got to appoint their own judge. america s education prices. as kid goes back to school the ideological war over the uncomfortable aspects of american history and the book banning all while the u.s. faces a massive teacher shortage. good evening, everyone, as you begin the readout today, one day after donald trump got on a stage and called vicious monsters and just how effective it is when a corrupt president is allowed to put so many judges on the bench. that s because a federal judge who trump picked today did him a huge favor to put it in trumpian terms, on an investigation that could not be more critical to our national security. u.s. district judge aileen cannon released her ruling granting the request by trump s legal team to request a legal master, look for any privileged material. while that process unfolds, the judge is blocking the justice department from continuing its investigation into trump s theft and grossly negligent mishandling of classified documents. now no
we begin this hour with a very public and defiant show of force by the speaker of the house. speaker nancy pelosi walking down in taiwan. you can see the american flag on the tail of pelosi s air force jet lit up moments after touching down. her trip is both high stakes and high danger. she say this is trip reaffirms the unwavering commitment to taiwan s democracy. this moments after pelosi landed, this new threat from beijing, quote, these moves like playing with fire are extremely dangerous. those who play with fire will perish from it. we have been waiting for this. speaker landed, she stepped off the plane defiantly. and china has now respond defiantly with what they re saying are going to be various military exercises happening around the area of taiwan in the coming ho you ares. you re talking about overnight military exercises. we re not exactly sure how it s going to look or sound. will there be anyone in taiwan who can hear echoing booms? this is the dramatic kind
democrat dechlic precinctses. the plan as outlined by a republican national committee staffer in michigan includes utilizing rules to provide political balance among poll workers to install party-trained volunteers prepared to challenge voters at democratic majority polling places to connect a website in establishing a network of party-friendly district attorneys who can intervene to block vote counts at certain precincts. here is a clip of an rnc official in michigan making his pitch to potential recruits in october 2021. that is what we are here tonight for. to show the program that we are creating to create that safety net on the polls before election day, after election day to make sure that fraud does not happen again. i understand that we are upset with the 2020 result, but we cannot just look at the 2020 results or else the exact same thing will happen in 2022. we need volunteers on the ground on election day ahead of election day working so that that fraud does not
mccormick that is still too close to call. trump is urging oz to declare victory anyway. sound familiar? the former president once again attacking the process and casting doubt on the results. steve kornacki is standing by at the big board with the latest on where that race stands right now. plus, president biden takes new steps to address the baby formula crisis, including invoking the same law that used to increase the medical supplies at the height of covid. another market meltdown as the dow suffers its worst day since 2020. retailers grapple with the pain of inflation. the latest on the war in ukraine as a russian soldier pleads guilty in the first war crimes trial of the conflict so far. the president turns his attention to asia, as he departs today for a visit to south korea and japan. but there s no question, this trip is all about china. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 19th. joe is off. with us, we have former aide to the george
personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. we ll have more on the state of the contest, but we ll start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governor s contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could very well end up under scrutiny for doj for appointing a fake slate of doj electors. that man doug mastriano, he rocked to a primary after a twice-impeached ex-president who endorsed him. pennsylvania s leading far-right figure funding busses to shuttle supporters to the rally on january 6th 2021, that preceded the attack on the capitol. during his run for governor he has bard the news media from attending his campaign events and the qanon conspiracy theory. it is difficult to understate the