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 Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias 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 committee, Michael Steele.
good morning, to our viewers in the usa and around the world. i m john avlon. it is monday, december 18th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york, noon in tel aviv, where the u.s. defense secretary is scheduled to meet now with his israeli counterpart. secretary lloyd austin s mission is to press israeli officials on specific milestones for progress in israel s war against hamas, as civilian casualties climb. here s democratic senator chris van hollen talking to abc this sunday. we do have unacceptable levels of casualties. we see loose rules of engagement, way looser than anything that the united states would exercise. we would not drop a 2,000-pound bomb on a refugee camp to target a hamas commander. a senior defense official tells cnn that austin will, quote, want to hear very clear articulation of the israeli self-assessment today. that same official has confidence in the israeli military and so he s there to ask questions and learn more about their plan. elliott gotkine
the dutch foreign minister has said the training of ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighter pilots on f 16fighterjets should start sooner rather than later. the remark comes after the us president joe biden support for the joint ally training programme. you may remember, on friday president biden said he will support delivery of fighterjets to ukraine by allowing western allies to supply them. in the last few hours russia s ambassador to the us has responded. he questions how effective this will be. he said. there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f16 in ukraine and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel, is not there either. he also said. any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. it is important that the us be fully aware of the russian response . second important update to bring you. these conflicting claims about who controls what in the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine s deputy defence minister says, its troops are sti
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
the game. check him out. where is the waldo? [laughing]. it was a jesse watters edition. his favorite team steam rolled the 49er s. america wants to know where is your jersey. why do you look like you just came from a business meeting. no word on whether jesse watters joined his bird brother climbing up greased poles. not everybody is taking the news well. we have to console bengals super fan bill hemmer. wow, did that really happen? wow? that s a tough way to lose. a rough way to lose. jesse watters, congratulations. going back to the big cowl. bowl. you waited a year for revenge and got it. the refs? dana, i might be a pain for a few days. [laughing]. so deal with it. see you soon. that s bill complaining with controversial calls after they lost a tight game. it seems like the chiefs were given extra motivation after cincinnati s mayor talked trash. the players did not hold. since the mayor, know your role and shut your mouth. the mayor came at me. i understan