beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
chairman dan bishop. ignoring the problem, thinking it s going to go away, he could bumble his way just into a default like he did on the border. i will tell him time is of the essence. and it s very simple. we want to limit, save and grow. john: begin with the fox news alert, and the white house set to give an update on the debt ceiling negotiations ahead of the latest round of talks between president biden and the four congressional leaders. john roberts in washington and we are off to tuesday afternoon, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. deadline to make a deal approaching, speaker kevin mccarthy is warning minimal progress has been made between the two sides since last week s meeting in the oval office. john: senator joni ernst, and our panel will weigh in. and jacqui heinrich, what is the white house saying about negotiations. in effect they are negotiating to raise the debt limit, but democrats are characterizing it as separate and simultaneous so they
will likely change your mind. now, investigative reporter john sullivan, he will join us and tell us the latest. he has all the details tonight. but tonight, we begin at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with your buddy. joe biden is headed back to the basement, his 2020 for reelection bid is officially now underway. so i guess that means we can expect to see a lot less of joe than usual. by the way, it s official he has given fewer press conferences than any other president in the last 40 years. and according to nbc, news, it will be several months before he even holds one single campaign event. and no doubt those events will be few and far between. he didn t even hold a rally to kick off his campaign today. instead, the biden camp, they released a heavily edited ,pre produced video attacking, of course, maga, republicans, all attempting to make joe look lucid and capable and other words, everyone around him knows that he is cognitively incapable of making such an announcement withou
mccarthy spoke. in front of the same individuals about where the debt talks are going. let s just say nowhere. connell mcshane has more. the speaker made reference from that appearance from ronald reagan. he said we have an unsustainable level of debt in this country and he will not support raising the debt ceiling unless something is done about it. spoker mccarthy made a speech to a number of professional financialists in new york. he said there will be a bill that will raise the debt for one year. in exchange for raising it, the speaker has demands. he said federal spending will be rolled back to 22 levels. unused covid money clawed back and he wants americans to work in order to receive federal benefits. mccarthy in his speech going after president biden for refusing to negotiate. make no mistake, the longer president biden waits to be sensible to find an agreement, the more likely it becomes that this administration will bumble in to the first default in our nation s
disturbing irregularities have been found in must be investigated to the fullest. tonight, the blockbuster new court filing from the dominion lawsuit. the internal decision and ratings over facts. the legal implications for a media giant the fallout for the democracy and what it all tells us about the inner workings about the fox news channel. the dominion software i know there were voting of regularity. these tell me about that. to put it mildly all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c., i m in for chris. hayes earlier this, week senate republicans grilled senate biden s nominee to the federal communications building for their time. they have been trying to derail her confirmation claiming that she is too far to the left and two critical act of fox. you said, quote, for all my concern about facebook, i believe that fox news has had the most negative impact on our democracy. it is state sponsored propaganda. do you still believe fox news it