the bare minimum. why is this such a last-minute scramble? jose, unfortunately this is something that happens all the time. lawmakers know they have to do something they don t want to do like raise the debt ceiling and link it together to make everyone vote at the same time. the typical plan had fallen apart, which is part of the reason we re up so close against the deadline with republicans not wanting to vote for the dell ceiling piece of it. every indication, though, is that the house and senate will get their homework done on time and will vote to fund the government through december. today, however, when you wait this late, there s a chance something dumb could go wrong. it doesn t look likely it s going to happen today. the solution is c.r. this leaves the issue of the debt ceiling there. where does it stand? they don t want anything. they want democrats to do the debt ceiling lift on their own in part for purely political reasons. they want to run against democra
wow. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, april 12th. we begin with russian president vladimir putin turning to what looks similar to a stalin-esque purge within his government. although kremlin officials publicly claimed the war is going according to plan, behind the scenes about 150 agents from moscow s secret intelligence service, the fsb, have been, quote, purged since the war began. that s according to the times of london. some have been removed from their jobs, others arrested as putin looks to assign blame for russia s failures in ukraine. among those arrested, the head of the department directly responsible for overseeing affairs with ukraine. something all of those reportedly punished have in common is that they were all employed or formerly employed by a division once led by putin, the fifth service as it is called, was set up in the late 1990s to carry out operations in the countries formerly controlled by the soviet union. the goal of tha
it prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue, then rescind, alerts to millions of residents. state media in pyongyang said the projectile had come down in the sea because of serious defects. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an infatuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. foran korea did fire a missile this morning. for an evacuation. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim john own disappointment for the north korean leader kimjohn own kimjong un. a korean leader kimjohn own kim jong un. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it
deadline looms. congressional leaders say that they have made some progress. but a deal remains out of reach for now. plus, a win emerges. cnn projects kentucky attorney general daniel cameron will secure the republican nomination for governor. we will look ahead to his face-off with the incumbent democratic governor. and ukrainian officials say they intercepted six russian hypersonic missiles by air defenses over kyiv. but russia insists that that is not the case. more in a live report. thank you for joining us. america s dangerous standoff over the debt ceiling has caused the u.s. president to scrap part of his planned swing through the pacific region. joe biden is leaving later today for the g7 summit in hiroshima japan. he was supposed to visit top under guinea and australia afterwards for a separate set of meetings. but now he will be heading back to washington right after the g7. for debt talks with congressional leaders as the u.s. creeps ever closer to default. the la
are you? i don t think any of these people were providing the present with good advice. i didn t understand how they got in. in alleged conspirators invited into the white house by the president with bizarre results. can the federal government sees voting machines? the terrifying idea. come over back down pat cipollone if he had the authority to made me special counsel and he said. yes a mob summoned by the president to come not just to the nationals capital sitting, but to the u.s. capitol building. we are going to be only the saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary storming right into the capital. there s gonna be a red wedding going down january. six so why did you decide to march to the capital. basically, the president got everybody riled up and told everybody to come down, so we basically just follow what he said. a jarring closing revelation from the investigators. after our last hearing, pr