fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
robinson, and u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. since we went off the air together outside buckingham palace yesterday, some extraordinary scenes at that committal service at windsor castle west of the city here for the queen as she was lowered into that vault and then the private ceremony last night for the family. some of the headlines in london, a look at the morning papers, until we meet again a shot of the corgis saying good-bye to the queen. it s always tough on the dogs to say good-bye. i thought the ceremony was the most moving of the day. just before the committal of the coffin that somehow as they were singing the anthem god save the king and the camera panned to king charles iii, it felt like in that moment, it hit him. his mother is gone, he is the monarch, and the country turns its eyes to him. it was an extraordinary day, wasn t it, the pomp and pageantry, and also moments of emotion for a family that is just a family in some ways, grievi
stolen by fraud. that was testimony from former attorney general bill barr, played during the second hearing into the attack on the capitol, saying donald trump was detached from reality, as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we will have the key take-aways from day two of testimony. plus, after yesterday s intense sell-off, stock futures are in the green so far this morning. as investors brace for a larger than expected interest rate hike. we ll have the latest read on the economy. and the race to turn that bipartisan compromise on gun safety into law and the process of writing the bill hits a snag. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with the second hearing into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the house select committee made the case yesterday that donald trump had an inner circle of advisers telling him the truth, that the election was not stolen, but t
president, for example. how would trump know giuliani was drunk? i mean, does this seem like a drunk person to you? tony blinken or how is that guy a general? all the networks, wow. all the networks. whew. i know prince andrew is very questionable now. i never went out with him. ever. never had a drink with him. never was with a woman or a young girl with him. no, i m a functioning i m probably shut up. you are a [ bleep ]! all right, rudy, hold that thought. right? how do you know? what s the steering wheel? what is that? please let the story speak for itself. what was he doing? willie, i don t what was that? should have arrested him for a dui for that move, just all over the road. good lord. [ laughter ] it is one of those how did i miss these clips? the story will speak for itself, joe. yeah, but it s not like you can just sit there and go, bitcoin took a 15% i mean, willie, that s crazy, crazy stuff. when you see it all in one place,