program that he was not timely in notifying the public about his stroke when it occurred just before the primary. nor was he forthcoming about his cardiomite yop thi. and i said he was refusing to debate his opponent in an effort to run out the clock by not agreeing to a debate until many pennsylvanians had already voted. i also defended an nbc reporter criticized noting he had trouble understanding her small talk. basically, i thought the coverage of fetterman was being determined by empathy alone, not objectivity when the facts demanded both. so now comes the news that the junior senator from pennsylvania admitted himself to walter reid medical center on wednesday night for treatment of clinical depression. his office released a statement while saying he experienced depression without tlout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks. he s receiving treatment on a voluntary basis after examining him, the doctors told us that john is getting the care he needs and will so
you re live in the krrn newsroom. vice president kamala harris says the evidence is clear outlining crimes against humanity she says that russia has committed in the invasion of ukraine. the vice president making the declaration before world leaders at the munich security conference today. she recounted some of the atrocities russia has committed in its war against ukraine. li listen. think of the images of bucca. civilians shot in cold blood, their bodies left in the street. the photograph of the man who was riding his bike. think of the 4-year-old girl who the united nations recently reported was sexually assaulted by a russian soldier. a 4-year-old child! harris also reiterated the commitment the united states has made and the west has made to ukraine in its support. again, the united states will continue to strongly support ukraine, and we will do so for as long as it takes. let s bring in cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson in unique and senior
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
spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it we re going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, they re going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered house republicans. i ll talk to her later in the show. and in the wake of tyre nichols killing in memphis, another push for real reform. my congress fell just short of making history with the george floyd justice and policing act, and why you shouldn t believe the reason you re hearing from so many republicans who want to sound reasonable, but who will not support that bill. then, the crucial advancement separating post roe america from pre roe america s medication abortion. the abortion pill.
block representatives adam schiff to eric swalwell from returning to their post on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken californian democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought retribution against ilhan omen, the congresswoman, saying remarks she said in the past which he publicly apologized in 2019. two congressional terms ago. this is the first time republicans have been back in power in the house. on thursday, all but one republican members voted to remove omar from her seat on the foreign affairs committee. that s not even a half of it. in addition to keeping members of committees, republicans created the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. which will be shared by ohio representative jim jordan. jordan has repeatedly compared his subcommittee to the church committee. one of the most respected and effective channels in congress