2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trump s ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recommend any wholesale changes at the fbi. the special counsel also appears to relitigate two of the cases he lost that went to trial, in which he brought criminal charges. the durham report has been contradicted by two of the reports, including one released in 2020 by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. the committee s report as well as one from the justice department watchdog found the fbi s investigation with some laws but warranted. and said the trump campaign closed a counter inte
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
is a whole new me. in the book, it s a year in my life, it was inspired by the anti-warhol diaries. i published two other diaries. trilogy. trilogy. this one is different because i m not a single father of two, and so with all of the name dropping in all of the polarity and backstage stuff and pop culture stuff, there is raising two kids. and i now, yes, i have to race home to be with them after the show. it is not all fun and games anymore, willie. and as you write in the book, it s not just that you have to, it happens to all of us, as parents, this homing beacon turns on what you want to get back there. bin is for, and lucy just turned one, right? exactly. congratulations. thank you very much. so how are you doing it? how are you managing it? moment by moment. we both have two kids, doing it on my own, but you have help, but you are a single parent. what is that been like for you? it has been a lot.
parent can relate to that feeling of, it s some ungodly hour of the morning, and you re having a fight with a three major like you cut there like what is happening to me? but yeah. there are moments. we all have it, we all have it. you also, you write about the moment that you brought lucy home and the book and you say there were two parties that night. great parties that you would have and you pass been, like i have to go, find a sitter, but you realize that we got lucy home, and you go actually know, this is where i want to be right now. this is great, exactly. they have to say that having a second child, it further grounded me obviously to my home, but obviously, it just feels, there is no greater satisfaction if i take them but out for ice cream or something, it feels so cool to be with
ungodly hour of the morning, and you re having a fight with a three-nager about that you cut their toast wrong. you re like, is anyone else what is happening to me? but, yeah. there are moments. there are moments. we all have it. yes. we all have it. you re also you write about the moment you brought lucy home. yes. in the book, you say, there were two parties that night. like, great parties that you would have, in your past, been like, i ve got to go. i m going to find a sitter. you realized when you got lucy home, you had ben, you were like, this is where i want to be right now. exactly. i have to say, you know, having a second child, it further grounded me, obviously, to my home, but also it just feels there s no greater satisfaction than if i take them both out for ice cream or something. yeah. it feels so cool to be with both of them and to watch them together. he s kind of half the time