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
was it the women, too? women were just, you know it s just barnicle. he s a magnet. i m telling you, willie, four hours. they re savages. now, listen, the cabdriver, we jumped into a cab, like out of a hard day s night, one car to the other, we re running in there, and they re chasing us. swear to god, got just crushed. joe, stop. it was horrible. i tell ya, i tell ya, man, we get in we get in the cab. okay. hold on! stop. we get into the cab, willie. and the cabdriver later says it wasn t dangerous. it was like a picnic. it s new york city. what is it? nearly catastrophic. he didn t even know who you were in the backseat.
welcome back to morning joe. live shot of the capitol, obviously, norah, everybody in the capitol talking about one story, what s happened to derek jeter. what other news are you looking at? if there is other news maybe none. that s just barnicle and me. rebel leaders in libya are asking for $3 billion in aid from international donors. without the money, they will be unable to pay salaries or provide food and medicine. leaders have urged countries who have frozen aid to the gadhafi government to move the money to them. the u.s. officials say it would like to provide support but trying to figure out what it can legally do. as alabama tries to rebuild after last week s devastating tornadoes, there is news the financial toll could be staggering. it could rival the $1 billion in insured loss alabama suffered
gonzalez. 4-1, boston there, the very next batter, david ortiz hooks one inside, back to back home runs, red sox win, 6-1, now four games back, right, barnicle? a fraction of the yankees payroll but bigger heart. sometimes i wonder how these kids do it, mike barnicle. the one i think of the most, the kid who s practically playing for free, carl crawford, looks like he s turning the corner, right? finally, 2 for 4 last night, rbi, stealing bases. the heart on this guy, receiving a fraction of what the yankees receive, playing his heart out for the team. i think i can, i think i can, he said last night as he ran around the bases. i don t know what to do. let s move on. second quarter. watch this move by dwyane wade, by kevin garnett, took the heat