we are live from manchester, new hampshire, out of the most consequential night in this political season to date. we have lots of students here with us in the studio, which is exciting. we ve got lots of guests coming by over the course of the next hour, and we have so much to talk about. because we are at a bit of a crossroads here in new hampshire. their timing to pass that these next two days could open up. if donald trump wins convincingly on tuesday, then this status all but over. and you don t exactly have to stretch or imagination to picture that happening. i, mean he is currently leading nikki haley by 19 points in the latest new hampshire tracking poll. and remember, this is the state that is supposed to be the friendliest terrain for a trump alternative. live free or die, independent minded people. the friendliest terrain also for nikki haley. so again, if trump does win big on tuesday, the republican primary race would more or less come to a close. and trump knows
we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
beautiful sunrise in washington, d.c. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 18th. donald trump has claimed that he could declassify materials just by thinking about them. like i dream of jeannie. but there is new evidence in the mar-a-lago documents investigation that proves he knows it s not true. the former president is seizing on two failed endorsements in florida from governor ron desantis, while ignoring the lack of success his candidates had in the last election. also ahead, the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations with both sides digging in on one big issue. we ll explain what that is. and we re keeping an eye on president biden this morning as he is in japan for the g7 summit. welcome, everybody. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan is with us. and former white ho
how thieves are getting into your iphone and stealing everything the threat and how to protect your data. the first state in the country to ban tiktok, but will it hold and the titanic as we ve never seen it spectacular new images that may shed light on why it sank. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. what happened on the streets of new york city last night involving one of the world s most famous couples was either a near catastrophic car chase, as their spokesman says, or a ride that law enforcement sources say was simply a bit chaotic. that spokesman for the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, describing a dangerous two-hour-long chase pursued by highly aggressive paparazzi resulting in multiple near collisions. the episode rekindling grim memories of the wild pursuit that led to the death of harry s mother, princess diana, in a paris highway tunnel nearly 26 years ago, but tonight in new york, officials are