victimhood. as soon as you say that, you know what he s talking about. i didn t like that. he seems to make because i made it, everyone can make it, ignoring the fact that he s the exception not the rule and until he is the rule. then he can stop talking about systemic racism. clarence thomas syndrome. he s one of those guys, he s like clarence thomas. black republican who believes in pulling yourself by your bootstraps rather than to me understanding the systemic racism that african americans facing this country and other minorities. he doesn t get it. dana: after smears like that, tim scott had enough, deciding to challenge the ladies face-to-face minus joy behar. i m the exception. you re the exception. maybe even ms. whoopi goldberg is an exception. the comments on the show, that the only way for young african american kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception, not the rule. it s a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message. 50% of the folks in
much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
predawn attack. the target, an apartment building hundreds of miles from the front lines. and abortion rights advocates score victories in the unlikeliest of places, attempts to impose new bans fall short in a pair of red states. are they one-offs or warning signs for the republican party? we start with federal prosecutors poring over hours of new testimony from vice president mike pence. one of the few people with firsthand knowledge about former president trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election. pence s testimony came less than a day after a judge rejected trump s last ditch effort to block it. i want to bring in nbc s ryan reilly who s been covering all of the developments for us. also nbc s vaughn hillyard with the former president and his supporters in manchester, new hampshire, brendan buck who served as an aide to republican house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and an msnbc political analyst, and carol lamb is a federal former rather for
it is embarrassing to this administration and democratic party. comer says he s discovered another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence pedalling. no denying it, keep following the money. davis. there it is for the win. it is no good. and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. we begin with a fox news alert, dow futures are down by 500 points as the stock market goes through wild swings following collapse of the silicon valley bank and the signature bank. brian: credit suisse not helping. trading was halted over the drop. steve: steep decline coming after saudi national bank said they would not provide further financial assistance. investor confidence is low and financial giants like j.p. morgan and others are down in the pre-market trading since the silicon valley bank collapse. one of the problems with credit suisse, a lot of people are taking their money out of the bank. high level of withdrawal. brian: mistake prone suisse ba
happens. let s go to mcallen, texas, on-site hearing, a field trip, if you will, at the highest level at the southern border after what you saw broke off on sunday. a bum rush in el paso, texas. some of them had already booked travel, democrats are pulling out of this unique opportunity to get hands on after the border crisis. again, the white house with a familiar line today calling the hearing itself a stunt. any news and we ll bring it to you immediately. get to this. tensions escalating. united states and russia blaming each other after a warplane crashed into an american drone over the black sea. it is first known encounter between the two militaries since the start of the ukraine war a bit more than a year ago. i m harris faulkner, you are in the faulkner focus. flighter jet clipped propeller of the reaper drone as it flew over the black sea yesterday. the hit forced american operators to bring down the $32 million drone. national security council spokesman john kirby