Vladimir Putin's state of the union just wrapped up in Moscow.

At nearly two hours long, the address filled with propaganda about his invasion of Ukraine,

with Putin again accusing the West of starting the war, giving no indication the fighting

will end anytime soon. Putin's speech comes with

new reporting this morning on China's growing concerns about Russia's weakened status on the world

stage. Meanwhile, we will hear from President Joe Biden later this morning, as he is in Poland

now to meet with allies following that historic trip to Ukraine.

Also ahead, the MAGA members of Congress staying on brand criticizing the president for visiting

Ukraine. We'll go through some of their comments. Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe.

It's Tuesday, February 21st with me here in New York, way too early host and the White House

Bureau chief of Politico, Jonathan Lemire. and at the table with Joe in Washington, Pulitzer Prize

winning columnist at the Washington Post, Eugene Robinson, former White House press secretary,

now an MSNBC host, Jen Saki, and columnist, an associate editor for the Washington Post,

David Ignatius. Also with us, founder of the conservative website,

The Bullwark, Charlie Sykes. So Joe, just incredible, staggering historic scenes yesterday of President

Biden walking the streets of Kiev. We'll get into some of the details that Jen can appreciate

about how they pull this off to get the president inside of that country

via train on a secret flight out of Andrews Air Force Base. But what a message the president sent

yesterday.

Well, incredible, an incredible message that he sent, his historic trip, David Ignatius,

the first time since the Civil War since Lincoln Road to see how Union

troops are doing against the South that a president rode into a war zone that his side was

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