Comers remarks were short. If he found anything that was, he would have leapt at the chance to say it. You would think that he would have led the entire commentary just a few moments ago with whatever he seems to have found. That was fox news host neil cavuto, not buying what james comer was trying to sell on capitol hill yesterday. Were going to go through Hunter Bidens closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee Later in the show here. Plus, the end of an era for senate republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnells legacy and who might replace him. Of course, were going to talk about the shocking news we all heard yesterday. The death of beloved comedian and actor Richard Lewis. Well talk about that and play for you some of joes interview with him, which happened just several weeks ago. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, february 29th. With us, we have the
packing up. let s begin with jacqui. we heard a lot from the president that we heard before. what he calls bidenomics. his economic approach rejects trickle down reaganonics of the past and builds the economy from the middle out. we heard that many times. there s heavy emphasis on his administration s investments in manufacturing, infrastructure and research and development. the need to spend that money to make the u.s. competitive with china, especially when it comes to clean energy. he noted that china is doubling their production of raw materials for critical products. and he took a swipe at republicans for investments that bring jobs back to their communities. since i took office, we ve seen over 60 domestic manufacturing announcements. all because of solar supply chain. one of the biggest is in rome, georgia. you may find it hard to believe. that s marjorie taylor greene s district. i ll be there for the ground breaking. it s looking like this approach might be mor
right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
to four announcement. coincidence? i don t think so. naacp it says this in response to laws and declares the state s openly hostile to african american rodents and of color. the chairman of the naacp, leon russell appears to live in florida, tampa to be exact. that s my hometown. lord is so dangerous that a democrat strategist who claims florida is about to be a terrorist state just took her family there on spring break. i really appreciate the naacp s guidance on this issue. i just took my family to spring break in florida recently. i think about all the folks who traveled there for the sun and joy and peace and restoration. to be reminded that actually this is getting to the point where florida is about to be a terrorist state to many of us here in america. certainly as a certainly has a lesbian and a black woman, on behalf of the naacp i thank them for issuing this broad guidance. kayleigh: there are places i don t want to take my family, tulsa, afghanistan, siberia a
there s now a little optimism on a debt ceiling deal following yesterday s meeting at it white house even though president biden is cutting short an overseas trip. we ll have the latest on those negotiations. and also ahead ron desantis goes after donald trump on the issue of abortion. we ll look at how it could impact the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. moving in today with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, president biden met with congressional leaders at the white house yesterday, and while both sides say that some progress has been made, no deal has yet been reached. both biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy named top negotiators to take part in talks and continue daily. and while democrats continue to insist that they will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, they are reportedly in talks about spending cuts working on a parallel track. the