the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished with that panel of gold-star parents and you heard us joking, not joking but talking about how stories hit harder when you are a parent. you are about to experience it and understand what that is and listening to cheryl rex, the mom we just interviewed saying what she s going to do today. go to the grave site of her son to be with him. just think about that for a moment and think about so many parents. regardless of the war, who got that call, got that telegram, that no parent wants to get. the c
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets. scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor welcome to newsday. we begin in india, where a meeting of 620 foreign ministers has ended without a finaljoint statement, due to bitter divisions over russia s war against ukraine. it s the first time the us and russian foreign ministers met in public since the invasion, but their exchange has been tense. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said the talks were marred by moscow s unprovoked and unjustified war. were china to engage in material, lethal, support for russia s aggression, or to engage in a systematic evasion of sanctions to have russia, that would be a serious problem for our countries. i made clear that there would be consequences for engaging in those actions. so, i m not going to detail what they would be but, of course, we have sanctions authorities of various kinds and that would be one of the things we and others would lo
bret: that was good. harris: thank you. brett is my friend. the candidates and pardons have had their say, and now it s your turn. control of the senate could come down to just a handful of states, as democrats are struggling to keep their grip on power. president biden, standing firm on his closing message that democracy is on the ballot. it s democracy when we vote. president biden: plenty of those moments come around every 3-4 generations. we know that democracy is at risk, and that this is your moment to defend it, preserve or protect it, choose it. harris: the president might not be sure that voters are buying this, and more difficult night. president biden: i optimistic, but i m always optimistic. will the democrats win the house? it will be tough. i think the house a lunar eclipse there. [laughter] harris: emily, i m starting with you then. [laughter] emily: at his rally last night, he showed impatience, the inability to take criticism, pushba