clock to january 20, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. well, that was one of the few moments where in you could actually hear ron desantis as he attempted to announce his presidential campaign last night on twitter spaces. we ll have much more from the glitch filled launch. also ahead there s still no deal on the debt ceiling, but a republican leader in the house told lawmakers they can go ahead and leave for memorial day even as the clock ticks. plus, he proudly put his feet up on a desk in nancy pelosi s office on january 6th, and now he s going to spend years in prison for his actions that day. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race, but what should have been a historic mo
sorry about that. we ve got so many people here, that i think we are kind of melting the servers. answering messages begin coming in over the station s teletype. ron desanctimonious needs a personally transplant, and those are not yet available. killed at $14 million, the station emboies the last word in radio transmission. let s see. crashing, huh? wow. ah. okay, you have to give a hat tip to dan and the gang for putting that together. good job. well. that was awkward. welcome to morning joe. that was our producers putting together their view of his failure to launch, ron desantis. on twitter. we can obviously talk about this an awful lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 25th. willie, the thing is, we re in the age of twitter. we re in the age of social media. everybody is going to freak out at that exact moment, and they certainly did. there was a meltdown over the meltdown. it was bad. i mean, it was bad on so
dana: bye. bret: see you, dana. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the jury has questions and wants to hear the judge s complex instructions to them again. the 12-person jury in the former president donald trump s trial deliberating for four and a half hours before being dismissed by the judge for the day. the panel sending two notes to the judge this afternoon asking to rehear potential crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of this history-making case. and, asking to hear the judge s instructions to guide them on the law mooner time the presumptive presidential nominee calling the criminal case against the former president a political witch-hunt in comments just moments ago judge juan merchan gave the instructions on the law governing the case and what they can take into account in evaluating the former president s guilt or innocence. former president trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business r
points. that poll was declared be taken officially before the governor jumped into the race last night. meanwhile a super-pack for desantis is planning a massive voter outreach effort. the new york times has some new reporting on the $200 million plan for beating trump. that s hair headline. a source with the political group never back down expects to dedicate that much cash to an on the ground organizing operation. the pack is looking to hire 2,600 field organizers by labor day, which the times calls an extraordinary number of people for even the best funded campaigns. organizers plan to knock on the door of every possible desantis voter at least four times in the key battleground states of new hampshire, nevada, and south carolina, and five times in the kick off contest in iowa. joining us now senior national political reporter for nbc news who s in miami covering the desantis launch. so let s start there, natasha. give us the thinking as to what went into the decision to launch
announcing his presidential campaign on twitter spaces. what is twitter spaces? do you know? i don t really it s up at the top. i ve never used it. the middle. yeah, it s where you do audio chats. oh. good conversation. no, no. okay. well, it was very glitchy, the whole thing. it comes as election organizers for the florida governor are planning a massive voter outreach effort in hopes of making up the huge deficit he currently faces in polling with donald trump. and we ll get an update on president biden s re-election campaign from a national advisory board member and maryland governor, wes moore. he joins us in just a moment. welcome back to morning joe. second hour, everyone. you ready? willie? let s do it. you re good, okay. i don t know. lemire is looking a little tired. i m good. just a little tired. thursday, may 25th. jen palmieri and reverend al still with us.