Fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for House Democrats. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration has plans to send active duty troops to the Southern Border as soon as next week. We will explain what the Military Personnel will be doing down there. Also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. It comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. New reporting this morning on Text Messages that ultimately led to Tucker Carlsons firing. We also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a Spring Offensive against russias army. And writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of Way Too Early, white house, jen palmieri, Cohost Of The Circus and former chairman o. Of the republican committee, Michael Steele.
fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the
to call for national lung cancer screening. england fight back to reach the semi finals of the euros. an extra time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain. it s thought half of all kennels across the uk have closed during lockdown, but with many more of us now owning dogs, getting a space at a boarding house like this is now a very hard thing. good morning. today will be cooler than yesterday. for england, fairly cloudy with the odd shower. bright and sunnier in the west. i ll have all the details and more later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday zistjuly. our top story two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battleground is likely to be taxation, with ms truss promising immediate tax cuts, while mr sunak says he would wait until inflation was under control. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he s the forme