nancy, nancy! donald trump last night in his cnn town hall, calling january 6th a beautiful day. the event, of course, last night full of lies, misleading statements. we ll go through the biggest ones, and also his comments about writer e. jean carroll that drew laughs and cheers from the crowd. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 11th. we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. jon meacham. and reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. we watched a rerun from 2016 and what we saw throughout donald trump s presidency. he committed again last night the claim that the election was rigged in 2020. it was not, of course. he called january 6th a beautiful day. he said he was going to pardon the people who attacked police officers on that day. the list goes on and on and on. would not commit to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. we ll get into some of it but, frankly, no surprises in w
the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical
republican from new york infamous for his cascade of lies , was charged by the justice department in a federal program. that news broke right here, on cnn today, by my colleagues, evan perez and mark morale is. we also have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today, to prevent a global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stairs down the possibility of it first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed american tonight and we keep congressional players who met with him are talking. but first, the verdict in manhattan, a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-90s. he owes carroll $5 million for battery and defamation. carroll reacted in a statement saying today, the world finally knows the truth. trump s response i have absolutely no idea who this woman i was photographed with is . this verdi
japan s prime minister wants to double the defense spending including buying 400 american tomahawk cruise missiles to send a not so subtle message to china. no stranger to new york. he spent part of his childhood right there in new york and visited washington earlier this year. as you said back in january, when you were at the white house, i think the quote is we face one of the most complex environments in recent history, security environments. and i couldn t agree with you more. but i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. when our countries stand together we stand stronger and i believe the whole world is safer. president biden will be in japan through sunday. the trip was supposed to include three-point papua new guinea and australia the unresolved ceiling talks in washington has forced biden to cut his trip short. the president sounded optimistic about his talks before catching a flight to japan. i m confident that we ll get the agreemen
the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical