Resentment, revenge, and retribution, thats not me. In my career, ive been told i was too young. By the way, they didnt let me on the senate elevators for votes sometimes. Not a joke. Ive been told i am too old. Whether young or old, ive always been known ive always known what endures. Ive known our north star. The very idea of america is that were all created equal. Deserves to be treated equally throughout our lives. Weve never fully lived up to that idea, but weve never walked away from it either. And i wont walk away from it now. Im optimistic. I really am. Im optimistic, nancy. Four more years four more years My Fellow Americans four more years the issue facing our nation isnt how old we are, its how old are our ideas . Hate, anger, revenge, retribution are the oldest of ideas. But you cant lead america with ancient ideas. Itll only take us back. You lead america, the land of possibilities, you need a vision for the future and what can and should be done. Tonight, youve heard mine
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
morning joe. it is wednesday, march 29th. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a major development in the investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a federal judge has ordered mike pence to give testimony. meanwhile former trump ally chris christie appears to be willing to play the anti-trump role if he gets into the 2024 race. we ll have more on that new reporting. and we re still on so called indictment watch since the president announced, the former president, that he was going to be arrested. we ll have the latest on the manhattan grand jury s investigation into the hush money payments to a porn star. plus, an update on the continuing protests in israel, and what president biden is saying about meeting with the country s leader, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, just ran over. how does he do that? and member of