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
Were shot down. ukraine has denied involvement in those attacks after russia sent drones into kyiv for the third time in 24 hours. russia s paramilitary wagner group has been helping russian president vladimir putin wage his brutal war against ukraine, but the group is spreading its influence beyond europe. the central african republic, a country rich in natural resources, according to locals and two western diplomats, wagner group mercenaries have been extracting nearly half a billion in gold, tim ber and blood diamonds for years now. joining us from london, chief foreign correspondent richard engel, you traveled to the central african republic and tell us about what you discovered there. so, good morning. we talk a lot these days about russian mercenaries from the wagner group, and they are leading some of the fighting in ukraine, but that is not where they make their money. they do that in africa, especially in the central african republic where they re
Absolutely nothing left. not a single tim ber, not a door frame, nothing. it is just as if a giant broom had come along and swept the entire thing clean. as i mentioned, i mean there s some places that don t exist anymore. all right. reynolds wolf, again in his home state of alabama, i know you love that place, a lot of people do, but our hearts go out to our friends here in the south. reynolds, we ll be checking in with you plenty throughout the morning. to our viewers, we re dedicated to bringing you a number of personal stories from inside the battered communities across the south. so many towns torn apart by these storms. reynolds talking about alabama, but it wasn t just in alabama, we re on the ground in tennessee and mississippi. raphael romo takes you through one community devastated in georgia. reporter: t.j., we re in a neighborhood in ringgold in north georgia. this is one of the most devastated areas by the tornado.