all. thank you for watching morning joe weekend. happy weekend everybody. it was a busy week, especially in maryland where republicans are wrapping up their annual conservative political action conference. donald trump is expected to be the big headline for the final day today, but many of the party s biggest names opted out of just it means there is a change including, not, they re a florida governor ron desantis senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker kevin mccarthy, pretty big names. the conference was, once one of the biggest events for conservatives. so, what happened? we are happy. and here s what our panel had to say earlier this week. there is a way regan would always go, this is where every sort of conservative used to go, then at some point it became obvious that it was going forth and you would have it became a libertarian gathering, not republican or conservative, that is when you have ron paul and rand paul start winnin
urging americans not to let their guard down. also the justice department here in washington announcing today that two men have now been arrested and charged with assaulting officer brian sicknick with a toxic chemical spray. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the president is taking his covid relief package straight to the american public. give us the latest. reporter: yes, wolf. he s basically mentioning it every time he gets near a microphone. tomorrow he ll be going to pennsylvania. i ll be traveling with him. that s going to continue with several more stops this week not just for president biden, but for his top aides. he want to pitch this plan to the american people, make sure they know it s not just stimulus checks. all this means the bigger plan you have to have to implement that bill. that s the challenge facing the biden administration right now. today it is going to be complicated, but he says he wants to make sure
jacob soberoff, and garrett we will start with you. we have a surge in migrant children. there is a scarcity of shelter beds. what will fema s assistance mean for the situation now at the border? well, fema is the federal government s emergency logistics experts. that s why they show up after hurricanes and natural disasters. their goal is to try to alleviate the overcrowding situation. the border patrol stations here and at hhs shelters that are limited in how much they can take. so they re hoping to expeditiously move the minors. while that s going on you talk about the political battle here. they re trying to lay all of this at the feet of the biden administration, and they give important context that i got from veronica escobar last night, look at what she told me. part of why ibristle at the terms that there is a crisis at the border is because they want to ignore what is causing it. the real crisis is what is happening in the northern triangle. and what happens to t