should have moral clarity and know the difference between right or wrong. and he s just toxic. i mean, you know, i think a lot of the things he broke needed to be broken, but he doesn t know how to fix things again. it s not okay to just break. you ve got to fix it and make it better. and he hasn t done that. republican presidential candidate nikki haley with that direct criticism of donald trump. that was pretty tough, huh? yes. in a moment, we ll show you new polling that has president biden leading trump in a hypothetical rematch, thanks to a major bump from two groups of voters. we ll tell you who they are. plus, the key moments from a contentious and dramatic senate hearing yesterday. ugh. with social media ceos. that hearing included a surprise moment from mark zuckerberg. yeah. really incredible. he should have kept that surprise to himself. i feel bad for you. no, come on. i mean, it just seems so staged and preplanned. it was quite a moment of
turn, do it anyway. in queens yesterday the crowd did just that. several crowd members took issue with rep alexandria ocasio-cortez s stance on immigration and funding for ukraine. we should eliminate the debt limit in the united states because of the constitutional [applause] you voted for. [shouting] are you going to stop this war, that s my question? let the veteran speak. alex: attendees of the conference did come to her defense. things change over time. alex: the congresswoman did wrap it uptaking photos with supporters and she released tweet afterwards thanking everyone who came out to the town hall stating we had such a f, and as you mentioned those who did lash out were let away by security, we will send it back to you. griff: end of that tweet, see you next month. can t wait to see what happens then. alicia. alicia: florida governor ron desantis officially joining 2024 presidential race as the gop field fills out. with us today is ashley davis, former j w
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
Elisea hernandez. The white house Correspondence Dinner had just one item on the menu last night. Jabs at donald trump. The highlights in just a moment. Plus, new reporting on President Bidens confidence that he can beat the ex president this fall. Previewing week three of the 2016 Election Interference Trial in new york. Were going to talk with the former National Enquirer editor. So grab your coffee, settle into the weekend. It is the morning after the white house core Correspondence Dinner. Snl star, colin jost headlined the event, throwing more than a few jabs at donald trump in his set. Take a listen. Trumps so desperate, he started reading those bibles hes selling. Then he got to the first commandment. You shall have no other gods before me. Thats when he put it down and said this books not for me. Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me. I was about to say the reaction from Vice President harris, the whole thing. Joining us now, the author
i m wondering what one or two of your most favored bible verses are. i wouldn t want to get into it because to me that s very personal. the bible means a lot to me but i don t want to get into specifics. even to cite a verse you like. i don t want to do that. old testament or new testament? probably equal. remember when trump, a self professed big fan of the bible, could not name a single bible verse. now he s backing the idea of displaying the ten commandments in taxpayer funded public schools. could he name eve one of those commandments and hasn t he broken lvery one of them. also, surprise, the supreme court sides with the biden administration on a major gun case, but there is still silence on presidential immunity as time begins to run out for a trump january 6th trial before election day. but we begin tonight with the warning brought to us earlier this week from activist and documentarian lauren windsor. in a secret reporting from a march event at mar-a