for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru
things. when donald trump was indicted by the manhattan da a month or two back that helped him in the polls. and the bifurcation between the house members largely in lock step with him who want to do his bidding and are supporting him versus the senate who hit on the issue of electability. mitt romney is often a trump critic so setting him aside but someone like a thune or a kennedy, cassidy, they do cornyn, who s a member of leadership, do occasionally criticize trump but often are in lock step but they say here we don t think a candidate with this baggage, more or less, can win. the video is a response yesterday to the decision is reprehensible and something a decade ago republicans would have rejected outright. whether now that the anti-trump forces can take a moment to try to coalesce around another