right now, the nation s crucial debt ceiling talks or on hold. and wall street appears to be on edge. as we barrel towards a possible economic catastrophe. house republicans in the biden white house have stalemate this weekend. with no future meetings slated to hammer out a debt ceiling deal with a projected deadline just 12 days out. meanwhile, the 2024 electoral picture is sharpening in focus. and growing in size. south carolina s senator, tim scott, making it official yesterday. that he is running for the presidency next year. and so far, the lone rank republican in an already crowded gop field that is about to get even more crowded. with florida governor, ron desantis, expected to make his announcement next week, that he will seek the republican nomination for the white house. as a high-profile democratic victory, in desantis backyard, snatches yet another big city office of the mayor from the gop. i ll talk to a florida democratic party chair, nikki freed, in just a mome
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
trump s disgusting lies about january 6th, which really looked like this, with death and destruction in the halls of the u.s. capitol. it was all part of a disastrous and embarrassing maga town hall hosted by cnn. which made only a half hearted effort to fact check him. and trump quite likely dug himself a deeper hole in the investigations he s facing. plus, breaking news. with the announcement late today of criminal charges in the choke hold death of jordan neely on the floor of a new york city subway train earlier this month. but we begin with donald trump, who by now you know was handed an opportunity to speak to his fans at a national audience last night on cnn. and it went about as well as you would expect because trump was who we already know he is, a liar, a narcissist, and a fascist. so it was an unmitigated disast in every way and a reckless insult to our democracy. it s completely fair to say we didn t need a town hall to find out what candidate trump thinks,
lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. breaking news, another texas tragedy. a shooter opens fire at a packed outlet mall killing eight people and wounding seven others including a fire the year old child. before the shooter is taken down by police. . what we are learning with the latest mass shooting in america, ahead on the live report plus, the trump tape. the jury and the civil rape independent defamation case gets a look at former trump s deposition. the twice impeached now index president is facing a deadline. plus, trump s defense of him that infamous hollywood comment and later. scotus scandal. collin crow picking up the tuition talk for the justices grand. new ethics concern which the court needs to address a little later. all of this and more is coming up. so, for the third time in just over one week, the country is waking up to yet another mass shooting the latest happening at a packed outlet mall in dallas yesterday afternoon we know at least nine peop
we have secured the convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy. specifically conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. four members of trump s maga army, the proud boys, including leader enrique tarrio, are convicted of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack. also tonight, yet another allegedly undisclosed big money gift to justice clarence thomas from the same big money republican ben affecter. what is going on and will there ever be any recourse for this supreme court corruption. plus, my conversation with soon to be 109-year-old viola fletcher, and her 102-year-old brother, hughes van ellis, two of the last remaining survivors of the 1921 tulsa massacre, who are in town to meet with the justice department. we begin tonight with the breaking news of a partial verdict in the trial of five members of the far right group, the proud boys. for their inv