that has been politicized and a doj weaponized. shocking new images from a woke new york city college professor, look at this. holding a machete to the neck of a new york post reporter, that reporter will tell the whole story right here coming up later in the show. but first, ready or not, 2024 is heating up. as of right now, former president trump has a wide lead in the republican primary. but tomorrow, florida governor ron desantis is expected to officially throw his hat into the ring during a live event on twitter with elon musk. already there is a diverse field of qualified interesting candidates running in the republican primary. even chris christie is apparently i think he left office with like a 15% approval rating, he is flirting with another run. he wants to be the i hate donald trump every second every minute every hour of every day candidate and dedicate his entire campaign trashing all things donald trump all the time. do you think that is the best use of your t
and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st, just over a weeks time, to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses here in the us, a plunge on the stock markets, and even a global recession. in fact, stocks on wall street finished sharply lower at the close of trading on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. white house press secretary karinejean pierre says a deal both sides can be pleased with is possible. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it is bipartisan, but also reasonabl
or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us, and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it s bipartisan, but also reasonable. that s what you all can look forward to. for the latest on this story, i spoke to cbs news congressional correspondent nikole killion. has there been any movement in negotiations? not much movement at all. in fact, it seems like talks have once again hit an impasse, although both sides are still at the negotiating table to a certain extent. but as o
states as a playing russian roulette with the american economy. proximate deep dive on what it will take to get a deal through congress, to stave off an economic nightmare. senator ted cruz on the speaker mccarthy can hold the whiteford and senator jack reed on democrats fears the president may be selling out to some of his biggest agenda items and is setting a dangerous precedent. plus, will ask both centers about news the u.s. will train ukrainian pilots to fly f-16s in the fight against russia. then, we are kicking off a major weekend the republican 2024 primary. senator tim scott files paperwork to run. but florida governor desantis could join the race within days. i honestly believe you have an opportunity to right the sh ship. there are others hinting they could be into her buttocks i ve debated donald trump many times just out the cameras on. send a penalty should be on the headlines of what promises to be a big week for the 2024 gop field. all right now on fox
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho