literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
bought by its rival ubs. fearfulformer us fearful former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to come out in protest. in a post on his own social media platform he claimed to have seen it leaks from the manhattan district attorney office which is yet to comment. mr trump is office which is yet to comment. mrtrump is said office which is yet to comment. mr trump is said to have paid hush money. here is david willis. in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. four months after he announced a third run for president, donald trump could make history for a rather different reason. responding to speculation in the american media, he took to his own platform truth social to level a capslock chorus of accusation against the manhattan district attorney, whose office, mr trump believes, has been leaking news of his imminent arrest. central to
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they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. the russian president, vladimir putin, has made his first known visit to mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. russian state media says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street. you can see behind him a toy which looks to be in the face of being installed. process. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian chil
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau