President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your rallies. I think you mean, lets get ready to ramble. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may 16th. I just have to ask, the Question Alex asks, why is it not friday . How is it not friday, guys . Its thursday. Were grateful that god has given us another day to come in and be together. Im very grateful. Were close to friday. Were not at friday. 24 hours, itll be friday. A lot to talk about. We have White House Bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemire. We have john heilemann. Ma
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From its ally, sian cnn, senior white house kevin Top White House officials are now doubling down on the president s ultimatum. We heard from them continue to hear the white house and Administration Officials warning against the Ground Invasion of rafah and theyre really channeling President Bidens view that us weapons should not be used to support a mission that in their estimation is illadvised and very, very bloody. Those concerns were conveyed earlier today in a phone call between the Us National Security adviser, jake sullivan, and his counterpart in israel. And i think this phone call is significant. Its the first time that weve seen a call like this announced between the white house and the government of israel since President Biden delivered that ultimatum and cnn that he would not provide certain Weapons Systems to israel if a Ground Invasion moves forward, the white house says, in that Call Sullivan and his counterpart discussed alternatives to a Ground Invasion of rafah. The
announced it s peter has called it quits. well, near congressman has accused george santos 15 minutes of fame ticking and say this grift online by hopping on cameo views. all of this well we are hurtling towards the first wave of government funding expiring next month. a report from capitol hill coming up. and, trump turned, at a federal appeals court upholds the gag order for the twice impeached quadruple indicted presidents election interference case in d.c.. what this new ruling bars trump from, saying and how this could impact gop front-runners other criminal cases. then, ongoing offensive, israeli forces operation in one key part of gaza, the root of hamas expected to last several more weeks. as the humanitarian crisis across the region rose even more dire by the minute. we are live from israel with the latest. follow this and much more ahead. your saturday morning to. all we will be continuing to show breaking developments in just one of the many crimi
released today from gaza, under the brokered and sustained though intense u.s. diplomacy. she s now safely in israel, and we can continue to press that additional americans be released as well. we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. that was president joe biden speaking yesterday about an american girl who was orphaned by hamas terrorists and taken hostage and now free. we ll have the very latest on the remaining hostages and the humanitarian pause in gaza straight ahead. plus, new developments overnight in the shooting of three palestinian students in vermont. an investigation that now includes the fbi. also ahead, a conversation on the dysfunction on capitol hill, which is a major factor for some lawmakers who are now not seeking re-election next year. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, november 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we hope you all had a nice long thanksgiving weekend. a