Unemployment is down to 3.7%, inflation is down to 3.1%, gas is down to 3.10 cents a gallon,

but this bibn is terrible. He's leading us to a depression.

Trump asked supporters on Wednesday

to name one thing that has gotten better under Biden.

And I don't know, there's a lot, I can think of a lot of them,

but I think maybe number one is we're drinking less bleach.

Good morning. Welcome to Good morning Joe. It is Friday December 15th

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling Republicans Bluff on border security. He's delaying the upper the majority is

he's delaying the upper chamber's recess in hopes of hammering out a deal on

foreign aid which includes critical funding for Ukraine.

We'll get into that. Also ahead, how the Biden campaign is trying to capitalize

on the impeachment inquiry into the president. Plus, Rudy Giuliani's defense team takes a very

odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation

case. Tell you about their pitch to the jurors. With us this morning we have

columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post Davidatius, member of the New York Times

editorial board, Mara Gay, host of the podcast on-brand with Donnie Deutsch, Donnie Deutsch,

and the co-founder of Punch Bowl News, John Bresnahan.

So, Joe, it looks like the Senate may be coming back in for a day, a two, to try to figure this out,

but still a long shot to get this deal for Israeli aid for Ukrainian aid because it is tied to immigration.

I think it's a long shot I think at the same time there is one of these things that you know people run around with their arms there again.

It's like the extending you know racing the dead ceiling they always find a way through

they're going to find a way to support aid to Israel they're going to find a way to deal on the border, the Biden administration doesn't want to seem too eager right now in the opening

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