One of the biggest challenge we have is the disappointment of the president being so delayed in doing his budget.

That harms the economy too. We'll analyze his budget and then we'll get to work on our budget.

But unfortunately, the president being so far delayed delays us in this process as well.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn't have a budget proposal ready, and according to him, it's President Biden's fault.

This comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan.

Also ahead, the CEO of Norfolk Southern will be on Capitol Hill today to testify before a Senate panel.

We'll have a preview of that hearing.

Plus, we're going to get a live update from Ukraine following a string of deadly missile

strikes overnight.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, March 9th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us.

We're going to begin with some breaking news overnight.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after falling at a Washington, D.C. hotel last night.

According to a spokesperson, McConnell, who is 81 years old, tripped during a private dinner.

He was admitted to the hospital where he's receiving treatment. No immediate details will release about his condition. We will bring you updates as we get them.

Meanwhile, a group of House Republicans is going after the committee that investigated the deadly

January 6th attack on the Capitol. The GOP-led House administration's subcommittee on oversight

is launching an investigation into the Democratic-led January 6th committee that expired when

Democrats lost control of the House in January. The Republican probe will look into whether

key information about the insurrection was left out from the high-profile probe, along with

analyzing how the January 6th panel conducted its investigation.

To that end, the subcommittee has launched an online portal to collect tips from the public.

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