florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
abortions after just six weeks. cnn s diane gallagher has been following the story. this, of course, does not strike down this law for good, but it does temporarily block it. how long? and what happens from here? reporter: so, jim, we don t know for how long at this point. the judge today granting that injunction, which temporarily blocks that new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks from going into effect. i m told the state supreme court can review it or some other legal action by that state court is taken. now, this is something that to people in south carolina sounds familiar because the state supreme court actually did strike down a very similar six-week abortion ban earlier this year. in fact, that was something that was discussed many times, both the house and the senate while they were arguing and debating this particular legislation. with opponents of the legislation saying it was not different enough from that original bill, that original law to sus
he s the man vladimir putin wants to silence, fighting for his life tonight in a brutal russian penal colony. putin opposition leader alexei navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent and miraculously survived, an assassination attempt that cnn helped trace back to a russian intelligence unit. i understand that putin hates me, and i understand that these people who are sitting in the kremlin, they are ready to kill. i ll speak to his daughter, dasha, about what she s hearing from her father and why her family was ready for this fight. if he didn t go back, i would say, you need to go back and fight. plus, i ll be joined by christo grozev, an investigative journalist who helped crack the case on navalny s would-be assassins. and i ll talk to daniel roher. director of the award winning, oscar nominated cnn film navalny. alexei navalny is far from alone. we ll have a special report on putin s other political enemies. good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to navalny
Presence. this country was about to collapse in civil war. the government reached out to international for international support, including to the united states, wanting weapons, wanting troops. didn t receive it. wagner arrived and helped maintain, keep the government in power. they do have some popularity. but there are some who are starting to say in bangi perhaps they entered into an agreement effectively with the mafia, where nothing comes for free. they provide help and then they come asking for favors and take what they want. just an amazing report. thank you so much, richard engel, for bringing it to us from the ground there. we ll look for more of richard s reporting on this story across all the platforms of nbc news. thanks again. still ahead, a look at the stories making front pages across the country when morning joe comes right back. right ba. no fingersticks needed. manage your diabetes with more confidence. freestyle libre 2. try it for free at freestylelibre.us