sweltering heat. joe with accuweather at 6:30 and 11:00. if you re in washington, d.c., right now, if you re going into work it s going to be beautiful. there s a little cross breeze if you re flying into national, they get a little bumpy. that voice is killing me. by the way, news and traffic on the 5s, huh, willie okay. that is my reality. on a more serious note, april is national parkinson s disease awareness month. in honor of the disease that affects more than 10 million people around the world. it s a progressive disorder of the central nervous system that impacts people s movements mika and i both of family members, we know something about this on world parkinson s day, congresswoman jennifer wexton of virginia revealed she has been diagnosed with the disease in hopes of using her platform to be a voice for those struggling and to fight to bring greater resources in the search for a cure the democratic congresswoman joins us now congresswoman, it s so great to have you
and they re only getting better, as you said, so something we need to get more resources and get them the ability to move forward and come up with a cure eventually and congresswoman, when did you first start noticing the signs? you are a young woman. what did you first feel and when did you know and get the diagnosis that you have parkinson s? first of all, thank you for that, willie, saying that i m a young woman. i appreciate it. yes, you are. i guess in the relative scheme of things especially by congress standards i started realizing i was having symptoms at 2019 it was the clenching and curling of my toes which is a classic symptom of early onset parkinson s. i ignored it and said it was because i walk so many miles here every day at the capitol on the punishing marble floors, you know how that is but it turns out it was not just that, it was also the fact that i had parkinson s. i didn t know it, i didn t get the final diagnosis, the final i guess the final
what is the source of their patriotism it s members of congress too. marjorie taylor greene. a member of congress is being targeted because he s white and christian is what she said and lindsey graham went on tv and said that s one of the dumbest things he s heard. it s important to bring up that lindsey and other republicans are saying come on, this is absolutely ridiculous. joining us now, elissa slotkin of michigan, she s a former cia analyst and is now a candidate for u.s. senate. what are the big questions that come to your mind in this case well, look, many of us who were on the security committees, we have a classified brief later on today with the pentagon to understand the true damage that comes from something like this but i think the lessons are, look, we live in a world where a lot of young people in the military have a lot of responsibility, a lot of reaccess we need to relook at some of that and keep people who only have a need to know on some of the most se
accept that they re going to chip away and a judge in texas can affect the right to choose in a place like michigan. and voters in michigan made a big statement on this issue in the 2022 midterm elections and perhaps in your run for senate as well. different topic for you, congresswoman, and that is the debt ceiling house republicans have said they re putting forward a bill as early as next week, but clearly using it as a bargaining chip to get spending cuts. the white house says we re not open to negotiating about the debt ceiling raise it or the faith and credit of the united states is called into question and it hurts our economy. what is your sense of how this plays out? my sense is the republicans have to figure out amongst themselves do they want to be the group that sends us over a cliff, that changes maybe potentially forever how american currency is viewed, how the american dollar is viewed, how our ability to be a leader in the economy. the worldwide economy. so they ha
endorsements. plus senate minority leader mitch mcconnell back on capitol hill we ll take a look at how he sidestepped questions about trump s indictment so he s okay. he came back and said everyone knew that i was hard headed so it s good he s doing well and back in action also ahead, the accused pentagon leaker is expected to be back in court today democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin, a former cia analyst, joins in to weigh in on that case you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. (water splashing) hey, dad. hum. what s the ocean like? are there animals living underwater? is the ocean warm? yeah, it can be very warm. you were made to remember some days forever. we were made to help you find the best way there.