Fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for House Democrats. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has plans to send active duty troops to the Southern Border as soon as next week. We will explain what the Military Personnel will be doing down there. Also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. New reporting this morning on Text Messages that ultimately led to Tucker Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias army. And writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of Way Too Early, white house, jen palmieri, Cohost Of The Circus and former chairman o. Of the republican committee, Michael Steele.
fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
i think hunter biden is small potatoes, i think they are protecting joe biden, they have no interest in him and neither do the media. carley: brooke singman has details. brooke: the fbi may be closing on on charges against hunter biden. hunter has been under federal investigation since 2018. fox news reported prosecutors are investigating him for several charges. hunter biden s attorney says it is federal felony to leak information about a grand jury information such as this one. we expect the doj will investigate and prosecute such bad actors. many say it is about time the public is made aware of what the biden family has been up to. listen. our democracy was stolen in 2020. we saw former heads of intelligence ages, fbi, colluding with big tech, social media and mainstream media decided we don t want the american voter to know the contents of hunter biden s laptop. brooke: timoth tebow says there are allegations that mr. tebow suppressed information provided by bobul
one more time i m going to celebrate all day all night benjamin: every time i see courtnoy i get hungry. what is your breakfast of choice? did you have breakfast yet? jillian: it is 5:00 in the morning where i am. i only eat breakfast on the weekends. during the week i am up in the middle of the night. that is a hard one to answer. if i were to say on the weekend i m getting off the rails a little bit but avocado, potatoes benjamin: breakfast. jillian: maybe chocolate milk. benjamin: you can have baked beans on the side, some bacon. you belong over here. jillian: carly streaming from the other side of the studio mimosa. benjamin: plenty mary. benjamin: you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. jillian: now you know too much about my breakfast order. the house will give final approval to the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill, democratic senator joe manchin defending the deal despite not one republican voting in favor. you had to look
it is a priority of the administration. do you believe right now there is a crisis at the border? the answer is no. i think there is a challenge at the border that we re managing. is there a crisis at the border? at this point is this a crisis at the border? we don t have to put new labels on what we ve already conveyed is challenging. is there a challenge at the border? let s go. dana: a couple thoughts there from a communications perspective if i could. definitely think the white house is feeling the heat about the president not being as visible or taking questions. they had him go out yesterday. he is at a hardware store looking around but not answering questions. one of the questions is about the border. they pull it out. today at 12:30 p.m. when jen psaki briefs the press she will bring with her somebody that deals with border security issues because they know they need to have a better answer. if i were jen psaki i would agree i would bring someone else