happy saturday. happy saturday. everybody. welcome to morning joe weekend, it was another busy week. crazy week. well, this week, on monday it felt like it should ve been friday. there was a major shake up. it felt like it should ve been thursday. on fox news, president biden officially launching his reelection campaign. we ll get into all of that, plus some of the week s other top stories, take a look. the new york times has new reporting on fox s firing of tucker carlson. two sources tell the times a day before the start of the dominion defamation trial against the network. the fox sport of directors and top executives learned about private messages sent by carlson that had been redacted in legal filings. according to the sources, the redacted material contained highly offensive and crude remarks that went beyond the inflammatory, often racist comments of his primetime show and anything disclosed in the lead up to the trial. well, go ahead. let s dissect what
plus a single move by the states that pays away for desantis s presidential run, if he makes one. the new hour starts now. e new hour starts now. as a bid to all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news right now. police are trying to find this man, suspected of carrying out a deadly mass shooting against his neighbors. five people, including an eight-year-old, were killed over in cleveland, that just north of houston. priscilla and tosses is on the scene for us. priscilla, you ve got some of the details in the last hour, they are horrific and tragic, but talk about what led to this incident. yeah, alex, incredibly horrific and traffic. this was a situation where police say, the suspect was shooting an ar-15 in his front yard, and then a neighbor walked over to his gate, the gate that you see just behind me, and asked if he would please stop shooting that gun because they had a baby
welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend
right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t
line. saying if china invades taiwan, u.s. troops could be deployed to defend the island. we have fox team coverage of the rising tensions as well as the biden s administration s response. and aishah hasnie and lucas tomlinson. taiwan launched fighters jets and simulated, and perhaps the most ever. earlier mark esper says that chinese ambitions go well beyond taiwan. they re global. they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move beyond the indo-pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. here at the white house, john kirby tried to calm down tensions. communication with china remain open, we have communicated to china privately, we ve certainly done it publicly here with you all, there s no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it s not uncommon for these transits. they re private, unofficial, we ll urge them not to overact. it was the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, afte