closet. thanks to a at tip from the fb. that person is getting a reward. steve: that s right. casey stegall joins us live from cleveland, texas. the eyes of the nation were on texas and i understand that fbi tip line was ringing off the hook they had a lot of tips coming in yesterday. things moved rely fast when a tip came in about 5:15 central time. 6:15 yesterday evening in new york that the suspect may be hiding out in a house not actually far from the crime scene itself. and just within about an hour from then, a little bit more than that, 6:30 local time, he was taken into custody. cell phone video rolling as the fugitive was taken into custody by advisor tack agents those are highly trained yups of border agents also assisted by marshals and the texas department of public safety. 38-year-old francisco oropesa arrested without incident. his bond set at $5 million and he could have a hearing before a magistrate later today. everybody played a very, very integral part
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 carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s 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 committe
russian state media is reporting that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin last night. again, this is coming from the state-controlled russian media with absolutely no verification at all from the ukrainians or anyone else for that matter, and there are a variety of reasons why a russian claim like this would be advantageous to them which we will get into in a bit. and russia is calling this, though, a terrorist attack and also claiming that it was an attempt to assassinate russian president vladimir putin. we have team coverage on this breaking news for you. nic robertson is in eastern ukraine, nick paton walsh is in dnipro, ukraine, and major general james spider marks is joining us as well. let s start with nic robertson. what else are you picking up? reporter: well, what we re hearing from the ukrainians is they re down playing this, saying this is a trick to be expected from our opponents. they re saying that russia is trying to use this event or purp
a check. became chicago s first incumbent mayor in 40 years to lose reelection. congrats. [cheers and applause] she deserves it because she broke another glass ceiling. she was the first black mayor of chicago, but now she is the worst mirror ever. sadly needs no black mayors for a while and chicago way to ruin it for them. she got roughly 17% of the vote, even if her fan base in the cook county jail population, all 5700 of them, it still was not enough. losing the former head of cook county commissioner brandon johnson it took 34 heaven 20% of the vote respectively emma now had to run off onto determined the next mayor. it was or would we care those numbers. my fault. but now this is supposedly good news budweiser news at all it should be news when the worst mirror in the country loses this should be expected, but it wasn t why is that? it s news that you lost despite having more protection than a fort knox. [laughter] historical first, first female black chicago mayor. may
california. as the storm battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes, the former u.s. president weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus a major step for the mideast as iran and saudi arabia establish a deal to restore diplomatic ties, the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. i ll break down what it all means. we begin in california where at least two people have died in massive storms hitting the state. the result of yet another atmospheric river. nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders shelters set up to help those forced out because of intense flooding. more than 40,000 homes and businesses are without power. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks turned into raging rivers and roads washing out, stranding thousands. the worst is now expected to impact the foothills of the central and southern see as. all of this led the weath