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 committe
jacqui heinrich. griff: it s great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. the balloon sighting dashing an attempt by the biden administration to ease u.s.-china tensions, with antony blinken calling off his trip to beijing. and we have coverage in london alexandria hoff in washington and let s start off. earlier some say the chinese balloon should have been shot down when this first crossed over alaska. we could have shot it down over open water, over dense, sparse parts of alaska and should it shot it down then. it leads me to believe that possibly a political decision was made by the white house not to do so for fear of interrupting the relationship with china. that s troubling if that it indeed the case. here at the white house, president biden only wanted to talk about the strong jobs report not that chinese sp, whe will you remove the balloon? when and how will you remove the balloon, mr. president? the chinese spy balloon had been spotted over charlotte, north carol
life-threatening cold already moving into the midwest. the northeast bracing for wind chills in some places 50 below zero. rob marciano with the late forecast. was a potential mass shooting plot hod foiled by the lapd? tonight, the suspect in custody, and what they found in his 18th floor apartment over sunset boulevard. an arsenal of loaded weapons, high-powered scopes. matt gutman reporting. the new jersey councilwoman, a rising star, just 30 years old, shot and killed in her car. that community in shock tonight. police now appealing to the public for help. on the hill tonight, the vote in the house. the gop majority removing democratic representative ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. the congresswoman and her speech today, and what she said this was really about. rachel scott live on the hill. a dramatic day of testimony in the alex murdaugh trial. the defense grilling authorities about what they found or didn t find the day after the murders. and pros
the northeast bracing for wind chills in some places 50 below zero. rob marciano with the late forecast. was a potential mass shooting plot in hollywood foiled by the lapd? tonight, the suspect in custody, and what they found in his 18th floor apartment over sunset boulevard. an arsenal of loaded weapons high powered scopes. matt gutman reporting. the new jersey councilwoman, a rising star, just 30 years old, shot and killed in her car. what community in shock tonight. police now appealing to the 3ub lick for help. on the hill tonight, the vote in the house. the gop majority removing democratic representative ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. the congresswoman and her speech today, and what she said this was really about. rachel scott live on the hill. a dramatic day of testimony in the alex murdaugh trial. the defense drilling authorities about what they found or didn t find the day after the murders. and prosecutors on a piece of video from the same day
developments in the attack on paul pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the house, as we re coming on the air. pros cures just finaling two federal charges against filing two federal charges against the suspect, including attempted kidnapping. we have new details about what the suspect planned to do if he had found speaker pelosi inside the lome. we ve got those disturbing new details coming in. also, this hour, new strategies and new names heading into the campaign trail, a big name democrat, now adding arizona to the calendar for a last-minute rally to push candidates across the finish line. we re live with that, as republicans plan to kick off a rally any minute. in georgia, new rallies, on the powerhouse race, one not so close and another couldn t be any closer. our team covering all of this, standing by. plus, former president trump is asking the supreme court, what he is asking the supreme court to do today and the new reporting coming from the white house team o