documents uncovered at his office and the brutal storms in california. flooding, massive rainfall and flooding, tens of thousands under evacuation orders right now. and according to governor gavin newsom 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn s nick watt joins us with the latest along the los angeles river which in normal times is a river in name only. what s the latest, nick? reporter: you re right, anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact, there s usually a homeless encampment in what is the l.a. river. those people about to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren t used to this amount of water. and in many cases the state s just not equipped to deal with it. further north up in santa barbara the floodwater just overwhelmed the sewer system, and that ended up with sewage on the streets in santa barbara. and also, you know, drivers just trying to drive where they shouldn t be driving because frankly they just don t know any better. so wave seen
board. mike allen, thank you for that, and enjoy your weekend and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this friday morning. morning joe starts now. let me say that i not like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function and i will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the pacific. and i am returning to my plan, and i will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support. like cincinatus. that was boris johnson giving his farewell speech but he s now back in the fold now that liz truss has resigned. hardly knew ye. back in the states it s been more than a week since the january 6th decided to subpoena the former president. we re going to go through why donald trump has not been served yet. and the investigation into the capitol attack is in need of serious funding but there s not a lot of time to make that happen. we ll explain. plus presi
consequences if lawmakers fail to raise it. a bill to eliminate the irs will soon come to the house floor. it s the result manufacture deals that kevin mccarthy made in order to become speaker. and also ahead, former president trump offers up a in you reason for why he had hundreds of classified documents stashed at his palm beach country club. they were cool keepsakes. we ll trin to explain that just ahead. we ll try to explain that just ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early. the united states is expected to reach the debt ceiling today. that means the country s borrowing limit is maxed out. that forces the treasury department to take extraordinary measures to keep the payments going through early june and prevent the united states from defaulting. there is little progress on capitol hill to resolve the problem. white house, senate democrats and republicans are all refusing to budge on the stances. the white house is warning that there should be no negotiat
continues to spawn violence across the country. meanwhile on capitol hill, the stalemate over the debt ceiling continues as the country hits its borrowing limit. we ll have the latest on efforts by the white house to find some sort of compromise. plus, the george santos saga takes another really strange turn. now there are questions about where his mother was on 9/11. also ahead, we are hours away from a decision on criminal charges in the deadly shooting on the set of rust. remember that? we ll get you caught up on the case that could come to a major development this morning. and we ll dig into new reporting on an aggressive new proposal from the biden administration as it pertains to the war in ukraine. joe has the morning off but willie and i are here in new york, and we have with us, the former aid to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, an msnbc political analyst. former white house communications director under president obama, jennifer
the district attorney on the case is outfront tonight. new video of new russian recruits desperately pleading with their leaders saying they re being sent to the, quote, meat grinder. bring in the big names. all out on the trail tonight speaking in our hour. we ll take you there live. let s go outfront. outfront this evening, the breaking news. paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is now out of surgery for a fractured skull. this after police say an intruder broke into their home overnight and attacked with a hammer. that intruder also attempted to tie mr. pelosi up until nancy got home. speaker pelosi was in washington at this time. but sources tell cnn the intruder repeatedly asked where is nancy? the rampage. the suspect is now identified as 42-year-old david depape of california. he is facing charges of attempted homicide as well as burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse i m going to talk to the district attorney in charge o