Governor is calling a special legislative session to make sure President Biden will be on the ballot this fall. And louisiana will soon be the first state to classify apportion pills as controlled, dangerous substances. Well go through the legislation and its possible impact in novembers elections. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 24th. We made it to friday. It was in doubt there for a while. Thank goodness. Im jonathan lemire. Im alongside the bbcs katty kay. We are in for joe, mika, and willie. Good friday morning, katty. Yeah, news flash, donald trump knows how to put his trousers on. I think that is worth waiting for friday for. We now have that at least. I suppose we can put it in the appropriate context later, or we leave it out there like that and make people wonder just what he was talking about. Hanging, yeah. With us to dive into this important story, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the washington post, and msnbc political analy
A minor scare at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london apparently a package was delivered to him containing a written threat and an unidentified white powder a Police Inspector that turned out not to be dangerous but its not all being threats five years inside that small embassy means Julian Assange has had plenty of time on his hands to entertain visiting friends and supporters. Thank. You and he breaks it party is about to be launched in the u. K. With support from across the channel french blog into a manual knock wrongs on march movement not only back the idea but it reportedly been giving advice to new British Party the founders of this new British Party. Charlotte do penske picks up the story. This is really a brand new Political Party thats about to launch in the k. Its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think theres no chance of braggs it being reversed the british people have spoken and thats an
The chamber of commerce and labor unions. T romney and elizabeth mitt romney and elizabeth warren. Trump would throw us back into recession. Charlie the speech comes at a moment for donald trump where he is suffering missteps. He fired his top aide and campaign manager. He will deliver his own speech tomorrow which announced the atwitter. He will discuss the failed policies of cricket Hillary Clinton. Johnsonme now, jenna and jillian tett. We also have audio of susan glasser. With gillian. Lay it out. She has deuce what so many have been looking for, a memorable one line zinger. She said he would bankrupt the country like he has bankrupted his casinos. She came out and said he had written business looks that ended with chapter 11 and bankrupted his companies four times. She is coming out fighting and saying here is a candidate who is totally unreliable. Suggesting a recession and global panic if elected. Gillian absolutely. He is someone who is irresponsible with the economy. Saying th
Something very strange is going on. When one of these Mass Shootings happens, it actually drives sales of the Gun Companies because people feel more insecure. What you find if you spend time among sort of the literature of guns, if you go to the Nra Convention in louisville last month, if you read the books, if you listen to the speakers, the people who are very influential in the gun culture today, what you find is that there is a relentless discussion of the risks that are posed to you by things in society, by the idea that government is incapable of protecting you. But what they dont often say is that the truth is that your risk of being killed in a mass shooting today is smaller than your risk of being killed by lightening and yet the risks associated with taking a gun into your life, taking it into your home, radically increase the moment that gun comes into your house. Rose we conclude with the editorin chief of haaretz, aluf benn. He has a provocative article in foreign affairs,
Something very strange is going on. When one of these Mass Shootings happens, it actually drives sales of the Gun Companies because people feel more insecure. What you find if you spend time among sort of the literature of guns, if you go to the Nra Convention in louisville last month, if you read the books, if you listen to the speakers, the people who are very influential in the gun culture today, what you find is that there is a relentless discussion of the risks that are posed to you by things in society, by the idea that government is incapable of protecting you. But what they dont often say is that the truth is that your risk of being killed in a mass shooting today is smaller than your risk of being killed by lightening and yet the risks associated with taking a gun into your life, taking it into your home, radically increase the moment that gun comes into your house. Rose we conclude with the editorin chief of haaretz, aluf benn. He has a provocative article in foreign affairs,