Blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of The Missing Link in a story that has rocked American Politics and media. For weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host Tucker Carlson. Why did the Murdochs Fire One of their biggest stars . The architect of a platform that unselfconsciously peddles Conspiracy Theories. Why did they fire him based on something that didnt happen on air . What was that missing link . And what if anything did Tucker Carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of 787. 5 million in the Defamation Case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. The New York Times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. The message was reportedly unearthed during the Discovery Process with dominion. Heres how the times reports that out. Quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after violent Trump Su
Bars for killing those five. The man accused of killing his neighbors in texas is captured after a days long manhunt. Well have the latest on his arrest in just a moment. Meanwhile on capitol hill democrats might have a plan b to raise the debt ceiling, but theyre going to need some help from the other side of the aisle. And also ahead new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, may 3rd. Im Jonathan Lemire and thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with the arrest of the man accused of killing five of his neighbors in texas last week. Francisco was captured Last Night In The City Of Cut shoot which is about 13 miles from the scene of the murders. It ends a fourday man hunt that involved more than 200 local, state, and federal officers. This is video recorded shortly after he was arrested. The fbi says someone
Fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for House Democrats. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has plans to send active duty troops to the Southern Border as soon as next week. We will explain what the Military Personnel will be doing down there. Also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. New reporting this morning on Text Messages that ultimately led to Tucker Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias army. And writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of Way Too Early, white house, jen palmieri, Cohost Of The Circus and former chairman o. Of the republican committee, Michael Steele.
evidence emerging today in the guardian that in the crucial time between doj s subpoena and may of last year and the meeting between investigators and trump s legal team the following month, trump or his aides might have hidden classified documents from donald trump s own defense attorney from that stunning new reporting. quote, donald trump s lawyer told associates he was waved off from searching the former president s office where the fbi later found the most sensitive materials anywhere on the property. that lawyer, evan corcoran, recounted that several trump aides told him to search the storage room because that was where all the materials that had been brought from the white house at the end of trump s presidency ended up being deposited. corcoran found 38 classified documents in the storage room. he then asked whether he should search anywhere else but was steered away, he told associates. according to an inventory unsealed by a federal judge last year, the fbi found 27
republican from new york infamous for his cascade of lies , was charged by the justice department in a federal program. that news broke right here, on cnn today, by my colleagues, evan perez and mark morale is. we also have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today, to prevent a global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stairs down the possibility of it first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed american tonight and we keep congressional players who met with him are talking. but first, the verdict in manhattan, a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-90s. he owes carroll $5 million for battery and defamation. carroll reacted in a statement saying today, the world finally knows the truth. trump s response i have absolutely no idea who this woman i was photographed with is . this verdi