Steve action. Ainsley no music, okay. It is 8 00 a. M. On the east coast on thursday, may 16th, this is Fox And Friends. Debates are officially on, only on bidens terms, meaning no r. F. K. Jr. Voters disagree saying it is important hes on that stage. Lawrence and brian, brian ill take it from here. Crossexamination begins in a little over an hour. Prose prosecution could rest their case. What is the crime . Were ask ing judge jeanine. Steve sandwiches in the court of law. You emailed us, do you agree with that . The great sandwich debate, this hour. Lawrence it is friday eve, final hour of Fox And Friends starts now. Mornings are better with friends. Ainsley my music was down, i couldnt hear, my fault. New york criminal trial is set to begin an hour from now. Ainsley Michael Cohen, the star witness leaving his new york apartment moments ago, there he goes just like that. Another day of crossexamination expected to pick up today. Ainsley i think that is a trump building. Im going to lo
President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your rallies. I think you mean, lets get ready to ramble. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may 16th. I just have to ask, the Question Alex asks, why is it not friday . How is it not friday, guys . Its thursday. Were grateful that god has given us another day to come in and be together. Im very grateful. Were close to friday. Were not at friday. 24 hours, itll be friday. A lot to talk about. We have White House Bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemire. We have john heilemann. Ma
But i feel that the large venue is just its a very exciting night, and when you dont have that, it takes a lot of it takes a lot of energy out. Thats donald trump pushing for a crowd at the president ial debates, which is not currently part of the terms he agreed to yesterday. Well go through all the debate drama in just a moment. Also ahead well bring in expert legal analysis on the former president s criminal trial in new york as his former fixer, Michael Cohen, is expected to return to the stand later this morning. Plus, the latest out of china on russian president Vladimir Putins state visit to beijing, which comes amid his arms escalating offensive in North Eastern ukraine. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 16th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin today with some major, major news on the 2024 campaign. After uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates would ever debate each other this year, President Joe
our thanks to sara sidner for bringing us that series. so the debate over iran intelligence and new reporting on the president s mindset on all of this, new day continues right now. president trump pursuing a back door channel to negotiate with iran s leaders. they would do anything, they will suffer greatly. i would like to see this intelligence the administration keeps talking about. they into he had to share it with members of congress. the nation s most restrictive abortion bill now the nation s most restrictive abortion law. you re killing a human being. it s the fact, it s wrong. this is an all out assault, state after state. they want to get something to the supreme court. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. good morning and welcome to your new day. it is thursday, may 16th, it s 8:00 in the east. we if i know with new details on the intelligence that is leading the trump administration to warn of an imminent threat from i
iowa attorney general but you also got the backing of jeff bridges. that s true. will you pledge here and now, governor, to give the dude a place in your administration if you are elected? you know, jeff bridges and i worked on childhood hunger, other things. i was excited when he came out and consider him a good friend but a good advocate for ending childhood hunger. welcome to the race. good to have you. we ll continue talking about you because it is the top of the hour now on morning joe on this thursday, may 16th. still with us, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. professor at princeton university. eddie glaude. susan dell percio and joining the conversation we have his torreon, author of the soul of america jon meacham.