i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
kremlin. now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. we ll have a live report with what we know and don t know at this hour. and more breaking news this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. police say francisco oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. he s charged with five counts of murder and being held on a $5 million bond. and his arrest just one of several. there has been several arrests, but i can t go into the details on that. we will have the very latest from a police update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. let s begin with those claims out of russia that ukrainian forces tried to strike russian president vladimir putin s reside
with bringing the financial turmoil under control. also in the programme. iran s supreme leader warns no one can overturn the islamic republic as protesters again fill the streets of zahedan. communities in 3 australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. and the actor, robbie coltrane, who played hagrid, in the harry potter films has died aged 72. welcome to downing street, where it s been a day of high drama. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as chancellor he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. 3 weeks of turmoil on the financial markets has culminated in this another dizzying day in politics. the prime minister has announced a second major u turn on her economic plans for growth corporation tax will now rise from 19 to 25% in april after all. liz truss has sacked the chancellor and named a new one, jeremy hunt, the 4th this year. our politi
different country. that is right the liberal to help keep classrooms close to talk about keeping the kids in the classroom. welcome back as america reports rolls into our two. sandra smith and i m happy to report it is friday. trace: and we have a big second hour, sandra, trace gallagher in four john roberts. the irony in the visit to ukraine, a new report shows the very serious price of covid on kids education as a key testing measure for college hits rock bottom. sandra: we will tell you ahead all new at 2:00, but first, we start with this fox news alert. california dreaming or california nightmare? americans outlets feeling the squeeze of inflation and biden s energy crisis with the highest gas prices nearing $7 a gallon again. trace: i saul $6.99 driving in this morning. president biden in the golden state right now just one stop of a west coast swing to tout his massive spending plan and out just 25 days before the midterms. sandra: prices are still right t
the tale of triumph for a baby giraffe inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a solemn journey to buffalo for president biden today meeting with some of the grieving families who lost loved ones in saturday s supermarket massacre the president and first lady visiting the site the president offering comfort and giving full-throated voice to the anger so many feel over the racist ideologies that drove the attack that allegedly targeted black people the president declaring white supremacy will not have the last word this evening a chill still sweeping across buffalo as the pieces of the horrific plot reveal themselves. tonight what we ve learned about the suspect s previous journey to the city, the planning, the alternate targets allegedly considered all under the nose of an unsuspecting community. emilie ikeda has new details for us tonight. evil will not win, i promise you. reporter: today president biden and the first l