical supply route for peoplen s wear. these new satellite imaging show the damage from above. despite that, russia says it s resuming some car and train service. fred pleitgen is in kyiv with the