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
director wray is refusing to produce a do you recollect about the big guy himself. the fbi said that releasing confidential source information to james comber could put lives at risk. got to hide it. it s not a classicified document. there is no evidence of any on-going investigation. but the fbi needs to keep the anti-biden allegations top secret. more federal investigation into hunter biden. the high ranking irs investigator is blowing the whistle. multiple steps were slow walked by the department of justice. have you ever encounter that before? no, i have not. deviations from the normal process. they always benefit the subject. i took an oath of office. when i saw these things, it was no longer a choice for me. it s not something i want to did. to do. it s something i have to do pete: the evidence is clear. we have two major scandals. a compromised first family and a corrupt federal government driven by political bias. here is charlie hurt and amanda. comer wan
he s refusing to produce a document they re purportedlyis tells a foreign bribery scheme involving the big guy himself. the fbi says that releasing confidential source informationt to james comey couldio potentially jeopardizecould investigations and put lives at risk. it s always lives at ris rk. s got to hide it. of course, it s not a classified document and there is no evidence of any ongoing investigatiof n. but the fbi needs to keep the anti biden allegations top secret, apparently. meanwhile, more federal roadblocks into the tax investigation into hunter biden . it s snto bad that a high rankir irs investigator is now blowingg the whistle. take a look. there was multiple steps that were or slow walked at the direction of the department of justice. haedthe depad you ever encountet before? i have not known thesehat deviations from normal process.l and each and every time itthey seemed to to always benefitnefi the subject and don t want to do any of this. i took an oa
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
Do you smell that . Motorbike exhaust, fish sauce, incense, the faraway smell of something . Is that Pork Grilling over charcoal . Vietnam. It could be no place else. Listen to me. Listen to me. There is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. To do otherwise would be to miss it all. It is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. Vietnam. It grabs you and doesnt let you go. Once you love it, you love it forever. Ive been coming here since 2000, the first time id been in this part of the world, and its held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. I keep coming back, i have to. Vietnam has changed since last time i was here. Its changing every minute. But some things, for now, anyway, remain the same. Important things, like this stuff. Thats going to be good bun oc, first meal in hanoi, and its something they do here better than anywhere else. Okay. Im officially in hanoi now. Mm. Magic.