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all. thank you for watching morning joe weekend. happy weekend everybody. it was a busy week, especially in maryland where republicans are wrapping up their annual conservative political action conference. donald trump is expected to be the big headline for the final day today, but many of the party s biggest names opted out of just it means there is a change including, not, they re a florida governor ron desantis senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker kevin mccarthy, pretty big names. the conference was, once one of the biggest events for conservatives. so, what happened? we are happy. and here s what our panel had to say earlier this week. there is a way regan would always go, this is where every sort of conservative used to go, then at some point it became obvious that it was going forth and you would have it became a libertarian gathering, not republican or conservative, that is when you have ron paul and rand paul start ....
i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s o ....
groundhog movie every time the weather man bill murray wakes up in that hotel he is staying at they are playing this song. come on in. ainsley: i wonder if more people watch it today than any other year. i haven t seen that movie in years. brian: the movie or janice dean who is going to be covering it. steve: that s why the connection. bill murray was a tv weather man and every year janice goes to punxsutawney out in pennsylvania. janice, this year, i think it s the coldest day you have been there. currently 14 degrees there and feels like 8. ainsley: what a cute hat. janice: you know it s all about the fashion, are guys. you know what? it may be 15 degrees but i m feeling the love and the warmth here in glob bler s knob. this is the first time i have been here. gets more exciting if that s possible. a town of 6,000 people. on this day 20 to 30,000 people gather on this small little hill in punxsutawney, pennsylvania to see the groundhog, the progress prognost ....
at least seven people are dead in texas and another dozen in arkansas as a powerful storm cripples the south. residents are still without power. speak of voters say the country is more divided than ever. dysfunctional families were 80% say describing america today. when it comes to the economy, 66% disapprove about how president biden has been handling the crisis. it is groundhog day. a shadow on my stage, no matter how you measure! six more weeks of winter weather! steve: well, i don t know about a long, long time, but six more weeks of winter, according to phil of punxsutawney. he saw his shadow. six more weeks of winter, as the lore goes. it was broadcast live around the world. he could have seen the shadows because of the tv lights, just saying. it was 15 degrees there. it s going to be chilly all day long so it feels like a cold cold hard in the deep of winter. ainsley: it looked like a fun place to be. if you have an opportunity to go, you sh ....
it s not me. we re not destroying our country. it s the president of the united states who is destroying our country. it s the u.s. senate that is destroying our country. it s the news media. it s the democratic party, academia, hollywood, wall street, and many of our big corporations. wow. florida senator rick scott starting his cpac speech with a light hearted and optimistic tone. whew. bulgaria. plenty of maga messaging at the conference, just as you can see. not a lot of people there to hear it. not a lot. that was dark. that was really dark. donald trump will take the stage tomorrow. very reagan esque. that s where he said oh, wait, he said we re a city shining on the hill. right, for all the world to see. no, that was not that. tone is a little different there, okay. incredibly different. anyhow, this trump appearance tomorrow is following a campaign announcement clearly influenced by florida governor ron desantis. we ll explain what s go ....