happy friday. the chief of ai tested operation of the u.s. air force involved the coming cutting-edge systems. originally claimed that a drone turned against his human operator during its trust missing. theoretically curing the operator in order to accomplish his regular objective. but now, they re offering some clarity on that story. dana: he denies that there is an actual simulation is just an imaginary thought experiment but he says despite this being a hypothetical example, this illustrates the real-world challenges posed by ai pilot capability. with more on this from spot s business and carry i imagine that this scenario is one of the reasons you have many people in silicon valley suggested paths in the development of it because of the concerns. that is right. this is also a terminator type scenario but this is one of the things that is driving those concerns, and dana you mentioned the colonel walking back the such shocking comments he made them in a conference in l
prevents the worst possible crisis, default for the first time in our american history, economic recession, millions of jobs lost and protects key priorities, accomplishments and values that congressional democrats and i fought long and hard for. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy have a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. we will go through what is in the agreement and the reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we have new reporting on the evidence that manhattan prosecutors have in the hush money case against former president donald trump. also ahead, the latest from the war in ukraine following the largest drone attack yet by russian forces on kyiv. good morning. it s 8:00 a.m. on the east coast on this monday, may 29th memorial day. i m jonathan lemire. joe, mika and willie will be back with me live tomorrow. let s dive into the news. in washington, a deal has finally been made over the debt ceiling. we have goo
tomorrow thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day. the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to former president trump in the 2024 republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis s political career so far. the biggest state, certainly, since he first stepped out into the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he is also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he read stories. that mr. trump said, you are fired. i love that part. he s teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all about trump, but he is so much more. fake lead. so good. that ad was from way back in 2018 when desantis was positioning himself as a trump understudy. someone who knew all the lyrics, who had studied all
i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
this legal pressure that is engulfing donald trump to a degree he s clearly aware of. his former white house lawyer made waves and concerned people by ricking trump will go to jail over white house documents. now we have this short but unusual letter from donald trump s lawyers, signed by them, publicized by donald trump that reads like a cry for help or some sort of freakout. i can tell you straight up it s not a normal legal proceeding. it s addressed to attorney general merrick garland. the wall street journal made waves that the quays may be nearing the intend although no one can say what happened, it clearly had bad news in there at a minimum for trump with insiders bracing for a possible indictment. again, that s not news you can go to the bank with, but it s wall street journal, which is own by the murdoch empire, and that may among other things may have led trump to write this letter. it basically tries to shake down the attorney general of the united states, whic