right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
nancy, nancy! donald trump last night in his cnn town hall, calling january 6th a beautiful day. the event, of course, last night full of lies, misleading statements. we ll go through the biggest ones, and also his comments about writer e. jean carroll that drew laughs and cheers from the crowd. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 11th. we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. jon meacham. and reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. we watched a rerun from 2016 and what we saw throughout donald trump s presidency. he committed again last night the claim that the election was rigged in 2020. it was not, of course. he called january 6th a beautiful day. he said he was going to pardon the people who attacked police officers on that day. the list goes on and on and on. would not commit to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. we ll get into some of it but, frankly, no surprises in w
for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru
dishonesty. and key exception. to ascend to the halls of congress. in essence doj alleges officially now what many have been alleging for months now george santos is a complete fraud. prosecutors claim that santos cheated his own supporters from that indictment, quote, in and about and between september and october 2022, the defendant george anthony santos devised and executed a scheme to defraud supporters of his candidacy for the house and that the false pretenses that the money would be used to for his candidacy. and doj also accuses santos of applying for and receiving unemployment benefits and ten different people who had lost their jobs during the pandemic, all while keeping a job. prosecutors also say santos lied on the financial disclosure forms required of every house candidate. despite these damning allegations that relate directly to how santos ended up in congress in the first place, house gop leadership is as of this house refusing to call for his resignation. ke