the government, will crush you and your family if you try to expose the truth about their wrongdoing. now, make no mistake, there is serious misconduct going on at this fbi. some now believe that america is once premier. law enforcement agency is now beyond repair, especially the blatantly partisan washington field office, which seemingly operates as an arm of the democratic party. so let us be clear . this isn t just about the bureau s anti trump witch called crossfire hurricane, which we have gone into great detail this week. the political rot extends far beyond the former president of the united states . you have pro-abortion activists, traditional catholics, people, moms and dads who merely attend trump rally, even angry parents. how dare they speak out about age appropriate material being taught their kids or crt? how about we stick to reading, writing, math , science, computers? but if they speak out at a school board meeting, guess what? speak out against critical
fbi used everyday americans 28,000 times going into 2020 to 2021. section 02 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act also known as fisa. it gives the fbi and other agencies the ability to difficultily surveil.used the te civil unrest following the death of george floyd on the streets of the united states. those involved in the january 6th capitol attack. even political donors. according to the court a redacted name or names, quote: conducted a batch query for over 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign. the analyst who ran the query advised that the campaign was a target of foreign influence but the national security division determined that only 8 identifiers used in a query had sufficient ties to foreign influence activities to comply with the querying standard. the judge wrote that the problems were persistent and widespread and, quote: it may become necessary to consider other responses such as substantially limiting the number of fbi personnel with access to unmi
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
struggle. the annual military parade noticeably scaled down. victory day celebrates the soviet union s triumph over nazi germany and russia usually flexes its military might. this year it was only one tank from world war ii and no flyovers of fighter jets, bombers in his speech, accuse the west of unleashi war agains the russian mother land. it comes days after a mysterious drone attack on the kremlin hours before putin s speech russia launched cruise missiles at ukraine s capital. let s bring in matthew chance to start us out. as someone who covered all things putin and moscow so closely, what was your take? well, i think you re right, poppy. definitely much smaller than we have seen in years past. i think 8,000 troops this year. 12,000 last year, for instance. there was no military flyover. usually that s a spectacular highlight of this kind of victory day parade. there was an intercontinental ballistic missile as the centerpiece of the parade. russia underlining it is
good morning at home. policy allowing for quick migrant expulsion expires tonight. border patrol dealing with a number of daily apprehensions. biden administration warning the crisis could be getting worse admitting that tough times are straight ahead. we are are clear eyed about the challenges we re likely to face in the days and weeks ahead which have the potential to be very difficult. bill: with us now texas governor greg abbott and border czar mike banks. good morning to you and mr. banks, thank you for your time. i know you have been out and about. what have you seen out there and what do you think the american people need to understand from your experience, sir? so there are two things that people need to understand. one i think it was brandon judd that you were having giving you some comments earlier. so brandon judd was spot on in this regard. that is we need the policies that were put in place by the trump administration. remember this, three years ago we had