f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
type of sand you can run in. ainsley: beaching in south carolina are wide, you can run, ride your bike. steve: like concrete. ainsley: you don t squish like in florida, i can go a few feet and stop. steve: on the island, sand is so firm, you can ride a bike on it. ainsley: ride a horse on it. steve: in myrtle beach, south carolina, they have 58 degrees. going for daytime high of 72 for john and mary lou, who is walking the beach. brian: there is a lot of reporters there, beachy city. ainsley: you walked myrtle beach? brian: i did and they have fox supporters. ainsley: i thought you said reporters. steve: i did, too. ainsley: local fox reporters, i m there and you re there. steve: speaking of reporters. ainsley: hunter biden appears in court for child support. brian: there he is. sorry. house republicans investigating the first son say the case could blow the lid off the overseas business deals unless they redact everything. steve: speaking of r
fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
weapons of war off our streets. dana: former u.s. marshal s regional commander joining us in a moment. let s get to former d.c. homicide detective ted williams live from cleveland, texas. hi, ted. hi, dana and bill. i am here on the scene in cleveland, texas, where five five individuals, two include a 9-year-old child, was executed by their neighbor. the suspect in this case is a man by the name of francisco orepesa. he was here illegally. the man was in his yard shooting his gun. his neighbor came over and asked him to go on the other side of his home and shoot because they were disturbing their young child. it was at that time about ten minutes later that this illegal alie alien comes over to the neighbors home and shot and killed five people in that home before going on the run. right now the f.b.i., local and state police are looking for this man. dana: we know they don t have any leads right now. thank you for being there for us. we ll check in with you. bill:
everybody, especially my special late night hosts or what s left of them. james corden is on his way back to england. the rest of them are shutdown because their writers are on strike. that s one way to make their show funnier. who knew they had writer? on gutfeld, my writers don t strike, i strike the writer. and that was for writing a good joke. the only collective bargaining around here is which ones get to shave my back. yes. but, there is big news out of arkansas this week. that has to be the first time anybody ever said that. hunter biden appeared in court over a contentious battle. hunter wants that reduced. i don t blame him. all those jobs and unqualified crack addicts have since dried up. somebody got to take care of that kid. there is no such thing as someone else s child. there is no such thing as someone else s child. no such thing as someone else s child. our nation s children are all our children. oh. that explains why he never asks parents if he can snif