you. i m alex witt in for chris jansing here in new york city. there has been a major development in the israel-hamas war. hamas says one of its senior leaders has been killed in an israeli strike inside lebanon. these are live pictures of the site of the attack in beirut. what it could mean for the war as israel s full cabinet considers a plan for gaza after the fighting is done. plus, the border crisis officially hits historic levels. roughly 10,000 people arriving every single day, simultaneously overwhelming processing centers on the border and packing city shelters 2,000 miles away. what will the white house do about it. and with new hampshire s first in the nation primary just three weeks away, an incredible 40% of voters there are undeclared. why that could lead to a result no one is anticipating. but we re going to begin with that major breaking news tied to the israel hamas war. a senior hamas official killed in an israeli air strike in beirut. it comes as mome
we have justin jones fro tennessee, and i ve got maxwel frost on here. it s interesting to me, becaus a man of a certain age, to hav these young people, who are th civil rights fighters of our time, it s amazing to watch. and such a contrast wit what we are led to believe about government, and it s antipathy towards the people and if there is reason for optimism in this moment, it you didn t guess on your show. the really, it is and there s people who don t believe in the way things work or the way things are an prepared to challenge, it an say there s a different wa going forward, i m excited for it will be a great show iconoclasts, we ll be watching ali. before we get to, that we v got some breaking news though. donald trump has lost anothe legal battle tonight, a federal appeals court rejected his attempt t block his former vice presiden mike pence, from testifying in front of the jacks mitt federa grand jury, investigatin trump s role in overturning th 2020 elect
for you, including president biden s nod to a popular meme. also ahead, donald trump praises the january 6th rioter who has said members of congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. plus, an international trip for ron desantis just didn t generate the headlines he was hoping for. in fact, most of the headlines, well, especially out of britain, were terrible. we ll have new reporting on that. and we re going to dig into the breaking financial news this morning. the third failure of an american bank since march, and who is coming in to save the day? good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, may the 1st. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. oh, jonathan, we have much to talk to you about in the boston sports world. also, special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. and columnist and associate editor for t
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
nation s debt limit after a last-minute rewrite. and we re tracking the speaker s efforts to get gop holdouts to get in line. joe biden strikes a landmark deal to send a nuclear submarine to south korea for the first time in 40 years. the president and his south korean kocounterpart going to n lengths to deter kim jong-un and his escalating nuclear threats. and oath, testimony by the woman who alleges that donald trump assaulted her decades ago. cnn was there as e. jean carroll took the stand. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to capitol hill for the latest on the very high stakes showdown over raising the nation s federal debt limit. cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is following all this. republicans have been scrambling to hold a vote today on their plan to raise the debt ceiling. where do things stand right now? reporter: wolf, the chamber is just here to m