garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you re in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it s still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is with us this morning. we have a lot going on. we ll start with the special counsel investigating president biden for his handling of classified documents will not bring charges against the president. that s the conclusion. he wrote in the report, wrot
partly because his memory is hazy, fuzzy, faulty and poor. there s an environment that we re in that generates a ton of pressure because you have congressional republicans, other republicans attacking prosecutors that they don t like. and it creates, you know, a need if you re going to determine that charges weren t filed, people are human. they re thinking through what do we need to do. you know, it leaves one to wonder exactly why he included a lot of the criticisms that were in there. president biden slamming the report and snapping back at reporters. i know what the hell i m doing. i m president. i put this country back on its feet. my memory is fine. while many americans are watching, they have expressed concerns about your age that is your judgment. that is your judgment. that is not the judgment of the press. he said his memory is fine but went up to mix up world leaders for the third time this week. as you know, initially the. of mexico, c.c., did not
hemmer. welcome to the program today. dana: this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a liberal commentator who said what a year this day has been. it felt like it. it started yesterday. special counsel robert hur released his report on the president s mishandling of documents. charges weren t warranted but the defense of that decision ignited a firestorm. bill: here is part of what set it off. it reads we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. dana: that prompted the president to give rare, last-minute remarks last night where he defended his fitness for office. something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. president biden: i m well meaning, an elderly man and i know what the hell i
working to discredit the special counsel s claims about president biden s memory. made by that prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. rachel: the endorsement from donald trump that could change the balance of power in the senate. pete: the secret to saving of the us economy, eating more bacon. we will explain when the third hour of fox and friends weekend starts now. joey:nothing is going to stop us. lake worth. will: when did jefferson starship become starship? rachel: sometime in the 90s. same thing. if you like the 90s, i had kennedy on my podcast and we had an all 90s extravaganza. we talked about mtv, the 90s. joey:did you talk about jingo genes? rachel: the will kane show is too highbrow to talk about is this but anyway, starship. let s begin with this. the biden administration is on the defensive dealing with the fallout from the special counsel report on the president s handling of classified documents and president biden s press conference thur
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