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
police fired tear gas at these protesters, who threw projectiles at them and set bins on fire. people also are not stopping this situation. we ll monitor it, bring it to you, in a live report. so none of that is keeping them out of the streets. the police are trying their best to corral them. pretty peaceful in this picture that we see right now. some of the video that we ve seen come in has been kind of back and forth between how rowdy the situation gets. this is a battle over what can france afford to pay for anymore, and people who say they deserve to have what they ve worked for all their lives. i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a bipartisan congressional delegation just touched down in taiwan today, one day after house speaker kevin mccarthy defied china s threats and met with taiwan s president in california. china still claims sovereignty over taiwan, something the united states does not recognize. in response to that meeting, china threatened they
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state. but the searing personal story that may have helped sweep this democratic governor to victory. and she s here tonight. plus the fbi seizing a phone and an ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight that he has, quote, nothing to hide. and after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago over a sex scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mcagree vi, wants back into politics. he s here to make his case for a second chance. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances, in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. by making abortion access the center of their campaigns and their campaign ads, democrats are now moving to get more abortion rights measures on ballots next year in 2024. they v