good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist and asso
republicans expelled to blac to democrats for protesting gu deaths as the texas governor promises to pardon the man o killing a black live protester. plus, a member of the centra part exonerated on crimina defendant donald trump and a closer look at the gop - providing three of trips t supreme court justice clarence thomas and his nazi artifact collection if you ve been watching this show since we launched over tw years ago, you know the core enterprise of this program has been to sound the alarm on the threats to american democracy. and to underscore had the gran old republican party constitutes the greatest threa of all this week, we ve got fou stories illustrate exactly that, indeed, we are sadly spoiled for choice let s start in tennessee where it man accused of molestin multiple young girls was ouste from the state legislature wait, no he wasn t back in 2019, after thos allegations came to light, the republican s the point to lead the education subcommittee this week, th
President told us of the classified documents and his corvette, man. All locked safely in a garage. Special counsel to the president finding additional docs thursday night he went to bidens wilmington home. With the corvette. And said quote because i have Security Clearance i went to wilmington thursday evening providing the documents the president s personal counsel on wednesday to the Justice Department while i was transferring it to the d. O. J. , officials who accompanied me five additional pages, markings were discovered among the material with it for a total of six pages. Dont worry, the president is so very serious about classified documents, the white house making sure that you know that. The Press Secretary saying at least 28 times between wednesday and friday. Watch. He said he takes classified documents and information seriously. He takes classified documents very seriously. He takes materials seriously. He takes classified documents and information very seriously. He takes
Coast, 9 pm in the west. We are continuing our live special coverage right here on msnbc. Im stephanie ruhle. Here is my dear partner, and pal, ali velshi who is finishing off the job. That was the core at president by the State Of The Union. Chinas first speech before the biden congress, he not only talked with what his administration is already done but where he wants to take the country going forward. I stand here tonight, after the help of many people in this room after creating 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any president is created in four years, because if you. All because of the American People. [applause] we came together to pass the by partisan infrastructure. Law the largest Infrastructure Law since President Eisenhower s highway system. A republican voted against it as well but i still get to fund the projects in those districts as well. Dont worry, i promised i would be a president for all americans. We will fund these projects. I will see you at
coast, 9 pm in the west. we are continuing our live special coverage right here on msnbc. i m stephanie ruhle. here is my dear partner, and powell ali velshi, who is finishing off the job. that was the core at president by the state of the union. tonight in his first beat before the biden congress, he not only talked with what his administration is already done but where he wants to take the country going forward. i stand here tonight, after the help of many people in this room after creating 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any president is created in four years, because if you. all because of the american people. [applause] we came together to pass the by partisan infrastructure. law the largest infrastructure law since president eisenhower s highway system. a republican voted against it as well but i still get to fund the projects in those districts as well. don t worry, i promised i would be a president for all americans. we will find these proje