Break from republican leaders who have succumbed to Donald Trump. She is aware that leaders are planning to purge her because of her personality and says that history is watching. And on coronavirus, officials expressing optimism that we are turning the corner with nearly 150 Million americans receiving the vaccine. But hesitancy at Home And Death in india makes officials fear the alarming news to come. And farm topics, dealing with china, potential of new talks with iran, future of afghanistan and the most critical topic here in ukraine, russian aggression after four years of Donald Trump. First of all, Vladimir Putin said he would with draw. He has not. He has left troops, tanks and artillery on the border, a continuing threat to ukraine. What is your message . I am here with a message for the ukrainian people and partners. A big part of that message is our commitment to ukraines independence, its territorial integrity, sovereignty. We stand with them including any aggression from ru
Evan perez with that breaking news, and appreciate it. And americans are paying for that attack on colonial pipeline, and we are learning that price gouging is out of control with over 1,000 complaints in those states, and we have pete muntean in alexandria where they are out of fuel. Reporter: and now a new fever pitch of where in alabama where this photo is taken, and to virginia where gas buddy is reporting a growing number of stations without gas. Almost half of all of the stations in virginia and georgia are now dry, even more in north carolina. My gas tank is basically empty, and all of the gas pumps says out of service. I have gone to six stations, and nobody has any gas. It is a little scary that somebody can tap into our system and kind of cause this ripple effect. Reporter: even though the experts say it is the rush to buy gas that is causing the shortages and not necessarily the shutdown of the colonial pipeline and it is supplying about 45% of all of the fuel on the east co
And now, destruction in the middle east with no offramp on the horizon. Welcome to the lead with jake tapper, and we will start with more developments in the health lead. Any minute we expect to hear president biden after the cdc recommended the vaccine to kids ages 12 to 15. And we will bring you those comments live. And first a crucial meeting in the oval office, and for the first time since taking office, the republican and the democratic leaders of the house and the senate were altogether and in one room, but things were pretty interesting after that meeting when house minority meeting kevin mccarthy was asked if it is hard to make a deal when the republicans continue to lie about the election having been stolen from donald trump. I don t think that anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. I think that is all overwith. You don t think that anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election? had president trump had won the election and so t
Trump from facebook and instagram unheld, extended a further six months. That decision coming from the company s independent advisory board which includes a collection of people from around the world as diverse as the former prime minister of denmark, also a nobel peace prize winner from yemen. We should note that in making this decision, the board encouraging facebook to set stan standards. It upholds the ban. However, it was not appropriate for facebook to impose the indeterminant and standard list penalty of indefinite suspension. The board basically punted on making a final concrete decision. They re giving facebook it seems it s going to be the head of facebook to make this decision. There is no question, though, the former president has sp cemented his standing. This comes at the fourmonth mark after the deadly insurrection at the capitol, a riot. Many point to social media, the comments by the president inciting. We begin with brian stelter back with us. You ve had a chance to r
Really depends on what you mean by normality. Right. I want you to define it. Exactly the way. [ laughter ]. I ll be back tomorrow. We ll probably do this again. If i might, i might like to ask vice president pence to take over. You feel like you re back to normal? i think so. Grouchy fauci just like that. That s so cute. Good morning, welcome to morning joe. It s wednesday, may 5th. We have former chair of the republican national committee, now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. And white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. We have to get to this morning. Including house minority leader kevin mccarthy caught on a hot mic setting the stage for congresswoman liz cheney s ouster from republican leadership. President biden sets an ambitious new goal for vaccinating americans against covid19. The director of the cdc dr. Rochelle walensky will be our guest this morning. But first, a federal judge blasted former attorney general bill barr for his handling of th