these were some of the celebrations on the streets of istanbul as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters. but as well as dealing with a deeply divided country, he also has an economic crisis on his hands, with inflation that s the rate at which prices rise running at more than a0%. our chief international correspondent orla guerin reports. it was a long night of celebration for one side of turkey. supporters of president recep tayyip erdogan massed outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan. i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a singalong for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt?, he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition s headquarters, it was like a funeral. almost
in the second, which the russian won. medvedev has not had the best history at the french open, he lost in the opening round on all of his first four visits to roland garros. earlier the women s seventh seed ons jabeur reached the second round. she reached two grand slam finals last year and showed few signs of her reent calf injuries against the italian lucia bronzetti. she won in straight sets 6 4, 6 1. last year s runner up coco gauff recovered from losing the first set against spain s rebeka masarova. the american sixth seed battled back to take it 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. italian football authorities say they have reached a settlement withjuventus in a case over alleged irregularities in the club s payment of players salaries. based on the agreement, juventus will pay a fine of 718,000 euro and stop any appeals in ongoing sport cases. the deal comes after the club were docked ten points earlier this year over a separate case on player transfer accounting and it doesn t include
Fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for House Democrats. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has plans to send active duty troops to the Southern Border as soon as next week. We will explain what the Military Personnel will be doing down there. Also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. New reporting this morning on Text Messages that ultimately led to Tucker Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias army. And writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of Way Too Early, white house, jen palmieri, Cohost Of The Circus and former chairman o. Of the republican committee, Michael Steele.
alexey navalny found, the jailed russian opposition leader who had been missing for two weeks suddenly turns up. we ll show you where he is, and what his legal team is saying without the siberian penal colony where he sing with kept. and migrants are making their way to the uv index and antony blinken with his comments. and many are skipping their drugs to indulge in their holiday favorites. we ll talk to an expert if that s a good idea. and we re following these developing stories all coming in here to cnn news central. vladimir putin s most favorite critic is found alive in a siberian critic after the questions of his whereabouts. he missed two court appearances but nalvany s lawyers saw him in a remote penal colony and he s doing quote, quite well. known as the polar wolf, the prison is some 2,000 miles from where nalvany had been held before. his year long s protest of putin was a film and hbo documentary that won an oscar. and we have the latest now from london.