Last night, millions of Americans tuned into one of the most shameful hours we have ever seen on cable television.

Speaker McCarthy's decision to share security footage with Fox looked like a mistake from the very beginning.

But after last night, it looks like a disaster.

Speaker McCarthy has played a treacherous, a treacherous game by catering to the hard right.

Conduct like theirs is just asking for another January 6th.

That's, of course, Chuck Schumer, but it's not just Democrats who are calling out Fox News

for trying to downplay the violence of January 6th.

Some Republican senators did not hold back their criticism either.

We'll have their comments straight ahead.

Meanwhile, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, making no apologies for his role in all of this,

will tell you how he is justifying handing over

thousands of hours of security video. Also ahead, the latest in the kidnapping in Mexico that

ended with two Americans dead and two others in the hospital. Plus, federal investigators digging

deeper now into Norfolk Southern safety culture following two train derailments in Ohio and a deadly collision

yesterday morning in Cleveland. Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Wednesday, March 8th.

It is international women's day and Mika is getting ready for her big event coming up in our next

hour, including a conversation with Hillary Clinton, Joe.

It's going to be just an absolutely fascinating conversation.

Mika is calling her iconic conversations.

International Women's Day has started out today in an extraordinary way in Abu Dhabi.

They've been getting together. Panels have been meeting throughout the day. Women from 50 countries from all four corners of the world coming here and

what many call the crossroads of the world. And in about 50 minutes now, Mika's going to be on stage for her iconic conversations

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