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that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them tim ....
condemn. the proud boys stand back and stand by. the proud boys celebrated that shout-out from then president trump during a debate in 2020. months later, members of that group would be heavily involved in the violence on january 6th. and now they are facing serious prison time for their actions. much more on yesterday s guilty verdicts in just a moment. meanwhile, in new york jurors in donald trump s civil rape trial heard more of his video deposition yesterday while taking through some of that testimony, and also ahead, more ethics issues for supreme court justice clarence thomas. this doesn t sound it s not good. it keeps on coming, and i m not sure what the consequence is here but it looks really bad. there is new reporting that clarence thomas wife was paid nearly $80,000 by a nonprofit that had a case before the high court. and her payments to her would come with instructions from leonard leo not to tell anybody she s getting the money. se ....
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 co ....
if you re watching morning joe weekend. and if you can t get enough of us on monday through friday. which is kind of surprising we talk a lot. no surprise it was another really busy week with trump s legal woe deepening, and desantis making headlines for all the wron reasons. let s take a look at some of our top stories this week! michael cohen, the one tim attorney and fixer for donal trump, wrapped up his testimon before a grand jury convened before the math and district office in the investigation of trump. and hush money paid to adult film actress, story daniels. cohen spent about two hour yesterday, testifying before the grand jury, in the first appearance on monday when he testified for abou three hours. and the woman of the center of the hush money payments has no spoken with prosecutors in the case as well stormy daniels attorney said that he and daniels both met with prosecutors, via zoom yesterday. calling the conversation substantive, and a goo meeting. t ....
russia continues to send waves of troops into the eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. so, there is a lot of incoming and outgoing here. margaret: the acting head of the faa in the hot seat. can you just, right now, assure the american people that flying aircraft in the united states of america is still the safest way to travel? yes, sir. margaret: court documents show that fox news chairman rupert murdoch was worried his k went too far with 2020 election denial claims. margaret: and on this international women s day. toni morrison, nobel laureate, acclaimed novelist, former professor, immortalized on a new forever stamp. margaret: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i am margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, what the fda is saying about a nationwide shortage of adderall and how it is impacting patients. plus, ahead of march madness, meet the rutgers player who traveled halfway around the world to live the american dream. bu ....