in four months, four months, five months, i m indicted. i will be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years if you look at the standards of congress. the george santos show enters another phase. he is facing up to 20 years in prison. meanwhile, kevin mccarthy refuses to call for santos resignation because he needs his tainted vote. and republicans rush to the defense of donald trump after a jury determines he is indeed a sexual predator. plus, how should the media deal with the republican front runner who remains such a big danger to this country? we begin tonight with consequences. it s not something that you often see in politics. but in the past two days, some men in powerful positions have learned the hard lesson. that believe it or not, you can t just do anything you want and get away with it. exhibit a being serial fabricator and alleged part- time brazilian drag queen george santos. the republican congressman who was arraigned in a long island courtroom
times three. good news he s wearing the suit. who knows what could be on that after all the baby holding he s been doing. jesse, being a new dad is tough. jesse is going over the show with the producers. just the best way to disseminate important information in an efficient way, right? jesse s twins are excited to have a little sister. looks like jesse jr. is already chipping in. i think that s enough, jess. nope. that s good. she has a lot of goldfish. very good sharing. good sharing, jess. that was really nice. one more and we re done. oops. you missed. one more. give her one more. nice. good job. high-five. wow. giving up goldfish is a big deal. jesse, what s it like now you have little gigi in your life? it s great. i m not that tired. that s gigi. a little controversial. i ve been spelling the girl s name wrong. okay. is it g-i-g-i or capital g lowercase i capital g lowercase i? you have to tell us. i don t know. i don t know if she knows either. a ba
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
explosion of the only bridge connecting russia with the annexed territory of crimea. now, the blast partially collapsed the kerch bridge and paralyzed a key supply route from moscow s faltering war in ukraine. but this bridge isn t just logistically important, it s also a huge symbol for the kremlin in its attempt to reunify crimea with the russian mainland. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this, but after the blast in kyiv, people can be seen taking selfies in front of a billboard depicting the image of the bridge on fire. that s not the only thing you re seeing from ukraine mocking the explosion. fred pleitgen joins us now. fred is in kyiv. he has the latest developments. what are you hearing, fred, about who s behind this explosion. reporter: yeah, well, the russians are moving very quickly to point the finger of blame at the ukrainians. this is quite interesting because i ve been following a lot of telegram channels coming out of russia. a lot of top russian
trump s defense attorneys. it will be interesting to see whether or not they go back to the judge that ordered this, judge cannon in west palm beach, and say, you know, you never really addressed this, so why is the special master bringing this up, is this something you can make a ruling on? so i think that s something we ll have to watch. we have crossed the top of the hour. tom winter and vaughn hillyard. tom, how does this fit in as we step back out of the weeds on this investigation, how does this fit into the larger look the doj is taking at these documents, whichever way this decision breaks from the special master? does it really change the thrust of the investigation from doj? vaughn pointed out the special master, judge dearie, is hoping he can have the review portion done by october 7th. everybody is targeting a november 30th date for completion here. that s what the judge who initially ordered targeted this as well. presumably the week after thanksgiving this c