We at the Des Moines Register believe in the power of civil discourse. We ask you to practice the best of iowa nice and please let our speaker have his say without interruption. And if you happen to bring a sign, please keep it down so that people behind you can see the speaker. Our next speaker is robert f. Kennedy junior. [cheering] [chanting bobby] mr kennedy is an author and attorney whos been focused on environmental causes and childrens welfare. Hes a founder of Waterkeeper Alliance and a founder of the Childrens Health defense and now hes running for the democratic nomination for the presidency. Please welcome Bobby Kennedy to the soapbox. [cheering] thanks a lot, Des Moines Register, and thank you so much to all of you for coming out here today when i did my announcement speech in boston a couple of months ago, i talked about how my purpose in running was to challenge the corrupt merger of state and corporate power, which was strip mining the American People and destroying the
And if you happen to bring a sign, keep it down so that the behind you can speaker. Our next speaker is Robert F Kennedy junior. [cheering] [chanting bobby] mr kennedy is an author and attorney whos been focused on environmental causes and childrens welfare. Hes a founder of Waterkeeper Alliance and a founder of the Childrens Health defense and now hes running for the democratic nomination for the presidency. Please welcome Bobby Kennedy to the soapbox. [cheering] thanks a lot, des moines register, and thank you so much to all of you for coming out here today. When i did my announcement in boston a couple of months ago, i talked about how my purpose in running was to challenge the corrupt merger of state and corporate power, which was strip mining the American People and destroying the american middle class, strip mining them of their equity, their wealth and ultimately their democracy. I am going to try if i got the time to talk about three examples of how that is happening, how that
significantly decreases illegal immigration, and we sabotage that, that is inconsistent with what we told our voters we would do. what s with all the maneuvering, are you trying to torpedo any deal? that makes me question your intentions. maybe it s like the issue of fund-raising. that s republican congressman dan crenshaw of texas with more criticism for members of his own party who are trying to tank a bipartisan border deal before it has even been released. we ll have the latest from capitol hill on where that legislation stands. plus, a legal development in donald trump s favor. his federal election interference case is no longer on the court calender here in washington. we ll explain what s behind that delay. and also ahead president biden hits the campaign trail with a stop in a key swing state seeking another high profile endorsement. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 2nd, ground-hog day. one of the greatest movies of all-time,
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist and asso
worked for giuliani for two years. in a 70-page complaint filed in state court on monday, she said that after giuliani hired her in january 2019, he sexually assaulted and harassed her, refused to pay her wages and often made sexist, racist, and anti-semitic remarks. she has recordings of numerous interactions, laying out a litany of shocking incidents, involving sexual misconduct. we have decided to spare you some of those details. it also contains, though, this bomb shell allegation involving the disgraced ex-president himself, from her lawsuit, quote, giuliani also asked ms. dunphy if she knew anyone in need of a pardon, telling her that he was selling pardons for $2 million that he and president trump would split. he told her she could refer individuals seeking pardons to him, so long as they did not go through quote, the normal channels of the office of pardon attorney. correspondence going to that office would be subject to disclosure under the freedom of information ac