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
donald trump, president biden dismisses concerns about his age. i can t even say the number. it doesn t register with me. the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not is not something that i think is likely. meanwhile, donald trump keeps his focus biden and the general election. he is grossly incompetent, has no idea what he s doing. are biden and trump in a co-department relationship? do they need each other in order to succeed in 2024? i ll talk to vivek ramaswamy, a republican entrepreneur running for the nomination. disney versus desantis. disney sues governor ron desantis accusing him of retaliating against the company. i don t think the suit has merit. i think it s political. republicans are distancing themselves from the issue as the battle escalates. i do worry if this happens too many times, businesses that areallying about coming to florida are thinking maybe we don t want to go there. and border surge. the biden administration are
branches. should supreme court justices be held to the same standard as any and all other public servants? the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the ethical standards or lack thereof for supreme court justices a topic that has come up in light of new reporting on repeated failures by justices to disclose details of lavish vacations, travel, gifts, even real estate transactions, testifying on behalf of democrats, a former federal judge and group of legal experts, guests invited by republicans included a former attorney general. more notable than who testified was who did not. chief justice john roberts declined an invitation from the committee, something dick durbin brought up at the start of today s hearing. in his letter last week the chief justice sent a statement of ethics principles and practices. it was a document that was attacheded to his letter. it is an extraordinary document. not in a good way. it makes clear while the justices are fine with consulting
democrat, congressman brendan boyle joins me shortly. more than 11,000 film and television writers are on strike. they go on strike after talks over pay and job security in the face of new challenges from streaming and ai collapse overnight. what luke russert has learned about dealing with grief after the loss of his father tim. do you have advice for other millennials, other young people dealing with loss? it s never easy. i realize why there s this voice in my head speaking to me about discomfort or uncomfortable feelings. when i realized that was the processing of my father s death, that i had never fully done, once i turned to it, gave it the attention it needed, it made me a better person. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the president and the speaker meet face to face for the first time in months over the debt ceiling next week, when house members return to washington as the markets are dropping today. they say the nation s cash will run out
jansing in new york city. warning signs in the economy as worries about a recession, interest rates and the debt limit shave hundreds of punts points off the dow. now with a standoff over how to pay the nation s debts, will things get worse before they get better? and why wait until next week to find out? plus, no chief justice, no problem. senate democrats slam the supreme court as they push ahead with a hearing on ethics, even after john roberts declines to show up. chairman dick durbin arguing the justices ethical standards shouldn t be acceptable at a local city council, let alone the highest court in the land. and as the texas manhunt stretches into a fourth day, haunting new questions from family members about whether the police could have caught the suspect at the scene or stopped him before he started the massacre. i ll talk to a former police chief about what should have happened once those 911 calls started coming in. but we begin with congress and the white