people from asking for help. we begin with breaking news from russia, where the kremlin claims ukraine tried to assassinate vladimir putin in an overnight drone attack. this video, purports to show an explosion over the kremlin. wait for you. it you see it in the middle of your screen. russia has provided no clear evidence to back up this claim. a spokesperson for ukraine s president told local media that kyiv had nothing to do with this alleged incident and called it an expected trick from our opponents. moments ago, secretary of state blinken was asked about this during a press freedom day event. i can t in any way validate them. we simply don t know. i would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. let s see. we ll see what the facts are. it s hard to comment or speculate without knowing what the facts are. joining us now to take a closer look, chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, and military analyst, barry mccafrey, and dan d
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
simply saying we have no more shelters, spaces or resources. and new york city mayor eric adams blaming both sides in washington for the crisis. it is the irresponsibility of the republican party in washington for refusing to do the real immigration reform, and it s the irresponsibility of the white house for not addressing this problem. paul: let s bring in our panel, columnists dan dan henninger kim strassel and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, what kind of a surge do we expect? is it going to be a big one? yeah, it will be a big one. and it s been big. might be who s been watching the people just streaming nonstop across the border, it s going to simply become larger. you know, basically the southern border has become a place where anybody who wants to get into the united states can walk across whether venezuelans or ukrainians for that matter. chinese nationals have been coming over paul: in big numbers. and the biden administration s policy so to th
on the debt ceiling. this is all about the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow which has a self imposed limit, a ceiling. without a raise, this would leave the us unable to pay its bills. on tuesday, president biden met with top lawmakers in washington, who are currently blocking raising that ceiling but they came away without a breakthrough. nomia iqbal was there. both sides came out of the meeting which lasted more than an hour, announcing there was no deal. both showing they are entrenched in their positions. the republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, attacked president biden for not negotiating. his opponents came out a short while either later saying republicans refused to take default off that table and mrjeffries called the publicly party as a party of magyar extremists. they have two weeks otherwise the us will default to not pay their bills and it would lead to economic ruin, leading to stock markets plummeting and millions ofjobs are p
just ahead russia is saying ukraine sent two drones to kill president vladimir putin. we don t attack putin or moscow. we re strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to the 2% goal. a growing chorus of voices urging the fed to pause with the rate hikes. this investigation is significant and also a reminder that they are not just looking into how the materials are handled but they are also closely examining whether anyone tried to get in the way of having all the evidence. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 4. and russia appears to be retaliating for a drone strike on the kremlin. ukraine denies it had anything to do with the attack which moscow calls an assassination attempt on president due con putin. two drones flew above the kremlin early wednesday but there is not evidence that ukraine because behind the attack. drones shot down over ukraine today have the words for the kremlin and mosc