much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
responsible for the disposal of waste materials. now disposal sites in the transfer of contaminants will be subject to epa oversight, a live report straight ahead. but first the wall street journal reports the u.s. energy department has joined the fbi assessment that covid-19 most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the department was previously undecided on how the virus emerged. all of this as fox pulling shows president biden underwater when it comes to the job performance. lucas tomlinson live in the white house with details on the stories. president biden s national security advisor jake sullivan refusing to confirm or deny the classified report, he spoke earlier. there is a variety of views in the intelligence community, some of the religious community have reached conclusions on one side and some on the other and never have said they don t have enough information to be sure. house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul releasing a statement a s
brian: i have a cohost. here you go. wow! ainsley: that is great, brian. steve: he s got the microphone, why isn t he talking? brian: steve, we will do this a long time ago. we keep forgetting to talk but we know what they would like to say. they hope the chiefs win and i can t wait for the family to arrive here in a matter of moments. ainsley: it s all in the eyes, brian. brian: it s all in the eyes. steve: you know, brian, first of all, you should have talked to janice dean before you went and she would have told you you need winter clothes because it is actually warmer in new york than it is in minnesota. here is the thing about the mascot right there, that pastor is in a big, warm zoo and he feels better than you do. brian: absolutely. steve, look behind me, the cheerleaders dancing, they don t complain. but like me they are wearing it really works to keep that grip around your thighs that we all see. steve: i have no idea what is talking about. ains
that s what the white house wants to talk about. they believe they delivered. the president is dealing with a decision that was made out of his control. the significant, dramatic cut that was made in output levels by opec. the president, blunt, in his view of that. what s your reaction to the opec decision? disappointment. don t hurt him. is it going to be there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. reporter: there s so many different elements of this, the domestic economy, the global economy, the bilateral relationship, the geopolitics in the midst of the war in ukraine, and politics, 30 days out from the election. the white house is working on a series of options that the president may pursue to block major increases at the pump. they are aware this is a global market. a decision made by some countries that the u.s. viewed a s allies or should have been allies leading up to it. the disappointment is real. some rage, to some degree, when you t
Cohen could not be trusted and this entire sham trial has been built on a Foundation Of Sand politicized sand i might add. And today we were proven right, again. In a Bombshell Moment during crossexamination, defense attorney Todd Blanche Masterfully and singlehandedly destroyed what little shred of credibility Michael Cohen may have had left. Now it started earlier this week when cohen testified about an october 24th, 2016 phone call he had with trumps body guard keith schiller. He said he called schiller to talk directly to trump. And he claims that he needed to talk to the boss after he trferredz i mean cohen transferred 130,000 to Stormy Daniels. Well, the entire call lasted 1 1 36 seconds. Text messages from minutes before reveal that cohen wanted to talk to shirley about Something Else entirely. Prank calls from a 14yearold. Blanche says that cohen texted schiller who can i speak to about harassing calls to my cell and office. Shischiller said by calling cohn and texting call me.