good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s a look at times square. we re a heart of hours the ball the will drop and we ll turn the page to 2024. good morning. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to this morning, including another state remove donald trump from the republican presidential ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis on that big decision from maine s secretary of state. plus nikki haley s attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. also forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure to protect civilians. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023 from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former president s many legal battles as he enters the presidential election. a lot to go through. with us for all of us is nbc news national affairs analyst john heilem
i m so happy to have sara sidner by my side today. kaitlan is off. five things to know for this tuesday, may 23rd. happening overnight, a u haul crashing into a security barrier near the white house. the driver arrested, facing charges of threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member. secret service says that crash may have been intentional. just nine days to go and still no deal in sight. president biden and speaker mccarthy saying they had a productive meeting, but still don t have a deal on the debt ceiling as janet yellen issues a sobering economic look. also new this morning, a stark warning for all parents, for all of us really, the u.s. surgeon general is now labeling social media a profound risk of harm for children. and the denver nuggets make franchise history, sweeping the los angeles lakers and advancing to the nba finals for the first time ever. lebron james is now reportedly considering retirement. and out of
instigators of the january 6th attack. for members of the proud boys, including their former leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy. what today s verdict could mean for the investigations into donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 expires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m symone sanders-townsend in four stephanie ruhle. tonight, there s brand-new reporting that special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes jus
donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 inspires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m simone in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, this brand-new reporting that special counsel, jack smith, is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes just hours after the justice department scored a critical win in its prosecution of the january 6th attack. today, for members of the proud boys, including the group s leader enrique tarrio were convicted of seditious
a verdict in the proud boys trial. four out of the five members of the far right group facing seditious conspiracy charges were found guilty while all five were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct congress. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. a high-tech manhunt ends with an arrest. police track down the suspect in a deadly atlanta shooting with a network of cameras and an old-fashioned tip from the public. the suspect s mother speaking out this morning about the shooting, as well. and the worst wave of attacks on ukraine so far this year. kyiv rappelled a barrage of strikes and russia faces attacks after the drone explosion over the kremlin. still unclear who was behind that attack, but the u.s. calls russia s accusation ukraine did it on orders from the u.s., quote, ridiculous. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. four members of the proud boys have just been found guil