both paries as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis makes a pitch to voters ahead of the first event of his presidential campaign. we ll show you what he said. also ahead, we are following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacking residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 30th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, johnson lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. joe, on the debt ceiling, you said they d get there, but how d they finally do it? they had no choice. they got there. you know, we live in this world that s designed this
day. we can express our thoughts and feelings and wait for the response. there is no response on memorial day. those we honor are dead, which leaves us to supply both d sides of the conversation. i spent some time studying our the deadliest battles in our history, the battles which required the most sacrifice. i wondered what it was like to be a teenager sent to europe. during world war one probably never crossed an like to ocean and for many they only crossed the ocean oncecr they re buried somewhere in france or belgium or england, we sent them to liberate a continent, to liberate other people, and they did what weoncere in fm to do and it cost themto d their lives. world war two was a deadly war both in europe and the pacific . our young people were sent to defeat an evil axis,ii to liberat was ae a continent, fe defend people being victimized by tyrantnd s. and we sent young people to defend our own country after we were attacked. so pearl harbor. some of those soldiers a
last 60 years because they understand the power of incrementallism. i think part of the problem with republicans is that we are so often focused on hitting the hail mary pass we forget about the power of incrementallism. this is going to spend less money next year. that is not sufficient. it s a big win. let s put in our pocket and get another win tomorrow. republican dusty johnson of south dakota with a plea to house gop hard liners who are criticizing the debt limit bill. we ll have the latest on where support stands for members of both parties as leaders try to secure their votes. plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages, and also ahead we re following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacked residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begi
reporter: negotiators plan to spend the rest of the holiday weekend promoting it to. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis. this is going to be transformational. jericka: in ukraine, russian forces have launched some of the heaviest air attacks on the capital and other major cities since the war began. reporter: this is and always will become of the greatest spectacle in racing! kirkwood upside down and josef newgarden finally wins the indianapolis 500! in this nebraska lab, america fulfills the nation s promise to never leave service members behind. it doesn t matter if it s been 80 years or yesterday, we make that promise to yield. jericka: on this memorial day we meet a group of young musicians following in the footsteps of the past. people are doubting you at first, once we start playing, they are amazed. jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this memorial day. we begin tonight with the partia
i have never been so scared like i was on this trip in washington the debt limit deal and the major new test for president biden and house speaker mccarthy can they get enough votes for their breakthrough agreement to pass congress and avoid default? a warning about infant loungers tonight with more than two dozen deaths linked to various brands one family s heartbreaking story and what parents need to know. and on this memorial day the emotional reunion of vietnam veterans after 50 years how they survived prisoner of war camps. and across the country remembering all members of the military who ve made the ultimate sacrifice. and the rockets re glare announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news out of davenport, iowa. at this partially collapsed apartment building look at that a chunk of the structure crumbling to the ground as residents were inside. the gap now