of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
opportunity for blinken, if he is to meet, to set the parameters of where the china/u.s. relationship is after this balloon brouhaha, if you will. so it is possible it happens here in munich. we re keeping an eye out for it. it ll probably happen in the back rooms. media doesn t really get beyond the bar. one, because it s the bar, but, two, there s not much room for us. they don t let us go much further. that s what everyone is looking out for, whether that meeting actually happens. with all the back room meetings going on here, that potential one could be one of the most important. our man in munich, including at the bar, national security reporter for politico, alex ward. thank you, sir. appreciate you being with us this morning. safe travels. up next, the new republican budget proposal being targeted by democrats. we ll tell you what that is. coming up on morning joe, more on what we re learning about 2020 election interference in georgia. and whether the partial release
unveil the white house republican budget proposal sure to spark controversy and division and a lot of attention on his white house aspirations in three-and-a-half years. chris? chris: political junkie to it s never too early. carl, thank you. i ll be talking with two of the prospective candidates this weekend on fox news sunday. i will have an exclusive interview with house budget committee chairman paul ryan and i ll also sit down with corner florida for jeb bush with former florida for jeb bush. task force says treatment of post traumatic stress december order is plagued bay variety of shortcomings. the republican blames confusing paperwork, inconsistent training and guidelines and incompatible data systems. it notes the army has more than doubled the number of military and civilian behavior health workers in the last five years. popping the question with an assist from the u.s. senator. that is next on the grapevine. plus, even in death, hugo chavez stirs emotions in ameri
british parliament hearing today in london but they were upstaged momentarily by an intruder who somehow managed to get very, very close to the murdochs, too close as you re about to see. watch. so no official word yet as to who exactly that guy in the plaid shirt was. we know he was shouting you greedy billionaire, but he pushed a plateful of shaving cream into rupert murdoch s face before he was grabbed, first by his wife, if you watch it, not in this shot but you can see she was wearing that bright pink jacket, and then by authorities. they did take a quick break. he then continued jacket off to answer questions before parliament s committee on media, culture and sports. so the members wanted to know this, how much did rupert murdoch and his top executives know about the phone hacking by reporters on his payroll, how closely he followed day-to-day operations. the newspaper closed because of this whole thing. and how responsible he feels about this entire affair. do you a