That explains it. It is a dewormer. For a guy who believes doctors are con artists trying to scam you into getting a vaccine, he got a fast one when the worm started eating his brain. The inside of his head is basically the movie dune. You should definitely vote for him. I want to say to any of rfk jr. Fans who are watching, do not despair. Just because he admitted in a sworn deposition that he had parasitic brain damage doesnt mean he is going to drop out. Because Bobby Kennedy jr. Does not know the meaning of the word quit. That information was in the part of the brain that the worm ate. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may the 9th. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at polipolitico, jonathan lemire. Former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. The congressional reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. A lot to talk about. I think we probably on tv, willie, we broke the worm and brai
Force another Prominent School to cancel its main graduation ceremony. We will take you there. House Speaker Mike Johnson meets with the republican lawmakers seeking to kick him out of his job. We have the behind the scenes of that meeting and who will former President Trump pick to be his running mate . A look at the contenders tonight. But, first, breaking tonight, israel has begun striking targets in the gaza strip city of rafah. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that a ceasefire proposal agreed to by hamas is far from his countrys essential demands. However, israel will send negotiators to continue talks to try find a solution. But, in the meantime, they are not letting up. Correspondent jeff paul is in tel aviv with the very latest tonight. Good evening, jeff. Jeff yeah, good evening, bret. We are learning the israeli war cabinet has than newly decided to continue its operations in rafah saying that it wants to keep pressure on hamas to eventually release all of the
New york. Here is that conversation. [applause] bob it is worth coming appeared just to get introduced by charlie. The first thing you notice, he does not have his boots on tonight, he has is purple socks. Those are the colors of ptu. Every morning he gets up and puts on purple socks. You know why . Why . I did not plan at this way, but when tcu went to the rose bowl five years ago, it was a we had not been there since 1937, it was a big deal. I was trying to think of something to say that nobody else has said and i said, if you guys win, i will wear purple socks for the rest of my life. I had no idea they would win. [laughter] charlie it is probably worth it for you. Bob so far. Charlie what is fascinating is how you came to write this and withonversation you had someone who basically said, what is happening in journalism is an issue of National Security. Csis, theead of center for strategic and International Study in washington, the leading in washington. But there are some other rea
Open up space for Political Action on Climate Change. Amy students, professors and alumni are continuing to blockade key Administrative Offices at harvard. Well get the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lowwage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in over 200 cities to demand a 15anhour minimum wage. The actions got together fast food workers, childcare providers walmart clerks , adjunct professors and airport workers to demand wage increases and the right to unionize. Organizers staged the action on tax day to highlight the cost to taxpayers of supporting workers who are underpaid. A new study says low wages are forcing working families to rely on more than 150 billion in public assistance. Well have more on the historic protests after headlines. In iraq the selfproclaimed , Islamic State has gained new ground claimi
The atrocities produced in situations where ordinary people kill large numbers of civilians as occurred in the vietnam war and which i wrote about, that continues to haunt us in our war fighting in iraq and afghanistan. We learned, or should learn from, what we have done and what others have done to us. Amy for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of people were killed across yemen on wednesday in one of the worst days of fighting so far. The heaviest violence was seen in the southern port city of aden where those were killed kind of fleet and to the north 35 civilians were killed by an airstrike. Speaking during a visit to saudi arabia, secretary of state john kerry said the situation in yemen is dire. We are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation that is unfolding in yemen, shortages of feud and best food and fuel and medicine. The situation is getting more dire by the day. Am