beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
$8 million to create their own rival version of the college boards ap courses. so much for going along to get along. that is our show for tonight we will see you again tomorrow now it is time for the las word with ali bell she, who is in for lawrence. good evening, ali. it is good to see you, than you. we will see you tomorrow night we ll do. let s finish the job. today, joe biden and the speculation, yes, he s running for reelection for the same reasons he ra against on trump in 2020 because republican extremist are still threatening american democracy. - to fight for our democracy it shouldn t be a - to protect our rights. to make sure that everyone i this country is treated equall in that everyone is given fair shot at making it but you know, around th country, maga extremists are lining up to take away those bedrock freedoms, cuttin social security that you pager in for entire life walt cuttin taxes connect banning of books and telling people who they ca l
yes, he s running fo reelection, for the same reasons he ran against donal trump in 2020, because republican extremists are stil threatening american democracy - that s been the work of my first term to fight for our democracy it shouldn t be a revolution t protect our rights, to mak sure that everyone in this country is treated equally i that everyone is given a fai shot at making it. but, yo know, around the country, maga extremists are lining up t take away those bedroc freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for you entire life while cutting taxe for the very wealthy, dictatin what health care decisions whe can make, banning books an telling people who they ca love all while making it mor difficult for you to be able t vote now, polls show donald trump, the twice impeached and no indicted former presiden remains the front runner for the republican nomination. president biden s announcement video eludes to the former guy with images of the capitol insurrection
start around 12 30 eastern, they re going to go up and pears from split tees holds one and 10. all right. thank you so much. longoria continues her culinary adventure in a waka the new episode of the cnn original series. eva longoria, searching for mexico airs tonight at nine on cnn. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday. april 9th. i m victor blackwell walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your easter morning with us. happy easter. if you celebrate. i ve got my easter egg hunt ready? i got the easter baskets ready? because the easter bunny came last night . so the kids are all excited for their goodies and ready to go only goody that i had, um, i picked up the kettle corn peeps . i saw that. yeah. did you really eat that? bit people head off, and that s all i had. yahoo commentary on the kettle corn peeps that good alright here is what we are watching this morning a weekend of religious c
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until