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
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doj could not be sptrusted to v the documents. trump s attorney said the filter team at the fbi is using the review the seized papers has virtually unchecked discretion in addressing potential privilege disputes. the judge was appointed by former president trump and has already indicated that she is leaning toward a special master. now, that was before the explosive brief from the justice department. it laid out the months-long effort by federal investigators to get back the government s classified records. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is tracking all the developments. he is joining us from washington, so what s happening so far? reporter: well, so far, we don t really know much about what s going on in court. we can t get any updates until the hearing is over, victor and alisyn, but what we know is that the trump team is going to is trying to present to the judge this idea that it is no surprise that there were what they said, sensitive documents that we