fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
in tennessee and late friday, a ruling on a abortion pill that could hav enormous implications for wome all across the country senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i can t say on television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson, one of the tennessee three who captivated this country this week i will ask him when he joins m in a few minutes meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republicans stepped up their calls to defund the fbi and th doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but in the party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing a alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights in the, trum indictment, and of course hi favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmist on the show, but every now an then there is good reason to
the president ordering 1500 active duty troops to the southern border. already thousands of of people camped out ready to enter the united states and cities are unprepared for the coming surge. plus countdown to crisis. the treasury secretary puts a clock on how much longer can pay its bills. the calendar crunch spurs the president and house speaker to set a meeting, but there s no movement on the big details. and ron desantis nears his 2024 moment by making clear culture war fights on abortion on the mouse, even on the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. up first for us this hour, a big biden white house plan to help with a brewing border crisis. sources saying the pentagon will deploy 1500 more troops to the borderer. the decision comes days before the pandemic era title 42 expires and days before as a result of anticipated surge of migrants against the united states. natasha bertrand, tell us more. when that title 42 will end, it expires may 11th, the
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send armed troops to the southern border. bracing for a mass inexflux of migrants, a new report from the border you ll see first on outfront. new details for the manhunt or the texas suspect who killed five people including a 9-year-old boy. the man s neighbor telling cnn where his clothes and cell phone were found. and putin as a hippie. desantis visiting disney, ronald reagan surrendering to the soviets. inside an ai operation that is meant to deceive. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in font for erin burnett. outfront, troops to the border. president biden deploying 1,500 armed troopses to the u.s./mexico border as the country braces for an influx of migrants. nearly 40,000 asylum seekers are waiting just across the border in mexico, waiting to enter the u.s. once the trump-era covid rule known as title 42 expires next week. that rule has been used more than times by border officials to quickly expel migrants from the u.s. biden s plan announced