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.
my producer said it is a trump day. there say big trump town hall. questions from kaitlan and new hampshire voters. we have a lot ahead before that. phil is to know. he has been ordered to pay her five damages. i said he is relaunching the show on twitter. elon musk says no deal has been made and carlson is still technically under contract with fox. meet the new top dog. this year s best in show honors go to buddy holly. also one of the best movies. that is the name of the dog? no, i m not. cnn this morning starts right now. since you put me up to it, what is the name of the dog? we have the pronunciation. i printed it. which you printed. i appreciate it. i m going to go dog. winning dog. we ll go with buddy holly. [ speaking nonenglish ] look at that. all right. we ll get to that in main. we start out very serious, very consequential news. donald trump lashing out at the jury that found he sexually abused and defamed e. jean carroll. he was still posting
how that helped the doj issue charges. and an israeli air strike took out three top military commanders and ten civilians. a live report from southern israel. also, inside two texas tragedies. the latest on the investigation into the fatal suv crash outside a migrant facility in brownsville that left eight dead. and the painful new stories behind the lives lost at a texas outlet mall over the weekend. the lone survivor of one family just turned 6 years old. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest. we start with maggie vespa in allen, texas. we just learned there s going to be an update from the texas department of public safety in about an hour. i want to focus on the victims. all so young. 3 to 37. so much life they had still to live. froms what more can you tell us about them? reporter: yeah, chris, that news conference expected to focus on the mechanics of the investigation but what people here care about is the people they lost including those three chil
heard the name george santos. oh, we do know him now, though. a wild scene today as the republican congressman caught in lie after lie is arrested and charged on 13 criminal counts. will george santos, aka anthony devulder stay in congress, go on his own or will he be pushed out? plus, taking the stage, donald trump now hours away from facing questions at a cnn town hall one day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and following the money. republicans flagging what they call shady deals as they lay out their case against president biden s family, including son hunter. is there evidence behind these allegations? welcome to the lead. we start with our politics lead, and a defiant congressman george santos saying he has no plans to resign despite facie ing 13 criminal charges. santos pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom this afternoon before facing the news media where he insisted he is innocent. this is the beginning of the ability for
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington along with erin burnett in new york. happening now, we re counting down to cnn s town hall with former president donald trump. new hampshire republicans as well as undeclared primary voters are standing by with questions for the gop frontrunner and it all comes as trump stares down growing legal troubles. multiple criminal investigations. an indictment in new york and a $5 million sex abuse verdict. all of that, wolf, as we are also following another story tonight. congressman george santos speaking out today. he pled not guilty to 13 federal charges. pulling a page out of of the trump playbook calling it a witch hunt. if convicted santos could face up to 20 years in prison for the top counts he faces. the republican from new york is facing calls to resign from many in his own caucus. speaker mccarthy is holding fire, saying santos deserves his day in court. also the sout