thank you for joining us this evening. it took nearly a month to get it, but we finally have it. the d.c. circuit court of appeals has ruled on presidential immunity. donald trump s last best attempt to evade a criminal trial for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. in his unanimous ruling written by all three federal appeals court judges overseeing this case two biden appointees and one appointee of president george h.w. bush. those judges spell it out in no uncertain terms a former president cannot be prosecuted is worthless. quoting from the ruling, it would be a striking paradox if the president alone is vested with the constitutional duty to take care the laws be faithfully executed where the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity. we cannot accept former president trump s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power in recognition and implementation of electio
carcasses. correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. reporter: on this memorial day, president biden is expressing confidence that there won t be a debt default while also trying to express condolences to the families of fallen american service members. president biden: to those who gave our lives so our nation might live. reporter: hours after a solemn wreathlaying, president biden defended a debt deal that awaits congressional approval. president biden: i m confident with the conversation. i feel really good about it. reporter: the headlines, suspended the debt limit until 2025 and limiting federal spending. this will do as it increases defense. if you take non-defense with veterans out, it goes below the level of 2022. reporter: chip roy does not like the deal and sitting on the rules committee where the bill goes next. a reminder that brings big negotiations to build a coalition that it was explicit both that nothing would pass wa
at every single stop now, reporters are looking, is he interacting with the crowd? is he take shaking hands, tae staying long enough? if you re advanced staff, you have to stay at least an extra 30 minutes to show, hey, he likes people. i saw tweets, what pizza is he having? is he talking to voters? do we have a timetable as to when other candidates will jump in? rumors about tim scott, mike pence and others. i think tim scott will come in. may 22nd is the date where they re circling. you ll see his super pac get bolstered. mike pence also in the next month. those are the two main candidates. national political correspondent for axios, alex thompson covering a lot of ground. thank you for being here. thank you for all of you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent year. the time for excuses is over. if we get distracted, focus the election on
man hunt. another incident of a mass shooting over a neighborhood dispute. the search is on in texas for a suspect who allegedly murdered five of his neighbors friday including a 9-year-old boy using an ar 15 style rifle after a neighbor asked the suspect to stop shooting his gun outside because of it was keeping their baby awake. texas governor greg abbott facing criticism for calling the mass shooting victims illegal immigrants and president biden confronting the age issue head on at the white house correspondents dinner. they say i m over the hill. don lemon would say that s a mine in his prime. good day. federal regulators have stepped in to rescue first republic bank. it has been sold to jpmorgan chase after losing nearly $100 billion of its deposit this is year. the takeover insuring customers have access to their uninsured deposits. the third major bank to go under this year. this comes after the federal reserve in a scathing report on friday took much of the bla
we ll bring you the latest from seoul, south korea. this weekend the first flights will take off to bring baby formula from the united states to europe as millions of families continue to scramble to feed their children. at the border, a pandemic-era policy set to expire as immigrants and asylum seekers continue to risk everything to cross the border. we will take you live to texas. and we ll speak to congresswoman norma torres about whether conditioning is making progress on legislation about immigration. and we begin this hour with president biden s first visit to asia since taking office, just after the president arrived in south korea a couple hours ago we learned two secret service employees were sent home. south korean police say they were involved in an incident on thursday outside the president s hotel. president biden began his viet visit by touring a samsung factory being used for a samsung plant being built by austin, texas. he talked about the need to work toget