all five people, including a 19-year-old, on board a titanic tourist submerible died while diving toward the ship s wreckage. it comes as we re learning the u.s. navy may have actually picked up the implosion sounds on its underwater microphones. meanwhile, there are more prominent voices criticizing the vessel, pointing out its fatal flaws. james cameron, yeah. also ahead, we re going to go through indian prime minister modi s state visit at the white house and the impact it could have on u.s. relations with other world powers. plus, two outspoken, far right republicans trying to rewrite history on capitol hill. we ll explain. and is it possible? tomorrow marks the one year since the overturning of roe. we ll take a look at new polling on the supreme court s decision. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 23rd. good to have you with us. also with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lem
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 time to f
officials including the michigan attorney general. the fbi says the suspect is a member of the so-called sovereign citizens movement. that s a self-declared independent nation that claims that they are immune from u.s. loss. and a really frightening episode in the sky, turbulence so severe on a lufthansa flight from texas to germany that passengers said that it felt like going over the top of a roller coaster. this event was not because of bad weather. the skies were clear. is climate change causing more turbulence? okay. we have a lot to discuss tonight, so let me bring in john miller, law enforcement, and intelligence analyst. we also have political commentator extraordinary se cupp, and dan harris, host of 10% happier podcast, and joey jackson whose expertise will help us understand everything we ve just seen in the murdaugh trial verdict. joey, i want to start with you. i have heard so many people in the past few hours since the verdict came say, wow, that was so fast.
into the business activities of the president s son. all of this comes on a dayothers name, robert f. kennedy jr. officially launches a primary challenge. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us live on the north lawn with the latest. good evening, peter. peter: bret, this whistleblower s lawyer says that he is a career official in the irs criminal division and he is alleging that a political appointee at the irs lied to congress about the hunter biden tax investigation at some point in the last few years. and this whistleblower is alleging that politics and preferential treatment are interfering in the hunter biden probe. we are awaiting reply from hunter biden s representatives. the chairman of the house ways and means committee says they are going to meet with this whistleblower soon. and this does come at a politically delicate time for the president. remember, he and his political team retooled the democratic primary calendar to put south carolina first because
what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdict.