President biden challenged former President Trump to two debates, and trump accepted. Oh. Yeah. Trump agreed. He said, ill be there, assuming its okay with my parole officer. The first debate will be next month, which is the earliest a president ial debate has ever been. If were being honest, an early bird debate feels right for these guys. Boom, just like that, headtohead, toe to toe, mano and mango. Trump posted, just tell me when. Ill be there. Lets get ready to rumble rumble . Ive seen your rallies. I think you mean, lets get ready to ramble. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, may 16th. I just have to ask, the Question Alex asks, why is it not friday . How is it not friday, guys . Its thursday. Were grateful that god has given us another day to come in and be together. Im very grateful. Were close to friday. Were not at friday. 24 hours, itll be friday. A lot to talk about. We have White House Bureau chief for politico, jonathan lemire. We have john heilemann. Ma
the capital is preparing for the most high profile event to be held in india in years. security is tight, and the budget for hosting is reported to be more than $100 million. the two day event will be attended by several world leaders, including us presidentjoe biden seen here boarding his plane earlier thursday. india s moment on the global stage. to the world, it s promoting itself as a leader. at home, it made the 620 part of daily discourse. let us remind ourselves that this grouping bears an exceptional responsibility. ..holding 200 meetings in 60 different cities. sustainable development goals. ..making the 620 matter. 620 means a lot to me as an indian and it is the biggest achievement i feel for the government. it feels like we are the ones hosting it. that sense of collectiveness is what india is about. and, yes, i m very excited for it. new convention centre, new statues, 620 billboards everywhere. delhi has been getting a makeover worthy of bollywood stars, prese
the capital is preparing for the most high profile event to be held in india in years. security is tight, and the budget for hosting is reported to be more than $100 million. the two day event will be attended by several world leaders, including us presidentjoe biden seen here boarding his plane earlier thursday. president biden s upcoming asia trip has two parts, with visits to india and vietnam scheduled. one of the goals is to counter the influence of their common neighbour china. he first goes to new delhi to take part in the 620 summit over the weekend. then he travels to vietnam s capital city hanoi, to meet with vietnamese general secretary, nguyen phu trong. earlier, my colleague caitrona perry spoke with tim roemer, former us ambassador to india, on what to look out for at this summit. ambassador, thanks forjoining us. what are you expecting from this 620 summit in india? well, you know, when you look at the 620, you have 85% of the global gross domestic product re
threat to children. people are sleeping outside on concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced, almosti million are children and they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded and without any of the basics that need to survive. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four, five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef only been able to access rafah and it is only limited aid and if we cannot get through soon people are going to really struggle because there is not enough water, food, shelter. meanwhile, the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up, saying there are signs that hamas is falling apart. translation: | see the - achievements from day-to-day. we are seeing every day, terrorists who were killed, terrorists who were injured. in the last few days, we see terrorists who are su
people are sleeping outside on concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced, almosti million are children and they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded and without any of the basics that need to survive. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four, five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef only been able to access rafah and it is only limited aid and if we cannot get through soon people are going to really struggle because there is not enough water, food, shelter. meanwhile, the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up, saying there are signs that hamas is falling apart. translation: | see the - achievements from day-to-day. we are seeing every day, terrorists who were killed, terrorists who were injured. in the last few days, we see terrorists who are surrendering. a sign o