the story starts now. john and gillian, happy new year. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a bomb shell update to a story we ve been following closely ever since this testimony last month. you understand that this call for intyfada is to commit gen se against israel. that type of hateful speech is abhorrent. do you believe that type of speech is contrary to harvard s code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard. it s at odds can you not say it s against the we embrace a commitment to free expression even views that are objectionable, offensive, hateful. it s when the speech crosses in to conduct that violating our policies against bullying does that speech not cross that barrier? does that speech not call for the genocide of jews and the elimination of israel? now claudine gay is stepping down after backlash of that and the plagiarism she s been on the job six months and two days. dave rubin and robert wolf are standing by. first to molly li
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. russian officials said eight had reached the capital causing some damage, but that most had been shot down. ukraine has denied direct involvement. president vladimir putin said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions this morning, and sent this report. loud blast russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home, my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia s military had downed all
for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
both paries as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis makes a pitch to voters ahead of the first event of his presidential campaign. we ll show you what he said. also ahead, we are following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacking residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 30th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, johnson lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. joe, on the debt ceiling, you said they d get there, but how d they finally do it? they had no choice. they got there. you know, we live in this world that s designed this
to avoid a monday default, simple majority needed in the house and senate. this is a two-year deal, that is hope, dream and handshake you will commit to spending caps. nobody gets everything they want in negotiation. take two trillion savings. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. good morning. lucas: good morning. more time to watch more racing. debt ceiling deal only passed by a single vote, it needs 218 to pass. speaker mccarthy is confident it will. see where things stand. one democrat, aoc and third of know ares are against the bill. here is some speaking out against it. sending one person into a room with another person and no cameras and they come out and say up or down, take it or leave it, that is not a good process. this is about increasing the credit card for prospective spending. this bill is smoke and mirrors, never are we talking about interest on existing debt. 32 trillion, one trillion is 30 billion. lucas: americans are over trilli