beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
ours. we have our community the disaster happened to that we didn t know how to respond to it. we just want answers. people who live near the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio, are demanding answers about the potential health risks, as the biden administration vows to hold the railroad accountable. senator sherrod brown who met with the families today will join me. as those lawmakers were trying to help people, kevin mccarthy was engaing in political theater at the southern border while ron desantis is seeking a rewrite of the constitution. and leslie jones is here. we ll get her take on ufos and much, much more. we begin tonight with the latest rebuke in the ongoing saga of a twice impeached former president who continues to push the unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen. newly unsealed portions of the georgia special grand jury s final report looking at potential election meddling by donald trump and his allies detail what literally every c
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