I actually saw the firefighter in side the ambulance. He was talking to paramedics. He seemed to be in good spirits. We are told the firefighter will be ok. The fire started at about 11 30 this morning. We are at the corner of 14th and margaret. Firefighters say this is a vacant building usually used squatters used by squatters, but as you can see, the firefighter wh off he just happened to slide off of it. Is doing ok. They are just about to wrap it up. They are getting their equipment and putting it into the fire engine. Again, luckily the firefighter he will be able to walk out scratch. Back to you in the studio. Michelle that is good to know. Krystal absolutely. Michelle lets get to the latest on the new years eve celebrations going on around the of course, times square that is one of the biggest. One Million People are expected to gather, and security is very, very tight, especially with what has been going on over the last few months. 6000 police officers, literally an army of La
Monster are up in arms after hearing her concert may be in jeopardy. It conflicts with the wizards playoff attempts on may 15th. Little monsters up in arms. Thats it for way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Shes not your typical candidate. Conservative joni ernst. A Lieutenant Army colonel who carries more than just lipstick in her purse. Joni ernest will take aim at wasteful spending. And shes going to unload. Oh and one more thing. Joni doesnt miss much. Give me a shot. Oh, my goodness. Good morning, everyone. Its tuesday, may 6th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have morning joe contributor mark halperin. Hello. Anything going on in your life . Former treasury official steve rattner. And in washington associate editor of the Washington Post and political analyst eugene robinson. Tom just walked in as well. Hi. How are you doing today . Very dapper today. You as well. So big day today. We had jim gaffigan on yesterday. It was nice of him to come here. Part of a roll
So is the pentagon weighing options just hours before the president s most important meeting with a world leader yet. Then the president officials declares an obama official guilty and bill oreilly innocent. Good morning, everyone. At any moment we will hear from President Trump at a Wounded Warriors event at the white house. We will bring that to you live as you see people beginning to gather there. This at the same day he holds a big stakes meeting with chinas president. He responds to the chemical weapon attack in syria. That attack killed dozens there. President trump says he has changed after this. But wow . What does that mean . What is he willing to do about it . That is a question being asked by democrats, republicans and syrias sponsor, russia. What is the u. S. Approach . Were covering all of this. Want to begin with cnn correspondent. If President Trump does decide to do something about this with u. S. Military, what are his options . You made the key point here, john. Good
Others, and President Trumps promise, just last week, to take ownership of a shutdown in the name of Border Security and not to blame democrats, that was his promise, well folks, that no longer applies. This morning, the president not only is blaming democrats for blocking funds for his wall, hes demanding republicans overturn a Senate Filibuster rule so that they wont need democratic votes. Its called the Nuclear Option. By the way, mcconnell has signaled no less than a dozen times that it will never happen. Still, the president is asking for it. All the while, washington and many other world capitals still in shock over the sudden resignation in principle of the defense secretary jim mattis and looming u. S. Troop pullouts from syria and afghanistan. Much more on that important move in a moment. But we begin on capitol hill this hour with our manu raju. Looking for a lastminute deal. But you know what, manu. The president has changed, not accepting ownership for any of this, but its
Sandra kevin corke live from the north lawn for us this morning. So great to be with you guys. Welcome back. Great to see all together again on this tuesday morning. The white house has made it abundantly clear, they know what the iranians are doing, but there are critics out there, sandra, who would suggest that it is u. S. Policy towards iran that have actually made things worse. Laying this all out. You heard about it in the introduction, you folks at home. Maximum pressure will continue until its leaders alter their course of action. The regime must and its Nuclear Ambitions and its maligned behavior. Now, this is them violating the deals, legendary. Even some european signatories have previously said, sandra, that the regime was in fact living up to his end of the deal. Which of course the u. S. Has already withdrawn from. The iranians are tweeting about this. You have the oneword tweet, which was pretty provocative. I have another to share. He says bluntly we have not violated th