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
28th. welcome to cnn this morning. southwest airlines now facing federal scrutiny as thousands of passengers remain stranded, some for more than a week. southwest today has already cancelled 60% of their flights and the ceo now issuing this video apology. i want everyone who is dealing with the problems we ve been facing, whether you haven t been able to get where you needed to go or you re one of our employees, to understand that we re doing everything that we can to return to normal operations and also hear i m truly sorry. the supreme court has decided to keep in place the border restriction known as title 42 and the legal challenges the court will hear in february, it now could be months that the migrants desperately seeking asylum could get the way to enter the united states legally. and it s revealed that former white house aide cassidy hutchison said she saw mark meadows burning documents in his office about a dozen times. she also told the committee there we
biden desperately tries to deal with the skyrocketing inflation fueled at least partly, maybe greatly by record gasoline prices. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today president biden brushed off a gloomy forecast from former president obama s secretary larry summers says it s more likely than not that we will see a recession by the end of next year. biden has a different outlook after he says he spoke with larry summers this morning. but the white house is finding creative ways to ease pain at the pump. with sky high gas prices, team biden is reconsidering aned in they first tabled sending americans rebate cards. also eyeing a gas tax holiday. i hope i have a decision based on data i m looking for by the end of the week. a short-term solution one industry ceo says runs counter to the administration s broader strategy. they were really focused on demand destru
bring out pence! bring him out! bring out pence! bring mike pence! bring mike pence! [ chanting ] much of today s testimony centered around john eastman, an attorney whose theory that the vice president had the authority to nullify the election outcome so laughable that donald trump s own aides, allies and closest advisers described dismissing it outright. here s that evidence. made clear with mr. meadows about you and the vice president having a different view about the authority on january 6. i believe i did. did he explit sy or tacetly agree with you or say that makes sense or okay? i believe that that mark did agree. what makes you say that? i believe that s what he told me. but as i mentioned i think mark told so many people so many different things that it was not something that i would necessarily accept. that s okay why that s resolved. i see. tell me what he told you on this topic. you know the vice president doesn t have a broader role.