both paries as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis makes a pitch to voters ahead of the first event of his presidential campaign. we ll show you what he said. also ahead, we are following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacking residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 30th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, johnson lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. joe, on the debt ceiling, you said they d get there, but how d they finally do it? they had no choice. they got there. you know, we live in this world that s designed this
it has been said that the supreme court is like a family, a family composed entirely of in-laws. 42 years ago, i was assigned to help then judge o connor join that family. it was my first day in a new job at the justice department, and i was proud to be part of her team. i thought our group did a pretty good job. after all, the justice was confirmed 99-0, and we must have had something to do with that. only many years later was i told that she thought i had been slow in getting material to her. i should have learned that when she had a challenge or responsibility before her, her approach was simple and direct. get it done. the way she participated in oral argument at the court is a good example. justices have many different styles on the bench. some like the back and forth of debates. others pose unusual hypotheticals. some badger counsel to get concessions. others spell out a particular theory at length and ask for comment. all this is fine and good. but justice o connor
rachel: good morning, it s 7:00 here in new york city. come on, christmas. will: never heard it. but sounds familiar. pete: come on, christmas. rachel: how would you like me to say it, pete? pete: i don t know. come on, christmas. you were like, come on christmas. yeah, we re saying come on, christmas. come in. will: felt like we re talking about the state of the country. come on, christmas. pete: do better. rachel: when we have racist christmas parties and satan displays, come on, christmas. will: oh, yeah, christmas. pete: somebody took care of that satan display in the iowa capitol. rachel: by the way, i thought it was going to be you. when i heard somebody decapitated the satan statue, i was like, where s pete? pete: count me in. rachel: i thought for sure it was going to be you. pete: different veteran beat me to the punch in the capitol. we hope you re having a wonderful christmas in your home and maybe do people ever stoke warning fires if you have a fireplace. rache
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have mobbed and looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel kept up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed growing international calls for a sustainable ceasefire . but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a new ceasefire and hostage release but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. the target for israel in gaza is hamas, for palestinians it is survival. the ra
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