the courtroom is standing by. a rare tornado emergency issued in kentucky as powerful storms sweep through the south. the death toll rising after relentless tornadoes flattened entire communities, uprooted trees and families all across the central u.s. plus an nbc news exclusive report from taiwan. our correspondent is with the congressional delegation in taipei as china carries out military drills just miles offshore. helping the families who have lost their children in rotc. they were too young for basic training but old enough to know they wanted to serve their country. will congress step in to extend military benefits? i m chris jansing in new york. thank you for joining us on this very busy memorial day. 420 days after donald trump was indicted on 34 felly charges in manhattan, tomorrow the judge will hear closing arguments in his hush money trial along with the jury. the defense delivering its summations first, followed by the state. that s expected to take most
that seth meyers story is amazing. we have to talk about that. we re just getting starting this morning. the white house says the president has been advised he has the power to fire bob mueller. he reportedly tried twice already. will congress step in to protect the investigation? raided on monday, talking about it on tuesday. the reporter will be here on set. stormy daniels is now cooperating with the feds and her lawyer says they may be close to identifying the man who she says physically threatened her to stay silent about an alleged affair with donald trump. plus, mark zuckerberg gets ready for round two on capitol hill, but are lawmakers prepared for the right questions? and madeline albright, former secretary of state, will join us on set. morning joe is coming right back.
jonathan swann from axios has a look at one big thing and on morning joe morning joe morning joe, will congress step in to protect the special counsel investigation. senator chris coons. raided on monday, talking on tuesday what happened after 12 fbi agents came knocking at the door of the president s personal attorney. the reporter who got cohen s story and a warning about fascism, former secretary of state madeleine albright will be here. (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don t use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don t share needles or insulin pens.
let s close as we always do around the inside politics table, to share a little bit from their notebooks. after all this buzz around the president s meeting with the president of russia, what happens now in congress where lawmakers wanted to pass this very stiff sanctions bill that would have tied the president s hands. they re stuck at an impasse, which they re blaming on technical issues but after this meeting, will congress step in front of the president to block n him on what he can and can t do, vis-a-vis sanctions policy with russia going forward? jeff? the president has made a lot about he is here to represent the voters of pittsburgh, not paris. later this week he s actually going back to europe, going to paris. so bonyoujour, mr. president. will he speak with president
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