brought by a computer repair man. the decision sparked a year s long scandal inching closer to the oval office. dana: the laptop is at the center of the federal probe. the five year investigation culminated in a plea deal for two miss demeanor but a whistleblower said the charges should have been much stronger. the evidence that we collected during it still met the elements of the criminal violations and everyone participating agreed that document went forward with everyone s concurrence. results in this deal? yeah. bill: that whistleblower reacted to evidence suggesting hunter used his dad as leverage in business negotiations saying he tried to follow the money but was repeatedly stopped dead in his tracks. so that s the crux of one of the issues here is that we weren t allowed to ask questions about dad. we weren t allowed to ask about the big guy. we went allowed to include certain names and document requests and search warrants. bill: team fox coverage today
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
have the emotional reunions as 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, ten thai nationals, and one filipino, have been released as part of a temporary truce between hamas and israel. and more hostages could be set free at any moment. we re going to take a closer look at who s been released, and at the 49 palestinians that were also released as part of the steel. holding out hope. i ll talk to a man waiting to find out if his cousin and his cousins wife will be among the next group of hostages released by hamas. why he wants his loved ones to know this morning. and later, no holiday for donald trump s legal woes. the doj s thanksgiving day court filing spelling out just how dangerous trump s rhetoric can be, and why it s critical a gag order remain in place for the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, wonder of ex president. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin today s coverage with the shaky and temporary truce betwe
They take this process very seriously. dana: how have his events going? you didn t mention him. he has been up here a half dozen, a dozen retail events. i haven t done events with him. seen him a few times when he has come up. don t count anyone with a $1 hundred million war chest out of the race. it enables you to do to build retail politics. it is not so much what you say but how you listen. that s what connects with folks in the backyard in their living rooms and making sure you are hearing their issues and then trying to provide opportunities that build around that at the federal level. talk about decentralizeing government and fiscal responsibility. we re getting tired of the dram yeah of relitigating donald trump s yesterday s news as opposed to what to do to bring this country forward. dana: will you endorse before the primary in new hampshire? probably, yeah. i couldn t tell you who i will
Cameras, the more we see him campaigning during retail events, the more obvious it is that he may not be ready for prime time. he s leaning in to watch and answer questions yesterday, but also, the disney site. he is proud of the disney site. i guess maybe he has some internal numbers that show it works in the primary. although, the public point polling does not suggest that it s working. yeah, i think for whatever reason, people who vote republican primaries, they feel like disney is a winning issue for them. you know, it s fascinating until 2016, the way you won iowa, the way he won new hampshire, the way he won south carolina, the way you won the primary is that you walked door- to-door, held hundreds of town hall meetings, you met people in iowa and new hampshire, six, seven, eight, nine times. i been talking about sort of a