president biden signalled he might be open to them, democrats in congress revolted. they aren t fair, and they don t work, dems argued. republicans say they are fair and that it is only responsible to have a baseline standard for who can receive government benefits like medicaid, that a requirement to work would motivate people to work. a hand up, not a hand out, says speaker kevin mccarthy. so how does a work requirement function in actuality? we ve got one of my favorite policy wonks with us to explain because it is a tricky issue. one that could sink a deal, and in light of that, a number of democrats are coming up with a plan b. there s one in the house to force a floor vote on the debt, over the objections of gop leadership if need be, and another being floated in the senate to negate a vote entirely. president biden, you have the authority all on your own, they say. one of those senators joins us to explain why. but first, let s get to the reporting and the policy. join
tonight, the important days ahead and washington tie to our nations that. president biden said to sit down with speaker mccarthy tomorrow was the threat of defaulting hangs in the balance. and republicans continue their investigation into president biden s family. they just need to top down their conforming first. and a preview of tomorrow s hearing on artificial intel events. it s congress prepared to regulate this technology? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. treasury secretary janet yellen is sounding the alarm yet again. in a letter to the speaker top lawmakers, she wrote, the united states could run out of money to pay its bills, quote, if congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early june, and potentially as early as june 1st. that means congress has less than three weeks to act or risk an unprecedented debt default. in congress, their only inception a fraction of those three weeks.
in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
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
see you. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i hope you stay with us. tonight we begin with developments that i think really offer a kind of a contrast in this period of legal reckoning and accountability we have been talking about together because we were thinking about this for tonight s show. if you look at all of the prosecutors and all the investigators and all of the probes that donald trump has faced, including squaring off against big-time experienced investigators like prosecutor and former fbi director mueller, there were crimes found. there were issues that ensnared donald trump s aides. but even as the now-two-year probe of a public insurrection and attempt the coup has grinded on and on and not reached donald trump or most of his top aides, there are more clear signs and steps that show one prosecutor on a different fact pattern, a different case, has proven able to legally get farthest against donald trump and make precedent. i m talking about the new yor