Does donald trump have that kind of money sitting around . Of course he has money. Hes a billionaire. We know that. Well, it turns out he actually doesnt have that money sitting around. Donald trumps attorneys are now saying he cannot secure the roughly half A Billion Dollar bond for his Civil Fraud Judgment. That means the former president could be days away from having some of his assets seized by new yorks attorney general. That comes as the trump appointed judge in the classified documents case issues a controversial ruling that once again seems to benefit the former president. Well get expert legal analysis on both of those developments straight ahead. Plus, well go through what President Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed yesterday in the first phone call between the two leaders in more than a month. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, march 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this mornin
we have a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump formally taking his fight to remain on colorado s ballot to the supreme court. we ll tell you what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is concerned about how the justices may rule. plus, back in 2020, donald trump hired an expert to prove election fraud. instead, that person found the 2020 election was not stolen. we re going to speak with that expert about what his data firm actually uncovered. also ahead, we ll dig into the ultimatum from house republicans following their visit to the southern border. do they want a deal? along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and msnbc host jen psaki. she s a former white house press secretary. good to have you all on board this morning. willie? let s start in colorado. former president trump s legal team officially has petitioned the supreme court to overturn last month s co
clock to january 20, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. well, that was one of the few moments where in you could actually hear ron desantis as he attempted to announce his presidential campaign last night on twitter spaces. we ll have much more from the glitch filled launch. also ahead there s still no deal on the debt ceiling, but a republican leader in the house told lawmakers they can go ahead and leave for memorial day even as the clock ticks. plus, he proudly put his feet up on a desk in nancy pelosi s office on january 6th, and now he s going to spend years in prison for his actions that day. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race, but what should have been a historic mo
sorry about that. we ve got so many people here, that i think we are kind of melting the servers. answering messages begin coming in over the station s teletype. ron desanctimonious needs a personally transplant, and those are not yet available. killed at $14 million, the station emboies the last word in radio transmission. let s see. crashing, huh? wow. ah. okay, you have to give a hat tip to dan and the gang for putting that together. good job. well. that was awkward. welcome to morning joe. that was our producers putting together their view of his failure to launch, ron desantis. on twitter. we can obviously talk about this an awful lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 25th. willie, the thing is, we re in the age of twitter. we re in the age of social media. everybody is going to freak out at that exact moment, and they certainly did. there was a meltdown over the meltdown. it was bad. i mean, it was bad on so
busy wednesday morning. we re keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where right now the nation s top intelligence officials are testifying about the biggest threats to worldwide security. we re learning more about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. the two surviing victims are back on u.s. soil and now we re hearing from their families. plus, top republicans speaking out, criticizing tucker carlson s portrayal of the january 6th attack, but how speaker kevin mccarthy is defending releasing the tapes to fox news. also, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas speaks out on whether the biden administration could bring back family detention centers. florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz weighs in. and we begin this very busy hour with a very latest on capitol hill, where right now lawmakers are hearing from top leaders in the intelligence community for their annual worldwide threats hearing. and this year, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are laser focused o