Starts right now. Today was the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to file their brief with the senate for trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial. And it looks like trumps lawyers will be arguing that the trial is unconstitutional because trump is no longer president. Im going to use this. Im going to use this next time a cop pulls me over. Im going to be like, well, im no longer speeding. I was. I was. Im not now. Therefore this ticket is unconstitutional. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 3rd, along with joe, will li and me, we have White House Reporter for the Associated Press, jonathan lemire, former u. S. Senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst Claire Mccaskill and politics and Journalism Professor at Morgan State University and msnbc political contributor Jason Johnson is with us. So Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial kicks off next week. And according to the case against him, the former president s role in the capitol hill riot is,
on the run and dangerous abdul ezedi, known to the victims and with injuries to his face from the substance he s alleged to have thrown. last night, just off clapham common, police believe abdul ezedi attacked the woman and her three and eight year old girls with an alkaline substance. trying to escape, he crashed into another car. neighbours came to help. she was saying, i can t see, i can t see , so i shouted for my partner to get some water. the little girl s transferred onto me, my lips are still burning. cctv footage shows some of the attack. the suspect appears to run someone over, then he gets out the suspect appears to run someone over. then he gets out of the car and takes one of the children out from the back. he then runs off, chased by others. another eyewitness who also didn t want to be identified gave chase. he pulled a two or three year old out of the car, lifted her out out of the car, and he lifted her out as high as he could, and he just body slammed her
strikes against iran-backed targets in iraq and syria in retaliation for a drone attack that killed three american soldiers. here s the first video we re seeing from the region, an iraqi security official said a u.s. air strike targeted a weapons warehouse and three houses belonging to hezbollah in anbar province. it happens the same day that president biden attending the arrival of troops from jordan. forces conducted the air strikes against iran s islamic revolutionary guard force and afitiated militia groups. they struck more than 85 targets with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the united states. president biden released a statement saying in part, quote, our response began today. it will continue at times in places of our choosing. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this. if you harm an american, we will respond. let me bring in nbc news c
right now on ana cabrera reports, new heat in the race for the presidency this morning. president biden heading to michigan today for his first visit of 2024. the high stakes for him in that critical battleground. plus, fresh polling out of south carolina bringing new warning signs for nikki haley as she and donald trump wage war for campaign cash. also ahead, breaking news from the pentagon this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin set to have his first news conference since the controversy over his resent hospitalization. millions under flood watches bracing for the pineapple express. the atmospheric river that could dump up to 10 inches of rain on california. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with a flurry of new headlines in the race for the presidency. president biden making his visit, the first one of the year to the key battleground state of michigan. he ll meet with the united autoworkers union following their recent e
ohio and i think he has much to teach us about how to win in november for democrats. the recipe to the secret sauce for democrats. and alex, i don t know if you have a policy on this. maybe you do. what s your policy when a guest shows up in formal wear. i celebrated, lawrence. mine is just no comment, no questions. black tie, where have you been, i don t think that it s i think it s because you expect your guests to arrive like. that it throws me every time. and that s all i m going to say about it, okay? i am not going to,. and we ll know who the guest is momentarily. the audience will figure it out. they can ask their own questions on twitter. who knows. i ll be watching. thanks alex. have a good show. we have breaking defendant trump news tonight, but first, secretary of defense lloyd austin offered a new description today of how president biden will respond to the attack in jordan that killed three american personnel. i would just tell you tha