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
supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the capital was under siege 15 minutes after he left the rally. yet, made no effort to stop the violence. at 1:25, president trump went to the private dining room off the oval office. from 1:25 until 4:00 the president stayed in his dining room a hits connected to the oval office fire short hallway witnesses told us that on january 6th president trump sat in his usual spot at the head of the table facing a television hanging on the wall. it would take probably less than 60 seconds from the oval of
187 minutes of what was described as donald trump s dereliction of duty on january 6th. we also heard testimony from two former white house insiders, deputy national security advisor matthew pottinger, and sarah matthews. they both resigned shortly after the insurrection took place. the panel tonight focused on those three plus hours between the time donald trump left the rally, and when he sent out that tweet telling his supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the capital was under siege 15 minutes after he left the rally. yet, made no eff
intensifies its many operations on the south of the gaza strip. hamas officials have said hundreds of palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. it s considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments among others. we ve seen fresh pictures from khan younis in the southern gaza strip and the scene at some hospitals, an area that has been under frequent assault. we ve also seen further southin assault. we ve also seen further south in the strip in the area near rafa at least seven palestinians killed by an israeli strike in the early hours of sunday morning. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south of the strip and thatis hiding in the south of the strip and that is why the military operation is now focused in that area. you can see both inside and outside the hospital, showing people traumatised by these ongoing strikes. these are from reuters news agency and formed earlier today. children among those driven to hospital and carried inside by fami
begun its ground offensive in southern gaza, north of the city of khan younis. it said there are armoured forces in the area. they have begun operating and attacking what they say are hamas targets. it says the idf expect to expand their ground operation in the region. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 palestinians have been killed over the course of the war. the idf also says 500 hamas tunnel shafts have been destroyed. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments, among others. live to the scene in khan younis. you can see people sitting outside the hospital. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands are taking shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing shelter in and around khan younis afterfleeing fighting shelter in and around khan younis after fleeing fighting in the north of gaza in the early stages of the war. this morning, the israeli army issued evacuation orders for several districts, urging people to l