Reached another devastating and unthinkable moment in a pandemic that continues to change our country and our way of life. As we come on the air tonight, more than 200,000 people in the u. S. Have now been killed by the virus. 200,000 lives lost, 200,000 stories left unfinished. And tonight, theres some breaking news that the crisis may once again be getting worse. One of the leading models used by the white house now projects that by the end of the year, the death toll nationwide may nearly double to 378,000. Tonight, confirmed cases in the u. S. Are also increasing, now growing at the fastest rate they have in two months. And the f. D. A. Is reportedly tightening its standards for approving a coronavirus vaccine, dimming hopes that there will be one widely available this year. Once again, thrusting the pandemic into the forefront of this years president ial campaign. Tonight, theres also been another Seismic Shift here in washington with major implications for this years election. Se
About it. And all jokes aside, the first public apology from Ellen Degeneres. What shes saying about toxic workplace allegations now that shes back in the studio. She had some things to say. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. As our nation mourns the loss of ruth bader ginsburg, i will soon announce a nominee for the United States Supreme Court. The president told his crowd of supporters that he will name his nominee for the Supreme Court by this weekend. The president said he wants this done very quickly. Before election day. Can it be done . We believe that it can. With a fight over the next Supreme Court justice looming, joe biden tried to keep voters attention focused on the pandemic. The virus was too big for him. He just wasnt up to it. He froze. He failed to act. He panicked. The u. S. Will likely hit 200,000 coronavirus deaths today. Were rounding the corner in any event. But were going to have a vaccine very soon. A great vaccine. Tropical storm
our country. when i look to the future, i see america strong once more. and the america i see, the permanent politician will finally retire. and mandatory mental competency test for politicians over 75 years old. good morning, happy saturday morning. good morning micah, happy saturday. i love saturdays, you bring me my coffee. i do, and we re probably watching this right now while you re drinking coffee that i get for you. it s delicious. she literally pushes me out a bed at 5:30 okay, okay, that s a little much. people don t want that mental image. okay. it s her saturday morning routine. and your saturday morning routine of course is watching morning joe weekend. it s saturday february 18th, former south carolina governor nikki haley officially kicked off her candidacy this week at an event in charleston on wednesday. in his speech she said, there should be mental competency test for politicians older than 75. micah, that was kind of a dig at president biden
are tense again. thank you so much for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. a self-loathing has swept our country. joe and kamala even say america is racist. this is not about identity politics. i don t believe in that, and i don t believe in glass ceilings either. strong and proud, not weak and woke. that s the america i see. [ applause ] the only challenger so far to donald trump in the 2024 presidential race kicks off her campaign. during that speech, nikki haley took a dig at her former boss and president joe biden. we ll play for you those comments. also today, we ll get our first look at the pieces of the grand jury investigating the president s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. plus, mike pence wants all the credit for doing the right thing on january 6th but doesn t want to talk about it under oath. we ll show you what he had to say abou
is we have been more effective. up formed district attorney everybody in the country knows that. maybe it s not working. it is working. the reality is that there is 1,000 people people killed in 20 months. it is working. the reality is when you look at all these different jurisdictions we have had a devastating blow from the pandemic and there is absolutely no correlation between being progressive or traditional and the rate of crime. jesse: if their policies are supposed to get a bunch of people killed yeah, they are working out great. in philly, shootings, robberies and carjackings are at all-time highs. can you get carjacked in your own driveway now. americans are going to have to start strapping up and exercising their second amendment rights because police can t be everywhere all at once. but everything starts in the home. i play gets like that. switchy. three switches right here. jesse: these are kids in chicago flexing off their guns to other kids