like anybody, i would like to live a long life. longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will, and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i might not get there with ya, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land! [ applause ] so i m happy tonight. i m not worried about anything. i m not fearing any man. my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. dr. martin luther king jr. speaking in memphis on april 3rd, 1968, the night before he was assassinated. today is martin luther king jr. day, and we will discuss dr. king s ongoing legacy, especially as important as ever, because today is also the first nominating contest of the pivotal 2024 presidential campaign. turnout for the iowa caucuses could be an issue because it ll be absolutely frigid tonight with temperatures well below zero across the state. voters must be at their caucus
Theres time for that to change between now and november, and this administration hopes it will. They hope the Middle East calms down a degree between now and then, but for now, the president has had to focus on foreign policy. Yes, to the detriment of his domestic campaigning. Absolutely. Its been a real focus. David, between israel, the taiwan elections, and ukraine, as joe mentioned, your final thoughts this morning . One thing weve seen over the weekend that i think should encourage everyone is the election in taiwan. China really tried hard to intimidate voters in taiwan, against voting for the democratic progressive party. It has a strong line of separate identity for taiwan. Despite that intimidation, the winner of that election is the new president , lai ching te, who will follow the same policies
He announced on Martin Luther King day 30 years ago today. He had a dream. Now, he is the king of morning news cable. Ah, right. There you go. Turned out a little differently than we expected. Still ahead, well talk more about it on morning joe. Well bring you the new developments from the middle east, now 100 days since the Hamas Terror Attack in israel. Plus, new u. S. Air strikes launch on houthi rebels in yemen. Charlie mentioned Senator Rubio of florida, and Senator Lee of utah both endorsing Donald Trump for president this campaign season. Heres a reminder of what they were saying in 2015. Donald trump has been perhaps the most vulgar i dont think perhaps the most vulgar person to ever aspire to the presidency in terms of how hes carried out his candidacy. There is no way we are going to allow a Con Artist to take over the conservative movement, and Donald Trump is a Con Artist. He doesnt sweat
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Regional crises in israel and ukraine, and you expand nato, you have historic advances against the russians and onethird of the Russian Army is destroyed and i could keep going on and on and you pivot to asia, and suddenly Japan And Korea are talking, philippines, et cetera, et cetera, you know where im going. Americans are like, yeah, thats great. With all that with the decision Joe Biden made in afghanistan, which, of course, Joe Biden made that decision in afghanistan not 21 or 22. He made that decision in 2009. Right. When he threw down his napkin and basically said, youre a scam artist. Talk about that. Not much upside