first of all, i won a lot in 2020. that s not and if you look at all the tapes, if you look at everything you happen to look at, you take a look at truth to vote where they have people stuffing the ballot boxes on tapes or mr. president wait a minute, let s go to recent. fbi, twitter, let s go to recent, 51 agents all corrupt stuff that s cheating on the election. you lost the 2020 election. donald trump simply can t let go of the big lie. that s just part of a wide ranging and sometimes contentious interview with fox news last night in which the former president offered a new reason for why he had boxes of classified material stashed away at his palm beach country club. we ll dig into all of that in just a moment. also ahead we re learning more about antony blinken s meeting yesterday with chinese president xi jinping including what the secretary of state says china is not ready to do. and plus a race against time in the atlantic ocean. as rescuers
meanwhile on capitol hill this morning there s far more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling following a new urge want warning from the treasury department. and hollywood writers are on strike for the first time in 15 years putting production for movies and tv shows on hold. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the latest in that deadly mass shooting in texas. there are now questions about the response by law enforcement after a family member who survived the shooting says that he repeatedly called 911. the family says they called 911 well before the shooting started after their neighbor refused to stop firing a gun near their house and then threatened them. about 15 minutes later they say the gunman went into the house with an ar-15 rifle and opened fire on the people inside. ramiro guzman told nbc news he was hiding in a clo
would you back out if trump backs out? no, not now. that was president biden at the white house last night answering questions about comments he made earlier at a fund-raiser. we ll go through what he said about the 2024 race just ahead. meanwhile, donald trump was pressed on his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. we ll bring you what he said. and then also ahead the partisan fight over the senate s foreign aid package. one contentious issue is threatening to sink the entire bill. we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 6th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning in the middle east where the israeli military has now entered southern gaza s largest city. israeli forces clashed with hamas terrorists in fierce gun battles yesterday. officials describe the fighting as the most intense day since the beginning of t
gaffe. the white house is slamming chief fake videos spread by right wring media which are edited to make president biden look confused. we will go against the fight of clips some edited and misleading. played a clip from fox news taking people to task for doing just that. yes. he did, he did. he had guests on that were completely misleading again but it was a good try. he did it, nonetheless. it s very important for people that are being fed a steady stream of lies to be cold by somebody that reviews of media, this is a lie. you re being you know, howie said what i ve always thought, which is, you know, the age issue for both of these candidates, that is a real issue. yeah. so talk about the issue. you want to talk about it? i think everybody thinks both of these candidates are older than they are comfortable with, both of them. that said, make those issues don t make up others. also, i think when those on the right try to make it will like biden is out of his
doc ronnie johnson. everybody know the congressman from texas? he was the white house doctor. no, actually, they don t know him. they don t know ronnie johnson. who is ronnie johnson? nothing like mocking your opponent there is a randy johnson. mental acuity when messing up the doctor who administered your test who is sitting in the audience. person, man, woman, horse, ronnie johnson. the name of trump s former white house position turned u.s. congressman is ronny jackson. wait, what? not johnson. what? good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s confusing. monday, june 17th. what else is new, right? with us, we have nbc news national affairs analyst and a partner and chief political analyst at puck, john heilemann. pulitzer prize winning writer and analyst eugene robinson. peter baker. symone sanders townsend. thanks to all of you being in early on monday morning. john heilemann. right. i m new at this politics thing, but i m guessing i