white house press briefing since secret service agents found cocaine stashed in the west wing. reporters have a lot of questions. bill: gillian, hello. our white house team confirming that agents found the drug in a bag in a personal cubby area used by staffers and guests into the west wing. a secondary drug test confirmed it was in fact cocaine. the first family was at camp david when agents found it in a routine sweep. gillian: and begin there for hour two. bill: bill hemmer. john roberts and sandra have the day off. cocaine is a drug, along with oxycontin and fentanyl, begin all new at 2:00 right now. gillian: a federal judge in louisiana says likely the biden administration censored free speech, and blocking officials from contacting social media companies about content. a lawsuit brought forward by louisiana and missouri, accusing government officials going too far and pressure ling them to censor posts during the pandemic. overreach in doing so and influence ove
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.
he answered the questions you all asked and i think that s an opportunity for the american people to hear directly from him. a week ago today he sat down and had a one-on-1, 1-on-one interview with one of your one of your colleagues here, not here, but clearly in one of the networks here, and talked was asked about title 42. so the american people have heard from the president when we when we, again, when we were in new york and again right when, after the meeting you heard directly from the president after the meeting he had with the big four, if you will. and he gave remarks and then took questions. so the american people have heard directly from him, especially when he laid out how that conversation went with the big four. you described the discussions this week between white house officials and congressional staff as productive. what from those talks do you believe is pointing to the signs of progress? i m not going to get into details of private conversations.
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
while biden babbles, there s a massive scandal unfolding in plain sight. according to the house oversight committee, four members of his family raked in a combined over $1 million which a chinese energy company. some of the payments took place just two months after biden left his post as vice president in 2017. other payments occurred when joe was still in the vice president. watch this. the president said he has no knowledge of his son s business dealings but many of these people who were responsible for sending the money from china to the shell companies were people that joe biden met with. he met with while he was vice president. i don t think anyone in america wouldn t believe that joe biden didn t open doors, that hunter biden got the business deals set up in just a 60-day period after joe biden left the vice presidency. this is something joe biden was actively involved throughout the last year of his vice presidency. we had several people come in and say that. some