Governor is calling a special legislative session to make sure President Biden will be on the ballot this fall. And louisiana will soon be the first state to classify apportion pills as controlled, dangerous substances. Well go through the legislation and its possible impact in novembers elections. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 24th. We made it to friday. It was in doubt there for a while. Thank goodness. Im jonathan lemire. Im alongside the bbcs katty kay. We are in for joe, mika, and willie. Good friday morning, katty. Yeah, news flash, donald trump knows how to put his trousers on. I think that is worth waiting for friday for. We now have that at least. I suppose we can put it in the appropriate context later, or we leave it out there like that and make people wonder just what he was talking about. Hanging, yeah. With us to dive into this important story, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the washington post, and msnbc political analy
Reporting there are no signs of life. Seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying president Ibrahim Raisi and others. News of reeses death comes nearly 15 hours after the helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country during dense fog. Rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather and tough terrain. A number of other top officials, including the countrys Foreign Minister, were also on board. The chopper was heading back to the countrys capital when it reportedly went down. The crash comes at a fraught moment in the middle east, with War Raging In Gaza and weeks after iran launched a drone and Missile Attack on israel that was in response to a Deadly Strike on its diplomatic compound in damascus, Hardliner Raisi became president in a historically, uncompetitive election in 2021. Irans Supreme Leader is stressing the business of irans government will continue no matter what. Under the iranian constitution. In irans first Vice President takes over if the president dies
Im Shannon Bream in for bret baier. Were coming to you from fox news world Head Quarters in new york. Israel and hamas, the war. Is it President Bidens vietnam . One presentingsive senator says yes. We heard from a Security Expert that said the u. S. Is in a second cold war and falling behind. Congressional democrats have high hopes for new marijuana rules. Henry cuellar and his wife are charged with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a federal probe in their ties to azerbaijan. Rich edson has more. Prosecutors accused Henry Cuellar and his wife from receiving bribes from an azarbaijan energy company. T they centered 60,000 for pushing initiatives. The Bribe Payments were allegedly laundered pursuant to sham consulting contracts through a series of Front Companies and middlemen in to Shell Companies owned by amel cuellar that performed no to little work under the contracts. In a state, Congressman Cuellar says i want to be clear, were innocent. The actions that i took were in Co
From keith. By the standards of the daily Missile Strikes that ukraine experiences, this one looks especially bleak. We have seen footage posted online by official channels appearing to show several bodies covered in dust in the small village. This is a village with a population of a few hundred. It sits in the North Eastern part of region, 30 kilometres from the front line. It is not uncommon for settlements to come under shelling or Missile Strikes because of their proximity to the front line but this looks like an especially deadly, targeted strike in what would normally be a civilian area. We are told several people are injured, among the 49 killed include a six year boy. You can expect the Rescue Operation to continue for some time, it is a well rehearsed routine for Emergency Teams around ukraine. We have seen russia target cities in the east countless times before but seems be the single biggest loss of life from a Missile Strike we have seen in several months. The strike on the