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.
get everything you re entitled to through discovery, that is in the process. i m sure this case is not going to go quickly, but i don t think there is anything donald trump i mean, jon might know better but i don t think there is anything donald trump can do to make this case go beyond just year s election. that d be a long time for a state criminal case to linger. this isn t the feds. feds take forever. state prosecutors are used to having to go much more quickly than the federal criminal justice system is. i assume you believe this case would be tried before next november. i m not a fan of that case going first because when you try a former president, you want to go with your strongest case. i think the heart of all of this is him allegedly destroying our constitution. i think that should go first. but a bill of particulars, it s not a delaying tactic. but it s not up to alvin bragg if he gets a bill of