audience at the january 6th hearing on capitol hill, which ended up being a 12 minute sue w spouse heavy on rhetoric the arco the president of the united states trying to stop the transfer of power. a president that has stood for 220 years even as our democracy face its most difficult test. laura: i get it, now benny thompson cares about the transfer of power and making sure it works okay? remember, he s the same benny thompson that voted against certifying george w. bush s election. by the way, i m not talking about the 2,000 recount, we are talking about 2004, okay? the blowhard of the evening award goes to liz cheney. if you thought her interviews were rough to watch, when it was off-the-cuff stuff, try watching her for 34 uninterrupted minutes of screen reading. to defend the united states constitution, and that oath must mean something. tonight, i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gon
a small audience at the january six hearing on capitol hill with what ended up being a 12 minute snooze fest that was very heavy on rhetoric. the president of the united states trying to stop the transfer of power, a precedent that had stood for 220 years even as our democracy had faced its most difficult test. oh , i get it. so now bennie thompson cares about the transfer of power and making sure it works okay. remember, he s the same benneton who voted against certifying george w. bush s election win. and by the way, i m not even talking about the 2000 recount . we re talking about 2004 and the blowhard of the evening award goes to liz cheney. now if you saw her interview were rough to watch a little soporific when it was off the cuff. try watching her for 34 uninterrupted minutes of screen reading our oath to defend the united states constitution and that must mean something. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending me indefensible. there will c
At morning, and welcome to the Sunday Edition of Morning Joe Weekend. It was another fastmoving newsweek, and here are some of the conversations you might have missed. I have, for 6 months since people have been freaking out, i am telling you every time, talk to anybody whos running the campaign, the big part of the campaign. I dont know what they are telling you, what they are telling other people. They act ing like people are holding four aces. How about this . Thats pretty bad. Oh, yeah. Looks really tough. Yeah. Is as a criticism . No, im telling you. They know something that i think a lot of us dont know. They look at numbers, they see where things are going, they have a theory of the case, and when they realize donald trump is going to be getting into the race, they understand that you win politics by raising money. They understand Donald Trumps numbers are way down in every way, and fundraising, and they say, no, they are not. And as far as organization goes, we all know anybody
President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your rallies. I think you mean, lets get ready to ramble. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may 16th. I just have to ask, the Question Alex asks, why is it not friday . How is it not friday, guys . Its thursday. Were grateful that god has given us another day to come in and be together. Im very grateful. Were close to friday. Were not at friday. 24 hours, itll be friday. A lot to talk about. We have White House Bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemire. We have john heilemann. Ma
Tornado on the ground near hillsdale, oklahoma. It is lesson 75 people about 100 miles north of where we are right now. All of this is on the heels of the outbreak we just described yesterday for the north. Nebraskas at the heart of it. There are stunning images of homes leveled, foundations exposed. We heard from a man who described sheltered in place with his family, unsure of what was coming next. I could see the storm way out to the west here, coming out 204th and i pulled into the neighborhood and you can see the tornado about half a mile away. I thought it was going west, but it hit us straight on. My wife and kids were already in the basement. Like i said, we made it through. Reporter you just moved in here . Two weeks ago. Reporter we also heard a report about a building in nebraska with 70 people sheltering inside. Despite the numbers of reported injuries that we have heard, several reports, weve heard no reports of any deaths. In terms of what people in the region should be e