good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. 173 days until the midterm elections. tonight, the january 6th committee wants to talk to another republican congressman. the panel has asked georgia congressman, barry loudermilk to come in for an interview. a capitol tour that says it took place on january 5th, the day before the riot. the capital was close at the time because of the pandemic. the committee writes this. based on our review of evidence, and the select committee s possession, we believe to have information regarding a tour you lead through parts of the capitol complex on january 5th. the committee absent has evidence directly contradicting claims from republicans who insisted that security video showed no towards before the attack. allegations about the towards were made days before the riot. here is what she said way back then. i also intend to see that those members of congress embedded them. those members of congress comin
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
Thinking. Donald trump using one of his precious few days outside the courtroom to campaign in minnesota ahead of any swing states. So does the former president really think he can win a state thats disappointed republicans for more than five decades . Plus, the u. S. Is throwing a lifeline to thousands of palestinians at risk of starvation, courtesy of a makeshift effort to get food and fuel into gaza, but getting the supplies there is just step one. Workers have to figure out how to get it to the people who need it in the middle of an active war zone. And sentencing for the man convicted of brutally attacking Nancy Pelosis husband with a hammer set to start any minute now. Why federal prosecutors are pushing for much more than the recommended time behind bars. First, it is a rare weekday away from court for donald trump, who was given the day off to attend his sons High School Graduation in florida this morning. Later today, the former president is heading to the midwest where he wil
Greg yes yes of course of course, youre happy you should be happy happy monday everyone lets get started okay . Social media users speculating that a video of President Biden shows him pooping himself. Well at least he stands for something. [laughter] the Biden Campaign has announced plans to shorten the president s speeches. Is part of a bigger plan to make the most of what little time joe has left. [laughter] the judge overseeing Donald Trumps trail has once again cited him for current temps for making a gag order and threaten him with jail time. I would like to see that karabela from india jail. In a week hell be selling drunk trump branded shavs. [laughter] and al bye at least five or mack this weekend trump appeared on stage alongside lightly likely be be contenders at maralago. Kristy nguyen would have been there on time but she said her dog ate her plane ticket. [crowd groans] the publisher of her upcoming book has announced it will remove the story about her meeting north Korea
Step against hamas at this hour. The idf confirms it has taken over control of the gaza side of the rafah border crossing. It connects the war torn territory to egypt. Officials say the operation was very precise and very limited, and say it was only in specific areas of eastern rafah. This is the first significant military action israel has taken in that part of the enclave, where more than a million palestinians are taking refuge. Israel claims the gaza side of the crossing was being used for terror activity. The idf says hamas fired mortars toward israels border from the area of the crossing over the weekend. Four idf soldiers were killed, several others were hurt. Israel says the operation is not yet over. 20 hamas militants were reportedly killed today while israel was taking control of the gaza side of the crossing. Three Terror Shafts were also apparently found in the area, and many questions still remain right now. And right now, its not clear if humanitarian aid is still being