for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors
for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru
verdict came along and we made some emergency arrangements. here in boston. to get into this coverage tonight. we have lisa birnbach joining us, as the first guest tonight, as you know, she is e. jean carroll s best friend and the most supportive witness that e. jean carroll had in the trial. she s the very first person who heard e. jean carroll s story. that very day. minutes after it happened. when she had that encounter with donald trump. and you know, lisa burn box testimony about this, i think should so much light into the ways in which victims of sexual assault often have a hard time grappling with what they just went through. and lisa birnbach did, i think the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. it s gonna be really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law profe
the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. she s going to be a really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law professor lawrence tribe. and i alerted the audience to the fact that is very likely that president biden would be paying attention to what professor tribe said about the debt ceiling and the 14th amendment on this program last night. and sure enough today, when president biden was asked about it he said, i have been considering the 14th amendment, and a man i have enormous respect for, larry tribe, who advised me for a long time, thinks that would be legitimate. i m not saying he was watching the show. i think you could say that. i think you can say that. i think that means you are allowed to say that. i don t know. i don t know. i think you deserve it.
thanks, ari. thank you. we re tracking these two big legal breaking news stories. we have just learned the controversial new york republican congressman george santos has been indicted by the justice department. that s a federal indictment. we re tracking the story, as you heard nicolle just say in the handoff. this is as breaking as it gets. we don t have exact details, don t have the paper, but we do have reporting that that very controversial member of congress known, if nothing else, for his many lies that he was busted for, is now indicted. indeed, this is a fast moving story because he s expected to appear in court as soon as tomorrow. we re tracking that story as well as the other big legal development a jury finding donald trump liable for sexual abuse and lies the defamation this jury says he found he committed against e. jean carroll. that s a huge story, an important one. we have been covering that trial continuously, and i have two essential experts to lea