mantel we ve endorsed dr. oz, we ve endorsed jd mandel and he s doing great. they re all doing good. i think vance is doing well. jp, jd, mandel, vance, i mean do flubs matter and how important will it be tomorrow night. i don t know, but it s a very close race and for the headline to be the president bumbled his own candidate s name probably not super helpful. that race is one of the episodes we zoom in on in our book because it shows the way trump has reasserted himself after january 6th in the way candidates from across the gop, including former critics of his like jd vance have come to kiss the ring in florida. infamous scene last year where
happening in ukraine, i think it was a really important moment, to see the first correspondents dinner in several year, because of the pandemic, for people to get together and honor what journalists are doing. as you said, first amendment rights which is something we re not seeing in the war and happening in russia right now. i was very grateful, you know, to be part of the u.s. press and the american press and be able to defend the first amendment right. yeah, that message was nicely underscored at the dinner. alayna treene, thank you being with us. thank you to all of you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. jd is the conservative outsider. jd vance. i m jd vance. i m jd vance. i support jd vance. jd vance is different. jd is strong on borders. donald trump has officially endorsed senate candidate jd vance. we ve endorsed jp, right?
jd mandel. he is doing great. [ laughter ] oh, my god. you know, you know, if the current occupant at 1600 pennsylvania avenue had done that, there would be headlines for, like, months. about his age. oh, he can t remember. which, of course, underlines the fact, how funny it is. you have people, right-wing trumpists attacking joe biden for his mental acuity. right before donald trump couldn t remember who even endorsed, he this is when he was going through his cognitive test. right. i aced my cognitive test. this is a water puff low. buffalo. this is a ladder. do we have jonathan lemire here? he is our cognitive test specialist. jonathan, what were the six or seven words he could remember?
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. ukraine says a russian missile has hit the black sea port of odesa, killing civilians including a young teenager. and still the west pays for this war. russian oil sales will continue in the eu after splits emerged over an improved timeline for an oil embargo. the corruption in the british virgin islands. a uk minister has arrived just days after the premier was arrested for drug smuggling and a british judge recommended a return to direct rule. we will be live in rhode town. we have endorsed jp, we have endorsedjp, right? we have endorsed jp, right? jd mandel. and he s doing great. the countdown to the republican primaries a test of whether trump