The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi
President trump, when . I dont know. Norah the 45th and 46th president s to meet on the debate stage. What we are learning about why they agreed to a rematch. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. The stage is set. The dates are picked, and President Biden and donald trump are already throwing jobs aheado president ial debates that are now on the calendar. Until today, it was unclear if there would be in a general election debates, but that all changed this morning when the two men who cant agree on anything agreed in a matter of hours that they would face off on june 27th and september 10th. The first date now just 43 days away will be the earliest televised president ial debate in american history. Cbss nancy cordes starts us off tonight from the white house on how it all came together. Reporter President Biden threw down the gauntlet at 8 00 a. M. Eastern in a video posted online. Make my day, pal. Ill even do it twice. Re
Have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. We need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. Lets cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. This is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . Offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . You heard mr barton say did biden say . You heard mr barton say america did biden say . You heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. Weapons he said they could be used in major Population Centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. Human Rights Groups say it is exactly these kind of munitions that have
And division and criticised what she called the broken promises of rishi sunak s tired and chaotic government. Sir keir starmer welcomed her to his party, a week after another tory mp, dan poulter, also defected. Natalie elphicke explained why she decided to make the move. In 2019, the conservative stood on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground, but under rishi sunak, theyve abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much Better Future for our country and thats why i was so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward. The conservative rail minister, huw merriman has described fellow mp Natalie Elphicke as shameless and an opportunist. Lam i am absolutely staggered. I have seen i am absolutely staggered. I have seen some sights in this place but the lack seen some sights in this place but the lack of seen some sights in th
Natalie elphicke, the mp for dover, said the conservatives under rishi sunak have become a byword for incompetence and division. She made the movejust minutes before the Prime Minister faced mps in the commons at Prime Ministers questions for the First Time Since suffering heavy defeats in local elections in england. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must when admit, i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for many tory voters in saying the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally, the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest, of the country first,