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good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist an ....
almost 100 people evacuated in less than an hour. we have new details about the mission to get u.s. diplomats out of sudan. now, the white house must decide how to help thousands of other americans still trapped in a war zone. well, the aviators are hitting the trail again. president biden expected to launch his re-election bid tomorrow. that means he ll have about 19 months to tell voters about his accomplishments from term one, as well as his ability to keep going well into his 80s. ron desantis hasn t thrown his hat into the ring yet, but his travel itinerary indicates otherwise. the florida governor discussing trade with the japanese prime minister. this is just his first stop. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. the u.s. says it is actively helping americans get out of sudan as violence in that country continues to intensify. it comes after u.s. special forces pulled off a daring rescu ....
That trump people have been throwing around. yeah, there s language in his report criticizing the fbi, and some of that is probably warranted. the fbi did make mistakes. the justice department ig said that. it s generally accepted. but durham did not find evidence of some kind of fundamental breakdown in law enforcement that would disqualify the whole probe. my takeaway would be, this is like a non-prosecution decision. durham in the end didn t have it. he said it. used some sharp language, but, you know, four years at least i think should wash some of these conspiracy theories out of the system. all right. david is also very sober. it s why we have him on. we need to move along. we thank ken dilanian for his sober and respectful approach to this investigation. all right. now to a new push for solutions this morning on the ongoing ....
Out. okay. let s talk a little bit about politically then. yeah. in this case of going to the treasury department ig, i mean, yes, this is supposed to be an independent ig, and they are, right? but this is in his father s sort of sphere, right? this is the biden treasury department. how much of a pickle does that put the president in, that he is doing that? it is hard to say. what he s alleging ultimately could be a violation of crime or effect of criminal law, saying, you re coming avenfter . someone may have released my personal data, which is a crime. he could have written a letter to the justice department asking for a criminal investigation here. it may have been an easier approach to go straight to the treasury department, have them investigate it, almost as an hr matter, saying, either you can fire or terminate or take action against this former employee. or forward it on for prosecution. let s look at the timing of this, right? yeah. at the same time his legal ....
Lies. maria: congressman, good to see you this morning. we ll follow it as we have the last three years. thank you. maria: right with truth. thank you so much, sir. long-term implications of the justice department ig report are significant on the intelligence community and beyond from house oversight committee chairman trey gowdy and kim strassel from the wall street journal will be up next. as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. stay with us. (clown 1) sorry about that. (clown 2) apologies. (clown 1) .didn t mean it. (clown 3) whoops. (stilts) sorry! (clowns) we re sorry! (scary) hey, we re sorry! [man screams] [scary screams] (burke) quite the circus. but we covered it. at farmers, we know a thing or two because we ve seen a thing or two. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ....