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
former us president donald trump has left his golf resort in florida and is on his way to manhattan, where on tuesday he will face criminal charges related to a hush money payment given to adult film star stormy daniels. here is his motorcade leaving travelling to the airport after leaving mar a lago, crowds of supporters lined the road to cheer him on. the specifics of the charges he faces in new york have not been revealed but his legal team say he will plead innocent and vigorously contest the case. on tuesday donald trump will likely be fingerprinted and photgraphed and then he will appear before a judge. he is the first former us president to face criminal charges. we can go live to new york and speak to anthony scaramucci, he s founder and managing partner at skybridge he s also the former white house director of communications under donald trump. thank you so much forjoining us. we keep talking about this being historic and unprecedented but i want you to take a moment
this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there s a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple victims from the shooting there. are different accounts saying as many as nine people have been shot in this incident. tactical teams have arrived. there s a big presence including state police an lake county sheriff. what you can see from the video with the police presence you can see the kind of things people would have brought to a parade folding chairs coolers abandoned as people ran from the scene.