Court of appeals judge for the ninth circuit. Confirmation vote is expected later today. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, how great you are today, lead our lawmakers in their work. May they be messengers of unity and hope. Make them productive servants who strive to honor you. Remind them to act with justice, love, mercy, and humility. May they speak words that bring life, as they seek to live with integrity. Sovereign lord, strengthen our senators to seize opportunities that bring peace, hope, and freedom. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding offic
Changing abortion laws. He or she is talking about louisianas abortion law which bans abortion after of fetal heartbeat can be detected. Bills like those in louisiana then a abortion at six weeks. I know the cost of this. Banning abortions will not stop abortions. It will stop safe, legal abortions. If you are a personal privilege you can fly somewhere else and get this medical procedure, but if you live in geographically facesed area, who already barriers to care, you are the one hurt the most. That is the human impact of this bill that will pass in louisiana. Thesiana, just like many of states that have signed these extreme bans on abortion care, they are the same states that already face some of the greatest Health Care Challenges with a very high infant mortality, very high maternal mortality, great disparity between black and white infant and maternal mortality. This is not what politician should be doing. Instead of taking the way care, they should be looking to expand we in they
hunter biden seen at last night s state dinner for india s prime minister. now two irs whistle blowers say he was given preferential treatment. tomorrow marks one year since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll ask an ob/gyn how it s changed her practice. a tech boom here in florida? miami the new silicon valley? first, we turn to breaking news out of the supreme court. the court sided 8-1 with president biden s immigration enforcement plan. outside the supreme court is julia ainsley. what is this decision about? reporter: it s a big win for the biden administration, jose. this was their enforcement priority policy that allowed i.c.e. to prioritize immigrants for deportation if they were a security risk. when they looked at the 11 million undocumented migrants, they were going to use their resources on those who lived here first. people who have been living here peacefully will be deprioritize. several states led by republicans sued the biden administration
joining us, eugene scott. have a great weekend, everybody. thank you for joining us way too early. morning joe starts right now. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. that conversation is the main reason a special grand jury in georgia is investigating election interference. yesterday, we got some of their report, and it reveals that the jurors believe that witnesses lied to them. and, somehow, the former president, donald trump, thinks this report exonerates him. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. plus, the group trump famously told to stand back and stand by now wants to call him as a witness in its trial tied to january 6th. we ll have an update on senator fetterman, who is in walter reid for treatment of clinical depression. he checked himself in. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 17thment we have the host of way to early, politico s jonathan lemire.
mass shootings are shining a spotlight on the issue of mental health. our manual including dr. janette nesheiwat is standing by to discuss. in detroit, a police officer had been shot and killed. fox news cameras capturing this group of hundreds of migrants crossing legally into texas wednesday. crews tell us the sweltering heat is not slowing things down at the southern border. we begin with what we are learning about monday s tragic parade massacre. matt finn tracking the latest development. good evening. police revealed that the alleged fourth of july parade shooter, robert crimo iii was considering a second attack. police say he shot and killed seven people in highland park, illinois, and injured nearly 40 others using more than 80 rounds from a smith & wesson rifle. prosecutors say that gun fell out of his bag at the scene and in helped investigators identify him. authorities say crimo iii fled wearing women s clothing and makeup to conceal his tattoos. crimo drove to m