but as the national review puts it, quote, he is a good man, a solid conservative, and is qualified and prepared for the job as anyone in the field, including the current and former president. but pence s cannedsy faces the same basic obstacles of those of nikki haley, tim scott and others, he seems man from an earlier time and little sign for demand of his candidacy. he enters the race 50 points behind donald trump, a man who once categoried him as a coward. a democratic pollster and president of brilliant corners research, john kasic, former governor of ohio and former presidential candidate. cornell and john are msnbc political analysts. great to have you all here. governor, mike pence is a conservative, big with evangelics, no stranger to the cultural wars, all things you would think the party likes, but do his actions on january 6th, the fact that he refused to hold up certification of the election, just negate all of that? well, i what i think at the end of the day
the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
both paries as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis makes a pitch to voters ahead of the first event of his presidential campaign. we ll show you what he said. also ahead, we are following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacking residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 30th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, johnson lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. joe, on the debt ceiling, you said they d get there, but how d they finally do it? they had no choice. they got there. you know, we live in this world that s designed this
want to show you how the markets fared overnight. as you can see here on our screens the dow and the s&p 500 closing higher. that is in part to the energy sector index which surged after opec plus s announcement. inflation concerns have been tempered by expectations that the us central bank could soon end its monetary tightening campaign. and oil output cut will mean higher prices and we could see that starting from next month. my that starting from next month. my colleague has more.- my colleague has more. many anal sts my colleague has more. many analysts believe my colleague has more. many analysts believe that - my colleague has more. many analysts believe that the - analysts believe that the coalition of oil producing nations really want to keep the price of oil above $80 a barrel, even hovering around $90 a barrel. a higher price of oil has wide ranging implications. it will make producing goods more expensive for companies and if prices stay high for a while it will
you how the markets fed overnight. as you can see on the screens, the dowjones and s&p 500 closed higher thanks to the energy sector index which surged after the announcement. inflation concerns have been tempered by expectations the us central bank could end its monetary tightening campaign. still, an oil output cut will mean higher prices. my colleague has more. many analysts colleague has more. many analysts believe colleague has more. many analysts believe that - colleague has more. many analysts believe that they | colleague has more. many - analysts believe that they want to keep the price above $80 a barrel, even hovering around $90 a barrel. a higher price of oil has wide ranging implications. it will make producing goods more expensive for companies and if prices stay high for a while it will have an impact on the price of gasoline, and as many countries around the world are fighting high inflation, this move but opec could make this more difficult and the white