let s take a look at the week s top stories. we re following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 audio recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. the existence of the recording undercuts trump s primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trump s golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, margot martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trump s conversations with authors to make sure they re accurately recounting his remarks. so really,
both paries as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis makes a pitch to voters ahead of the first event of his presidential campaign. we ll show you what he said. also ahead, we are following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacking residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 30th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, johnson lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. joe, on the debt ceiling, you said they d get there, but how d they finally do it? they had no choice. they got there. you know, we live in this world that s designed this
anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, what good is america? well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place one state mississippi. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la geno: right now we re in the middle of downtown jackson. farish street. anthony: it is a street with a lot of history. what did it used to be like back in the day? geno: the street was packed with folks. folks all over, they
tonight in which he attempts to explain his listening of lies. he says not by trying to trick anyone. i ve been a terrible liar what i tried to debates american people is that i made mistakes. this wasn t about tricking anybody. we will tell you the law he says he regrets every day. plus, the classic children s book, charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, and james in the giant peach are getting re-writes. the publisher is cutting it where it s like that, ugly, and whites. is the time to update outdated books or is it best luke malone? we ll talk about all that tonight. but first let s get to today s politics. of mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush. and john mccain, we are sub cnn s john berman. also political analysts, natasha alpert. and former u.s. attorney, harry lippman. i, guys great to have all be here tonight. hello, happy presidents day. okay mark let s talk about what was presidents day. rhonda scent is seems to want to be president. there he
America. First reading, writing, and radicalism that is the focus of tonights angle. All right let me just say this is a mother, it is a minefield for parents out there and too often the people who to trust te teacher Sons And Daughters are the ones you can trust the lease. Like this lovely teacher. A woman named amber parker who just fired from Franklin High School in el paso, texas, come on. Her message the students recently was dont be mean to. When i call them that. Dont judge people. Laura if you wonder why your kids come home questioning families values and beliefs its because of socalled educators like ms. Parker. And when that push to normalize deviancy she is doing her part to advance the larger goal. Which is the persecute anyone with traditional views on sexuality. Now the unions in the left is who fund them while conservative parents driven underground or out of public life altogether. The bottom line is you are a devout christian, muslim, or, they think youre hateful and t