midterms. punching ballots yesterday giving insight how voters are feeling ahead of november. pat ryan projected to win the state s 19th district special election. his campaign pushed hard on the issue of abortion offering insight into the potential impact of overturning roe versus wade heading into the midterms. in florida ron desantis will face-off against a former member of his party, charlie crist as they look to slow desantis ahead of 2024. i ll going to beat this guy and as long as we do what is right, tell the truth, get help from friends across the country because if you want to help joe biden get a second term, we need to shut ron desantis down in florida now. you come help me now and you don t have to worry about him in 24 because this show will be over on november 8th. we ll have more on that race and others in a moment but we re also following this. cnn learned more than 100 classified documents comprising some 700 pages were found at trump s ma r-a-lago home
customers have mostly shrugged off the higher menu prices and the revenue has gone up. what s going on there? both of those companies, walmart and mcdonald s are facing higher costs as is practically every company right now. the difference however is mcdonald s has been able to pass on some of the higher costs. walmart can t do that as much because their whole brand is centered around being a low-cost retailer. it s having to eat some of the costs and that s why it s warning about profit. but jake, one thing i should flag, we talked about this recently in terms of the retail sales data. wall mmart warning they re speng more of essentials like food and fuel and that s leaving less discretionary income. the reason that matters to a retailer like walmart is their profits are higher on categories like apparel. their profits are lower on essential categories like food and fuel. that s why we re seeing the profit warning. it s yet another data point, yet another sort of warning n
plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if that s where the evidence leads them. listen to what else attorney general garland just told nbc s lester holt. we pursue justice without fear or favor. we intend to hold everyone, anyone who is criminally responsible for the events surrounding january 6th, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable. that s what we do. we don t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that. so if donald trump were to become a candidate for
reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi