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well talk to late-night expert bill carter about the big-star exits and this weeks up front and so much more. first, an epic struggle over the future of talking and tweeting. right now all stories lead back to elon musk. hes everywhere. one minute hes like the head of state holding a key meeting with brazils president, the next like a teenage troll tweeting cruel emojis and memes. musk continues to say his original agreement to buy twitter is on hold. the company is saying the oppo o...

globe so what is monkey pox and how is it spreading? lets go "outfront." "outfront" tonight, the u.s. opening the floodgates for ukraine. a massive $40 billion aid package about to be signed into law, so that brings the spending from the biden administration and the united states to $54 billion in just 60 days to aid ukraine. it sounds enormous and i want to be clear, it is enormous, in fact it is more than the united states spent on the entire foreign aid budget in 2019 in 60 days to ...

questions if both were too slow to act. as mentioned, another tough day on wall street. the dow lost 237. the s&p 500 fell 23. the nasdaq dropped 30. today another new high for gasoline prices with the national average reaching $4.59 per gallon. the rising rates forcing some to cancel vacation plans this summer. we will address these issues and more with senate minority leader membership mcconnell in just a few moments. first, fox business correspondent grady trimble is in chicago wher...

here is whats interesting, i would say. there is a theme. we have seen several races in which the conservative media, the republican establishment, others folks, even donald trump, have come in and tried to take out a candidate or persuade their voters not to go down a certain road. we saw it with certain attacks on kathy barnette who had a late surge in that race and pennsylvania. she still in it but not ahead as of now. we saw a bit with mastriano. it has followed on deaf ears. donal...

his wife giselle gave an update on his condition earlier on "morning joe." >> he feels great. he wants to get out. they hold him longer but the surgery went great and on the way to a full recovery. >> democratic pennsylvania attorney general shapiro will go head to head with doug mastriano this november. in north carolina, incumbent republican congressman hawthorne lost his bid conceding to chuck head wards. lets start with nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki at th...

personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. well have more on the state of the contest, but well start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governors contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could...

transcripts of the interviews it has conducted in its investigation. the request came on april 20th with the doj indicating that some committee interviews may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting. nbc news has now confirmed that reporting. the doj did not indicate the number of transcripts they wanted or if there were any specific interviews they were interested in. so far the committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people, including many close t...

its a poison. [ applause ] >> running through our -- it really is. running through our body politic. its been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. [ applause ] none. look, failure in saying that is going to complicity, silence is complicity. its complicity. we cannot remain silent. i call all americans to reject the lie, and i cond...

theres serious stuff in the world as well as a little fun with nicole. the big news come out of doj, formally requesting evidence and transcripts from the january 6th committee. that is a clear sign that the criminal probe of the insurrection is intensifying, linking with some of the leads in congress. well bring that to you tonight. also, tucker carlson dodging and weaving account ability after a mass shooter cited the same thing hes been pushing. well get into that, but right now, el...

military aid and humanitarian aid for ukraine, bringing americas support for the effort to nearly 54 billion with no other country having that large of a financial or military or humanitarian commitment, its expected to pass the senate early next week before heading to the presidents desk for signing. that bill along with leaks from the biden administration in recent days seems to underscore just how embroiled the united states has become in the war in ukraine. on may 4th, new york tim...