eugene robinson, monica alba, matthew dowd, jeff nussbaum, thank you so much. appreciate you both. >>> the president is, we have been told, making final edits to the speech including about the chinese spy balloon shot down over the weekend. the search for debris continues by military scuba divers in the atlantic. nbc's george solis has more from myrtle beach, income south caro. what is the latest on the search? >> methodical and widespread, a navy vessel is being put into the water. this is where we first saw some of the possible debris being recovered after it was shot down. we want to get to some pretty remarkable images of the department of defense that they did release of some of the recovery efforts of the balloon. you can see the scope of the work that is taking place behind the scenes and off the coast of the carolinas. this is a massive white balloon. this is just a fragment of some of the pieces that the department of defense, the navy and other military are working to gather right now. they're working to do this fairly quickly. this is as big as the s

i'm joined by eugene robinson and erin haines. welcome to both of you. eugene, this ain't your first state of the union. it ain't your second. we love your experience. i'm not suggesting any other than your expertise. but you have been through a bunch of these. what do you think is important for biden tonight especially as mentioned when the white house feels like if anything, there's some good news that hasn't been absorbed by the country? >> well, first of all, state of the union addresses are rarely memorable addresses. if you take them as speeches, there's not a gettysburg address among any of the entirety of the state of the union addresses. because they tend to list accomplishments and goals. and so i think a lot of the speech, just because it's a state of the union speech, will be about accomplishments and goals that the administration has. in of getting his message across, as you said, president biden will have a large audience tonight and so he will be able to tell people what he believes he's accomplished for the american people and what he inte

amy: professor crenshaw, i want to quote columnist eugene robinson wrote, "educators must not allow thee theory to be used to blacklist scholars the same way the word 'communist' was used in the mccarthy era. black history is our collective history as americans. it must be told -- in full." i think it is very interesting also in light of today to talk about the new mccarthy era given the house speaker kevin mccarthy. it give me your thoughts. >> i was delighted to see someone noticed this posted as you know, amy, i have been talking about this since 2020. i have been saying the whole anti-crt, anti-woke approach to legislation is a very old idea. it is basically an idea that says greater attention to equity, greater attention to equality effectively amounts to reverse discrimination. it is antiwhite. this is a far right talking point that was not often expressed in polite company until effectively barack obama was elected and then president trump and now it has become mainstream. and the way it has been made mainstream is by stoking fears about a set of ideas that most people could not

jonathan lemire, jen palmieri and eugene robinson are still with us.t of the podcast "on brand with donny deutsch," donny deutsch. and former republican strategist and veteran of the mitt romney and george w bush campaigns, now senior adviser for the lincoln project, stewart joins us. >> we're going to start in a bit about some problems republicans are having getting anything passed through the house because of their own internal divisions, because of the extremists, what they're pushing, also what they're stopping. first, let's talk about the grim news coming out of michigan state. you know, most issues, i'm very good looking at both sides and figuring what side needs to give up what, but our former party on the issue of guns won't do the most basic things. after sandy hook and even through to today, 90% of americans support universal background checks on all gun purchases. 85% of americans support red flag laws, aggressive red flag laws. most americans -- by the way, this is most republicans, most nra members. you could even talk about military style

pulitzer prize-winning columnist at "the washington post," eugene robinson. and the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. and along with willie in new york is msnbc contributor mike barnicle and former white house press secretary, now an msnbc host, jen psaki. >> just massive. >> this is a big -- this is a big start to the show. i'm overwhelmed. >> morning of a thousand stars. no, let's not. let's talk, willie. >> okay. >> the end of an era. >> what's that? >> the yankees, montreal canadiens -- >> what did i miss? >> i know where you're going. i got you. >> flat earth society. >> willie's got ya. >> i mean, all of these great sports dynasties changed the way we looked at the game. >> i'm confused. >> now, and now it is no more. >> the brooklyn nets. yes, the brooklyn nets, the super team assembled a couple years ago. >> right, with memories, willie, by the way, that will last us a lunchtime. >> memories that didn't last much out of the first round of the playoffs, unfortunately, for nets fans. they brought in durant

. >> bring in john heilemann and eugene robinson. yeah! with willie geist. >> counting down the hours. other than that, that's -- all points to willie's show. >> you know -- >> it does. >> what about you john heilemann? >> i can't disclose the terms of my parole. i'm sorry. >> i totally understand that. you know, willie one thing i'm excited about this weekend other than "sunday today" is, you know, we grew up watching the pro bowl and so boring because everybody was going at half speed. this flag football pro bowl they're doing with the manning brothering both sides, i think it will be a blast. i think it's going to be a lot of fun. it was a really smart move by the nfl. i'm looking forward to seeing the pro bowl. >> as you say effectively a touch football game anyway. they blow the whistle before a tackle. a passing drill basically. to capitalize on the success of the manning brothers' show this year. let them be the captains of opposite teams. play flag football like the rest of us. it's a great idea. >> it is a fantastic idea. sp

. >> sam stein, eugene robinson, thank you both for being on this morning. >>> we're about ten minutesmarks exactly one year since russia launched its unprovoked war on ukraine. on twitter this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy recognized the day. writing, quote, on february 24th, millions of us made a choice. not a white flag, but the blue and yellow one. not fleeing but facing. resisting and fighting. it was a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity. and, this year, we remained invincible. we know that 2023 will be the year of our victory. here is the video he released. ♪♪ [ gunfire ] >> the biden administration announced a new aid package for ukraine that includes several new, unmanned aerial systems, new high mobility artillery rocket systems and more ammunition. the white house is also imposing new economic sanctions today against more than 200 groups and individuals in russia and other parts of the world that are supporting moscow's war efforts. here is some of what administration and european officials told joe about the conflict. >> you've said before that the russ

the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at "the washington post," eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for "the washington post," david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking the streets of kyiv. we'll get into the details that jen can appreciate about how they pulled this off to get the president inside of that country via train, on a secret flight out of andrews air force base. what a message the president sent yesterday. >> incredible. an incredible message that he sent. historic trip. david ignatius, the first time since the civil war, since lincoln rode to see how union troops are doing against the south, that a president rode into a war zone that his side was not controlling. no u.s. troops, obviously. no u.s. troops in ukraine. the security, obviously, could not be guaranteed. joe biden went and sent an absolutely stunning message to the world, but, most importantly, to the people of ukraine, "we're here. e

jonathan lemire and eugene robinson are still with us, and joining the table, we have pulitzer prizer of "the washington post," bob woodward this morning. also with us, democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin of michigan. it is so great to see you both this morning. great to have you back. and we have a lot to get to this hour. >> a lot to get. what was it like being in this sort of family feud set? a lot of jeering going on by republicans. >> yeah, i didn't know if you could hear it on tv. >> oh, we could. >> thank god i had my weighted blanket. >> we certainly heard it on the floor. the state of the union address is theater. we're all packed in there, you have everyone staring at each other, sitting next to each other. i was frankly expecting more heckling than we go. but it is a state of -- a statement about where politics is that people are literally jeering the president of the united states. i sat through a couple of donald trump's state of the unions. did not agree with what he was saying most of the time, but would never think of jeering a president of the united states. >> i