From mega donors. Elena schneider, thank you for joining us this morning with your reporting. Thanks for getting up Way Too Early with us on this Monday Morning. Morning joe starts right now. We will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. Thats a bad war. And putin, you know, has so little respect for obama that he is starting to throw around the nuclear word, too. You heard that, nuclear. Donald trump over the weekend once again thinking hes running against barack obama. When trump wasnt confusing biden with obama really sad. He apparently thought he was obama. It really is sad. Taking credit for legislation that was signed by his predecessor. So sad. For our great veterans, we passed v. A. Accountability and v. A. Choice. That was a big deal. I have no greater honor than serving as your president and commander in chief, and i have no greater privilege than the chance to help make sure our country keeps the promises weve made to everybody who signs up to serve. With tha
center of that drama. it s here in the 14th amendment arguments before the supreme court. and senator alex pay as here, yes, senate still in session, to discuss capitol hill chaos. crab or coffee inside alum, welcome to the weekend. this weekend, we start with classified documents. not president biden s but donald trump s. developing late last, night special counsel jack smith filed a motion nifor judge aile cannon to reconsider an order that smith says what identify more than two dozen witnesses, exposing them to threats. after reading that motion, judge cannon order jack smith to hand nnover that evidence to trump s lawyers by today. miss nbc legal analyst mary mccord ssis with, us she is a former principal deputy assistant attorney general for the national security division and co-host of one of my favorite podcasts, prosecuting donald trump. there s a lot of drama going on mpwith judge cannon. i ve always thought that this was sort of a live wire with her. she s provi
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
for more, wendy cutler vice president of the asia society policy institute and former us diplomatjoins us now. trade relations like other parts of the us relationship with china are tense. while a lark of trade still continues to flow between the two countries tariffs remain in place export restrictions remain in place and try never increasingly is imposing regulations making it very tough for us companies to operate in their country. interesting though because economic ties still happen where discussions with geopolitical issues and onto the defensive front just shut down so we just now have bill gates and elon musk visiting china she would feel more positive about the economic side of the relationship was not clearly beijing seems more interested in reviving or strengthening the economic part of the relationship versus the military part. of the relationship versus the military part- military part. one thing i will be looking military part. one thing i will be looking out
biden s plea deal. was it a sweetheart deal as republicans claim or was it tougher than what the average person would have received for the same offenses as biden supporters say. and her reaction? i m proud of my son. why would i let these people , 1 to 2% to be hitting me with questions all night? i don t think it s fair. and desperate hours for crews in the atlantic ocean as the five passengers inside that missing submersible approach the end of the supply and a new report uncovers major safety concerns around the company that will the craft. good day everyone. diplomatic flareup is breaking out between the white house and china, one day after the secretary of state had a historic meeting with president xi . biden has created a furor in beijing over the off-the- cuff remark , it was at an off- camera political fundraiser in california. biden called president xi a dictator and suggested the chinese leader was embarrassed because he did not know in advance that the