nancy, nancy! donald trump last night in his cnn town hall, calling january 6th a beautiful day. the event, of course, last night full of lies, misleading statements. we ll go through the biggest ones, and also his comments about writer e. jean carroll that drew laughs and cheers from the crowd. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 11th. we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. jon meacham. and reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. we watched a rerun from 2016 and what we saw throughout donald trump s presidency. he committed again last night the claim that the election was rigged in 2020. it was not, of course. he called january 6th a beautiful day. he said he was going to pardon the people who attacked police officers on that day. the list goes on and on and on. would not commit to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. we ll get into some of it but, frankly, no surprises in w
the reidout with joy reid starts now tonight on the reidout we made a lot of progress because of all of you. but there s more to do so let s finish the job. american split screen, president biden launches his re-election campaign as donald trump faces day one as the defendant in the e. jean carroll civil lawsuit accusing him of rape also tonight, the fallout from monday s media red wedding maga world is raging at fox for firing tucker. and what s the real story behind don lemon s departure from cnn we begin tonight with the long awaited but unsurprising news that joseph biden jr. will seek a second term as the 46th president of the united states this is not a time to be complacent that s why i m running for re-election. because i know america i know we re good and decent people i know we re still a country that believes in honesty and respect and treating each other with dignity that we re a nation where we give no safe harbor, we believe everyone is equal, ev
an eight year old child. the clock ticking down, as well. to a hollywood writer strike. the deadline just hours away for work stoppage that could impact your favorite shows. i m going to speak with congresswoman, barbara lee, about her gop kong playing cart chicken with the american economy as the debt limit fight heats up. plus this the job isn t finished. i mean, it is finished for tucker carlson. to the staff i want you to know what you are feeling. i worked at the daily so. i too have been blindsided by the setting departure of the host of a fake news program. president biden and career more would junior take aim at across and in the white house correspondents dinner. coming up, we will take a look at where tucker s extremist audience may be headed. now also this hour, creating a doll that looks like her, nothing better than this. i m gonna be joined by caleb mckee and, and inspiring woman who worked with mattel to develop the new down syndrome barbie for hersel
awe greetings everyone, you re watching simone. there s a lot of talk on capitol hill about how speaker kevin mccarthy s so-called been win but i have to ask, how can it be a win if the country is still at risk of defaulting on its own debt? congressman is here to weigh in on this and much more. former vice president mike pence testifying before a federal grand jury this week as part of the special counsel investigation into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a political panel may weigh in. plus, my conversation with the headliner of tonight s white house correspondents dinner, roy wood junior. is he ready for the marathon? i m simone sanders, and i have something to say. will, seasonal allergies have a whole and house republicans are holding your pocketbook hostage. for just over a month before the united states is expected to be offered its loans, congressman passed a debt ceiling increase in order to avoid economic calamity. on wednesday,
at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw