primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
had a walk-off grand slam hit by the unlikely here cordero. and gave boston a dual victory and a four-game sweep of the seattle mariners. the sox have won five in a row and nine of the last 12. here is look at where things stant stand in the american leak east. and finally manchester city, the champion of the premiere league, for the fourth time in five years after raling from 2-0 down to get the points required to hold off liverpool. they got three goals from the 75th minute on. roger bennet joins me now to break down the final day drama ahead on morning joe. time now for the weather. let s go to the meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. you re a tottenham fan so who were you rooting for yesterday? so manchester city, we are in the fourth place, which is great