let s take a look at the week s top stories. we re following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 audio recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. the existence of the recording undercuts trump s primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trump s golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, margot martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trump s conversations with authors to make sure they re accurately recounting his remarks. so really,
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live. today on the program, the mess at the mexican border. it may get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the ability to swiftly expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jeh johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellen says america may go into default in just 18 days. there s little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and suddenly america is standing abroad. i ll get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial times then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader bashar al assad are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask regional expert farwaz gerbez, but first, here s my take. the tra
plays out back home. it s forcing him to cut his trip short, raising new questions about how this drama is impacting the u.s. abroad. plus, montana says time is up for tiktok. the state banning the popular social media app. it s the furthest any state has gone to target the chinese-owned brand. is that brand legal? court challenges are likely as tiktok says it will defend itself. a race to rescue children who may have survived a plane crash 17 days alone. we are following these major stories coming into cnn news central. president biden has now met with japan s prime minister in hiroshima. friday they will sit down with other leaders of the world s top economies, as a massive fiscal catastrophe looms, thanks for a stalemate here in washington over the debt ceiling. the discussions appear to be slowly progresses, but the u.s. could default, and anything thinks g7 allies accomplish there could be thrown into disarray from the global financial meltdown that could result.
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist and asso
united states and around the world, i am coming to you live. today on the program the mess at the mexican border, it might get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the authority to expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jay johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellin says america may go into default in just 18 days. there is little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and sully america s standing abroad. i will get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial towns. then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask a regional expert. but first, here is my take. the tragic mass shooting in the suburb of dallas, texas took place as i was leaving the country to visit written. i might as well have