Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is Friday, May 20th. We begin with live pictures from

South Korea right now. President Biden is touring a Samsung plant with the Korean president. He

arrived in the country this morning, the first stop of his six-day tour of Asia. This plant makes computer chips

and is a model for a facility being built in Texas. The president is expected to make remarks,

and we'll be watching that. We'll dip in live and we'll discuss the message the president

hopes this trip overall sends to China.

Plus, new reporting on the midterms.

Donald Trump leaves Pennsylvania Republicans fuming.

While in Georgia, the former president reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor.

Just left him in the dust.

Who would have ever seen that comment?

I know. No loyalty. Things go bad and he throws him under the, who would have ever seen that?

Gosh, that's shocking. Everyone who's ever dealt with him. And the latest on the war in Ukraine, British

intelligence reports that Russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military's poor performance in Ukraine.

We'll talk a lot more about that.

Along with Joe, Willie, and me on this Friday morning, we have U.S. special correspondent

for BBC News, Katty K, columnist, an associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius,

and the host of way too early, Jonathan Lemire.

He is White House Bureau Chief at Politico.

And, Willie, we're going to get a lot of news here, but I must say, Jonathan and I just shocked.

A storied night in Major League Baseball last night is the little engine that could just went a half-notch up the hill and said, I think I can.

Jonathan, give us a quick rundown.

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