take your time. no problem. rachel, it all began on your show when jonathan martin and alexander birds revealed the tape, what was that considered the tape, the mccarthy tape. and you ask them, was anything else taped? turns, out a lot more of a state. and we are now in week two of the rolling mccarthy tapes. and, when i had mr. martin and mr. bryan s on the show, and we play the tape of him talking about asking trump for his resignation, which mccarthy out was specifically the night saying, they immediately, said one of the other things that he did, and i ve seen this reporting in this book, that advance cop in part of the book, was that mccarthy had asked for social media companies, twitter, to cut off other republican members of congress in the same way that that cut off trump. and when they describe that to me, i was shocked when they said that there was also tape of that. that in, fact there is, that s part of the tape those released a night, and those one of three tip
less of a mantra, less of a dossier concept, a more relaxed nuts and bolts job description for the u.s. government. today the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin convened a meeting of dozens, literally dozens of countries from all around the world and support of ukraine. we all start today from a position of moral clarity. russia is waging a war of choice to indulge the ambitions of one man. ukraine is fighting a war of necessity, to defend its democracy, its sovereignty, and its citizens. but the stakes are reach beyond ukraine, and even beyond europe. russia s invasion is baseless, reckless, and lawless. it is an affront to the rules based international order, it is a challenge to free people everywhere. as we see this morning, nations of good world will from around the world stand united in our resolve to support ukraine. my trip to kyiv, rainforest my admiration for the way that the ukrainian armed forces are deploying these capabilities. ukraine clearly believes that i
and when they describe that to me, i was shocked when they said that there was also tape of that. that in, fact there is, that s part of the tape those released a night, and those one of three tips released an. there is a lot out there. kevin mccarthy s life is getting more and more the vehicle by the second, but it s not like there s anybody else that s rising up to take over the reigns of house republicans to try to take over the speakership. i m not sure anybody would reach that drop on their will stymie. and, it s tuesday, so, we have plenty more tape opportunities this week. i am expecting at least one or two more tapes. well, the burns on line but doesn t come until a week from today so it s a long on around. and then, what are you saving for publication day? you must be saving something. there s gotta be some tape for that. so we ll see. as gambia long week for kevin mccarthy. and it s just tuesday, as you said. thank you lawrence. thank you rachel. democrats
the nation s top diplomat and top military leader make the highest level american visit to ukraine since the russian invasion began, meeting with president zelenskyy and bringing new promises of support. admiral james stavridis will join us this morning on this extraordinary wartime visit. and the latest developments from the battlefield. plus, a live report from france. incumbent president emmanuel macron defeats his far-right challenger. that was close. what d he get, mika? 58.5% of the vote. i just nobody could have predicted that. everybody said this race was tight. two weeks ago, it was neck and neck. this was going to be close. who could have predicted that margin of victory? i think it is nonsense. i always hear that le pen is going to beat macron, then he wins by 89 points. our offtrack morning joe betting site is putting the over/under, despite this propaganda from lamestream media that it is going to be a close race, our bookies, and you can co
ex-president accountable for trying to end american democracy as we know it on january 6, a moment mccarthy desperately denies took place at all is at tape. release of audio obtained by msnbc reported originally by the new york times. journalist martin and burns, it is a snippet of a 2021 phone call during which mccarthy tills the house republican caucus that trump admitted responsibility for the attack on the capitol. let me be clear to all of you and i am very clear to the president. he bears responsibilities for his words and actions. i asked him personally today, does he hold responsibility for what happened. does he feel bad about what happened? he told me does have some responsibility for what happened. and he needed to acknowledge that. the gulf between the republican party s 24/7 disinformation fueled whitewash campaign of the insurrection. remember the reasons calling it legitimate political discourse and tourists? what republican officials actually thought and