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good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processi ....
Remarkable. salman rushdie has been an important part of pen. pen mobilized, rose to his side, advocated for him. when he was a free man again, he came to new york and became president of our organization. he s stayed involved ever since. he founded a big festival called pen world voices that we do every year. it wrapped up this weekend on sunday. when he was attacked last summer, it was an absolute gut punch. it was terrifying to think that an authoritarian country could reach right here into the state of new york and launch a murderous attack. he really fought for his life. we didn t know whether and when we would see him again. and so to have him last night come up on stage, you talked about profiles in courage a few minutes ago. this is a profile in courage. to see him stand up there alive and well, he s missing an eye ....