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>> nancy, nancy! >> donald trump last night in his cnn town hall, calling january 6th a beautiful day. the event, of course, last night full of lies, misleading statements. well go through the biggest ones, and also his comments about writer e. jean carroll that drew laughs and cheers from the crowd. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, may 11th. we have the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. jon meacham. and reporter f...

i think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own reelection in florida. >> as even fox news pans there earrings. >> im sick of these hearings. make me feel better, guys. >> tonight the ranking member of the weaponization committee, stacey plaskett, on where this is headed. bringing the word to the sidelines of the more ball. ukrainian soldier using the worlds largest spectacle to keep attention on putins war. when all in, starts right now. >> good evening from new yo...

yes, that investigation goes all the way to the top. and the fed all but certain to jack up interest rates this afternoon. but how big a hike will tell us a lot about the inflation problem. as new numbers on housing and what were buying spell more economic trouble. up first, the details that point a glaring legal spotlight at the former president donald trump. this banner headline courtesy of the "washington post," the justice department investigating trumps actions in the january ...

He said, "i have the absolute people." then he lied and said, "they become declassified when i take them." no, they dont become declassified just because he stole them from a government building. i wonder, whats jack smith, whats the justice department thinking about the admissions that donald trump made on television last night? >> well, it obviously provides them a road map to any defense he might try to mount if they do prosecute him on obstruction of justice or something similar. youre exact...

Reported, and will outnumber the police, so they cant be stopped. the source went on to say, their plan is to literally kill people. >> how important is it to you. ? obviously, our focus has to be on trump individuals like john eastman, jeffrey clark. but how important is these prosecutions for seditious conspiracy, this rarely charged but to me kind of appropriately targeted charge of the oath keepers and now the proud boys in terms of the making sure this never happens again? >> i think thats ...

Department, they just dont talk about the work that they are doing. and i think there was a tension with what the public wanted to hear. but it is clear there is an investigation happening and in some way donald trump is being considered as an aspect of it. >> and again, sometimes the behind the curtain part can be frustrating in the 24 hour news cycle. you have many democrats up on capitol hill saying hey, were giving you all this great evidence from our january 6 committee hearings, why isnt t...

Who are concerned that this investigation should at least run its course, need to make their views known. both publicly and privately to the white house. theres probably people within the justice department thinking about whether or not they want to make their views known. if there are more firings, how that might react within the justice department leadership. >> thanks, both. and next, breaking news. mark zuckerberg today facing tough questions on capitol hill about well, all of the security o...

What does it say after that interview has been published that goes in and takes a job at the justice department thinking that, maybe ill be different? >> i think the premise of your question is spot on. it raises a real ongoing problem for staffing this with serious and independent minded people. as for the peek into the frame of mind in the interview, i cant think his entire legal team signed off on, we see a man whose conspiracy theories leads all roads back to the man whos happened the conspi...

Cracker [bleep] if you want freedom, youll have to kill some crackers. youll have to kill some of their babies. let us get our act together. >> glenn: i think its clear he hates white people. if thats not the definition of a racist, i dont know what is. he doesnt just hate all of white people. he hates -- he doesnt like one iota of them. in fact, he wants to kill them and their cracker babies. now im really having a hard time with the justice department. theyre letting this guy walk. im not an e...

Those people are violent and racist. but this guy, the media -- its not a big deal to the media. he is calling for people to kill white people and kill babies. the d.o.j. doesnt have a problem with that. okay. it seems like were now going back in time to a dual justice system. thats not a good thing. they go after the racist police officers in arizona. thats what the d.o.j. is doing. they are going after this racist law. yet that same department of justice can walk away from this guy. bill clint...