That's one way to do it, Mike Pence, doing a pretty good job of brushing off a protester

in Iowa.

If you would call him a protester, we've got a lot to get to this morning, including House

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's defense of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

We'll have his comments on that, and who he blames for his flip-flop on whether to

launch the impeachment inquiry without a full vote.

Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, far-right Republicans got the inquiry that many of them pushed for,

but now they're saying it won't deter their demands on a spending bill.

And we have a pact, guest list this morning, that includes Senate Majority Leader Chuck

Schumer, Speaker Emerida Nancy Pelosi, who's just announced her reelection campaign.

And former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just to name a few.

Good morning, and welcome to Morning Joe.

It is Thursday, September 14th, along with Joe, Willie and me.

We have White House Center for Politico, Sam Stein doing way too early duties this morning.

Thank you, Sam.

And we're at the nonpartisan group, Project Democracy, Amanda Carpenter is with us this morning.

And Congressional Investigations reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alamani joins

us this morning as well.

Good to have you all on board.

Willie, let's start with impeachment.

That's some guest list, by the way.

I'm glad I wore clean clothes, Joe and I both today, so we're ready.

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