efforts to overturn the election. he said it s okay by him if america defaults on its debt. he called the capital police officer a thug and said he meant it when he said if you re rich and famous, you can grab women wherever you want. the new test begins. right now, there s a massive number of migrants waiting on the southern border as time runs out tonight on title 42 policy that made it easier to turn them away. and today ukraine gets a big delivery. cruise missiles from the uk. president zelenskyy says he will win the war before the next u.s. election. trump s town hall comments underscore the urgency there. trump refusing to say who should win or if vladimir putin is a war criminal. up first for us, we start there with donald trump, his unending lying and the audience laughter and cheers that speak volumes about his grip on today s republican party. his first answer at last night s cnn town hall was illuminating, a lie, and a lie that proves he cannot or will not quit h
terrorist attacks are not made in kyiv but in washington. kyiv is executing what it is told to do. such attempts to disown kyiv and in washington are absolutely ridiculous. to be clear, ukraine has vehemently denied any involvement in the attack but moscow insists ukrainians were trying to assassinate putin. overnight we saw russia unleash a wave of its own drones on kyiv and other ukrainian cities. they had handwritten messages on them reading for the kremlin and from moscow. matthew, such an escalation. the biden administration has been adamant it is not helping or encouraging ukraine to carry out attacks inside of moscow. these baseless claims without evidence from the kremlin in the last 24 hours are striking. yeah, well, striking perhaps, yes, but also typical of the kremlin to say that the attacks against the are not necessarily orchestrated by ukraine, but someone else is pulling the strings. of course, it s the united states and it s the sort of broader west
this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
hey, alison. hello, good. evening i m alison camerota. a manhunt is underway for the mass shooting in texas, including 44-year-old. boy shaw stop shooting his rifle next to their house. the noise was keeping their baby awake. but instead of simply arguing with them, he shot and killed five of his neighbors. there s also the 79-year-old illinois man who fatally shot his neighbor for using a leaf blower in his own driveway. and the 29-year-old in texas who shot and killed a guy for opposing as a ballet parking attendant. what used to be screaming matches are fistfights have become fatal shootings. tonight, our panel offers their explanations for why. plus, the suicide of a 17 year old students at an elite boarding school is forcing the school to admit the horrible mistakes they made when it came to bullying. and how they felt, quote, tragically shorten protecting this promising young man. but this case tells us about today s version of bullying. and how many of you out ther