space center where an all-european mission to the international space station will be taking off later on this hour featuring an italian astronaut on board. a lot of you are saying you re only saying this because there s an italian astronaut on board. that italian co pilot would be the tenth italian in space. a lot of you have been saying, you re only saying that because he would be the tenth italian in space. you re actually correct. but it is a beautiful day for a space launch on this spacex mission, which would be the third commercial crew flight. there s a way that the italians look at this by talking about a beautiful day for a space launch. [speaking italian]. that means it s a beautiful day for a space launch. we ll take you there in 49 minutes when this gets going. meantime, another big story right now, and it is getting bigger by the second, the border and what to do about. is a deal close? some republicans say for any deal to happen, there better be big improvements
candidate doug burgum joins us live after former president donald trump says that burgum could play an important role in a second trump administration. there s a few reasons why he might make a good v.p. pick. we ll talk to him in moments. stick around for that. first, no labels seeks to give voters another ticket to choose from if the matchup is once again trump v. biden. not surprisingly, they re riling up both parties with this effort. now they re asking the doj for an investigation to what they say is extortion and racketeering to keep them off of the ballot. the alleged conspiracy to stop no labels is a brazen voter suppression effort based on the evidence that we have submitted to the united states department of justice. martha: this will get interesting. that is no labels national co chair benjamin chavis. he will join us in just a moment. stay with us for that. first to mark meredith with the back story on this from washington. hi, mark. that is quite a back sto
what trump actually supports. by the way. he doesn t know what he supports. no, he doesn t. by the way, one day away from a government shutdown. good morning, everyone, it s thursday, january 18. we have white house reporter for the associated press. national political reporter for nbc news. and reporter for the washington post and moderator of washington week robert costa. i love the new york times has done today. yes, in the opinion section. instead of the usual voices that are i think in all the opinion writers. letters to the editor. it s my b
answers and they went a little easy with the grading. first question is, what is similar about a grape and an orange? trump said they re both types of soda. [ laughter ] it s correct but yeah. next they ask what is 30 minus 7? trump said my approval rating. welcome back. top of the hour, welcome back to morning joe, it s thursday, january 18. we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire back with us. national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc steve kornacki and new york times washington bureau chief elizabeth bumiller. good to have you on board this hour. lawmakers in washington must pass a measure to fund the government before tomorrow s deadline. will they do it? house republican leadership aides tell nbc news they re confident they have the votes to pass the short-term government funding bill that would keep the federal government running until