Occupation of a building there. Well have the latest on that situation and the growing demonstrations on campuses across the country. That comes as theres some optimism that a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages could soon be reached. Wellbri you those developments out of the middle east. And also ahead a preview what we can expect in court today when Donald TrumpsHush Money Trial resumes in manhattan. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, april 30th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the growing unrest at Columbia University. Overnight propalestinian Student Protesters occupied a campus building. Its hamilton hall, the same building students took over back in the 1960s. That building just a few hundred feet away from the guzza encampment site. It came just hours after the university began sus spending students who refused to leave that encampment. The tents have been up for nearly two weeks, and the university wants to clear the area before graduation scheduled for may 15th. The protesters held a Press Conference yesterday afternoon saying the university has not made significant concessions to their main demands. The group wants columbia to divest from companies with links to the Israeli Occupation of gaza. The students also claim columbia has stopped negotiations. As a result, they say they will, quote, not be moved unless by force. As we keep an eye on the situation there uptown here in manhattan, protests are also escalating at other College Campuses. The University Of Texas protesters clashed with police resulting in dozens of arrests. Video shows officers in Riot Gear Dragging and carrying out demonstrators. The University Says at least 40 people were taken into custody yesterday for trespassing and disorderly conduct. Many of those people were not affiliated with the school. Thats a phenomenon happening at columbia as well. Theyre not all students. Meanwhile at the University Of Utah police were called to disperse a crowd of protesters there. The University Says 17 people were arrested last night, and one officer was injured. A hatchet was also confiscated. The number of arrests at campuses nationwide is now approaching about 1,000 people. We will have more on this developing story throughout the morning here on msnbc. But now we turn to another major headline tonight. In just hours day 9 of Donald TrumpsHush Money Criminal Trial will resume in a new york city courtroom. Today banker gary farrow is set to return to the witness stand for more questioning, specifically about his handling of Michael Cohens account at the time the alleged Hush Money Payment was paid to Stormy Daniels back in 2016. That payment was part of an agreement to keep daniels from going public about an alleged affair with trump. Trump has repeatedly denied any sexual encounter with the adult film actress. After the Hush Money Payment became public, daniels lawyer at the time, michael avenatti, provided nbc news with an email of an assistant to farrow which confirmed the transfer. Cohen had used his Trump Organization email address in the communication that said at the time Company Funds were not used. Also this week in the manhattan courtroom judge Juan Merchan Will Hold A Second Hearing On Whether Trump violated his gag order. That hearing is set for thursday. Meanwhile, in another Legal Development lawyers for president joe bidens youngest son, hunter biden, say theyre planning to sue fox news independently they say over unfounded claims made about him on their air. In a letter sent to the network last week, which has since been obtained by nbc news, bidens attorneys notified fox of the impending lawsuit. They write it arises for the networks, quote, subsequent actions to defame mr. Biden among other things. The letter focuses heavily on a sixpart special that aired on foxs streaming service in 2021. In it the network presented a mock trial for what it may look like if biden were charged with being a Foreign Agent or bribery. Mind you, hes never been charged with either of those crimes. Biden is also planning to sue over foxs decision to show nude photos of him onair, which he says were stolen. Fox has not responded to a request for comment. Joining us now to help us understand these Legal Developments, State Attorney from palm beach county, florida, dave aronberg. Lets start with hunter biden before we turn to the trump trial. His lawyers indicate theyre on the verge of suing fox news. If they do indeed do that, how strong do you think their case is . What could happen . Good to be with you, jonathan. Its hard to tell. We dont know all the details of the lawsuit, but there are laws in place in various states in whats called revenge porn. And theres nonconsensual disclosure of sexually explicit images and he could go after them for that. And not putting out the factual part the articles theyre basing this story on about the fbi informabout when was the guy who told all about hunter biden, well that inform want was recently indicted for lying about hunter biden. Thats the thinking behind the lawsuit. There are broad First Amendment protections and its hard to say at this early stage when they will sue, whether theyll succeed. This dd be the latest case of Holding Media Organizations accountable. Fox news in another lawsuit making a major payment not long ago. Lets turn to the Hush Money Trial. Banker garret farrow set to return to the stand. This is the nuts and bolts of the case, namely the prosecutors put on a powerful witness in and the middle youve got the blocking and tackling. Youve got the details about how Michael Cohen got the money because hes not a rich man. So when he came up with 130,000, he had to go to a bank and get a home loan, and he had to create this shell company. Well, youve got to establish that and thats why you put up a witness like this, whos not the most exciting witness. Hes a banker after all, but in the end its important for prosecutors to establish the facts to the jury especially after the big high of the david pecker testimony who i think was devastating for the prosecution. He was a powerful witness, and i dont think trumps legal team really laid a glove on him. You start off with that high and go to this witness, the banker and then a few other witnesses like that and then you go for Michael Cohen. Thats going to be mustsee tv. If only new york had cameras in the courtroom. Alas, new york does not. You mentioned pecker and you deemed his testimony devastating. Tell us why. Dig into that more. Trump has three major defenses here. First, he wants to establish he knew nothing. He wasnt aware of anything, its a low level employee who did this accounting mistake, if you even want to call it that. Here, david pecker who was in the room when it happened, who said that this was a scheme, that there were three people involved, it was pecker, Michael Cohen, and donald trump, and he repeatedly said, yeah, trump knew about all this stuff. And he said its a broader scheme. He wanted us to pay for it for Stormy Daniels but we didnt, and thats pretty damaging. Second, its important to trumps defense he try to establish this wasnt about a Campaign Finance violation, this was about protecting trumps marriage, thats why if they did it, they did it for that purpose. But david pecker says melania was never mentioned in the conversations. It was always about the campaign. And finally the Trump Defense is going to put Michael Cohen on trial, the key witness, because Michael Cohen is a fraud witness, hes had perjury charges. Here you have david pecker corroborating Michael Cohen in advance. Its so much harder to discredit a guy when you have multiple witnesses corroborating what hes about to say. Well have complete coverage on msnbc today as the trial resumes. State attorney from palm beach county, dave aronberg, thank you very much. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, what were learning this morning about a deadly shooting in charlotte, north carolina, that left four Law Enforcement officers dead. Plus, south dakota governor kristi nomes facing backlash about a story about killing a puppy. Well take a look at the blow back shes getting. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. Sports and weather when we come right back its a beautiful. Day to fly. Wooooo sometimes Jonah Wrestles with falling asleep. So he takes zzzquil. The worlds 1 sleep aid brand. And wakes up feeling like himself. Get the rest to be your best with nonhabit forming zzzquil. 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They knew that they had officers that needed help, that needed to be extracted from that location. Yet they went in, some getting shot themselves as a result. So the bravery, the heroism, everything that goes down with that defines what our profession is, our people demonstrated that today. This morning we now know the names of three of the fallen officers. Sam palosh and alden elliot were both 14 year veterans and also Task Force Officers working with the u. S. Marshals. Late last night police announced that charlotte officer joshua eyer also died of his injuries. A fourth deputy with the u. S. Marshals has not yet been publicly identified. Police do say all the other officers who are shot, they are expected to survive. Meanwhile, to politics now. South dakota governor kristi noem is still facing intense backlash from both sides of the aisle after she admitted to killing her 14month old puppy, a little dog named cricket. She did so in her upcoming memoir. Or story even baffled some fox news hosts and analysts who say a she sabotaged herself while also describing how the fallout of the submission, killing a puppy in a gravel pit, can be quite damaging to her Vice President ial aspirations. When you think about people having a dog put down, and i had an experience with a dog in our family having to be put down, you go to the vet and the vet does a little shot and the dog goes unconscious and doesnt feel anything. Not a lot of people have gone onto execute their own dog, and i a great many people will look at that and think its telling. Killing your dog strikes people as not normal behavior as they will probably imagine by a not normal person. The fact she wanted to say that is also telling. Peculiar. I mean if i were a political advisor to her, and thats not my department, but had i been asked for an opinion i would say dont put that in your book whatever you do. I have four rescues, and i have a puppy. Ive got to tell you, you know, what shes done is shes sabotaged herself. Whether or not it was to buttress what was coming down the road, but she also managed to unite the right and the left. Because america if nothing else, we are dog lovers. She just destroyed any chance she had of being Donald TrumpsVice President if she had any chance at all. Theres no going back from this. We turn now to the latest on the war in ukraine and news of russian advances among multiple points on the front line. In a lengthy social media post on sunday ukraines Commander In Chief acknowledged the Situation Alt The Front has worsened, saying russia has created a significant advantage in forces and means compelling ukraine to retreat from three villages near the front as it waits for additional aid to arrive. This assessment also points to russian advances west of the city of avdivka from where ukraine had to reteat back in february. 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Speaking to a prominently black crowd of around 300 people harris promised to focus on widening access to all entrepreneurs. None of us have achieved success without support, none of us. And without someone or people who understood our talent and our dreams and encourage us to achieve it and show us how to achieve it, and as much as anything the spirit behind the push for access to capital and in particular on this tour focusing on minority Small Businesses and black owned Small Businesses and Small Businesses and entrepreneurs who are black men is to recognize the disparities that have existed around the access to the opportunity to achieve success. Joining us now politico reporter covering the intersection of the white house and capitol hill. Jen, good to see you this morning. Lets first start with the idea of economic messaging. The Biden Administration has been frustrated for a long time. They point to the numbers and say, hey, the economy is doing pretty well. It doesnt seem to break through of late a little worry some of the inflation numbers. Thats going to be a drag come november. So talk to us, if you will, about the Vice President s trip here and how she is now making the latest effort to turn public sentiment around. Yeah, exactly. On paper this economy is doing well, but people dont feel that. They dont feel it when they go to the grocery store, dont feel it in their pocketbook, and thats a real problem for the president because the economy can look as great as you want on paper, but if people dont feel that in november when theyre casting their ballot, you know, theyre not going to pull the lever for president biden. So what the Vice President is trying to do is get the word out about some of the things that the administration has already done to improve the economy, what theyre going to in the future this visit to atlanta was the start of this Economic Opportunity tour, where shes particularly focusing on things the administration has done for black americans. She talked a lot about a 150 million grant that the administration has given to atlanta to help bridge some of the black communities that were cut off from downtown by the highway, reconnecting those communities to the downtown. Thats something that the administration is going to be continuing to talk about in atlanta and other places. And i think the important thing to remember here is that this is about ensuring that black voters come out for the president in the fall. There was a recent poll that showed some 30 of black men are probably or plan to vote for donald trump. And this georgia let alone the other swing states are places that the administration, you know, really needs black Voter Turnout to be successful. Yeah, its a great point there about the slippage in numbers from black voters. Georgia, of course, a huge battleground as well. Jen, tell us a little bit more about the role the Vice President is going to play. Shes become an important voice, frankly the administrations leading voice on Abortion Rights. But it is this going to be something were going to hear more from her, this idea of pitching to black voters to try to bring them back onboard . Give us the Campaign Strategy to make an appeal to win back black voters, frankly, they just have to have this time around . Absolutely. Were going to see the Vice President talk more about Abortion Rights. This is an area she has really really thrived because her message is so heartfelt. Some of the voters ive spoken to say they really feel like they connect to the Vice President when she talks about this issue, so were going to see her talking about it in florida and presumably other swing states because its an issue where the campaign feels like this is going to be an issue that brings voters out. So between these two issues, the economy and abortion, these are two of the top Campaign Issues for democrats and the Vice President is really embracing them on the trail. Holding a pretty aggressive schedule as she does. Terrific analysis this morning. We appreciate it. Next up here well go live to cnbc for an early look at whats driving the day on wall street including what caused tesla shares to rise sharply, marking the companys best day in more than three years. Well be right back with that. T. Power e trades awardwinning trading app makes trading easier. 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So lets see what Jerome Powell will have to say when he addresses the press tomorrow. But theres a couple of fears really he might sound quite hawkish and indeed fuel that sentiment we might not get any rate cuts. But lets see. Yeah, all eyes on powell tomorrow. So a couple other stories now. Elon musk wrapped up a surprise trip to china in less than 24 hours, but he came away with a crucial victory. Give us the latest, please. So according to tesla they said the chinese authorities removed restrictions on its cars after passing the countrys Data Security requirements. This is important because long story short, it boosts expectations tesla might be able to have their selfdriving cars available in china. Lets see what will happen. This is really just a first step in many, but nonetheless it actually boosted sentiment on the stock, and we saw shares of tesla rising sharply on monday. And taylor swift is on such a roll and is now having a historic week on the billboard charts. Tell us about it. Exactly. So after the release of her latest album, she hit record streaming number, but on top of that she also sold nearly 2 million physical records last week alone. So when you look at the numbers these are very, very impressive. And i just wanted to share this comment because in essence according to data from billboard all of 14 albums by taylor swift, they they were to debut at number one. This is quite impressive with so many albums hitting number one at the stabling of their release. There are questions what she has. Obviously she announced this album and it surprised fans there was a double album, and now fans are wondering whether hell be including some of these latest new songs in the next leg of the heiress tour, which restarts on may 9th. Taylor swift a force of nature. Got to say the new is good too. Cnbcs silvia amaro live from london, thanks so much. Still ahead the white house is touting the Hostage Negotiation and ceasefire. 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According to an israeli official and an arab diplomat with knowledge of negotiations 40 hostages would be free. The hostages would consistent of women, children, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions. Earlier talks had called for 40 hostages to be res leased, but hamas has indicated it might not have that many living hostages who fit the criteria. Weve also learned that israel has for the first time indicated it would accept a sustained ceasefire lasting more than six weeks. President biden spoke with some of the arab mediators working on the proposal yesterday. The white house believes there is a narrow window for reaching a deal before israel would begin its long threat and assault on rafah despite president bidens warning against doing so. Joining us now chief White House Correspondent for the New York Times peter baker. Peter, were always so pleased when you can join us. Reporting on this extensively and your new story includes a few factors the bidens team hopes to capitalize and a wild card thats also in the mix. Break it down for us, please. Yeah, exactly. Weve been of course seeing these talks start and stop and stalemate basically for months, but the white house sees a particularly narrow window that might be available right now to make this deal. Part of it of course they want to take advantage against the successful advance of israel from that iranian strike a couple weeks ago. They believe the Public Opinion in israel is increasingly putting pressure to bring home the hostages and they would like to have a normalization more importantly for them a defense. And they see some indications hamas may be willing to make a deal. Remember at this point the americans have said its hamas not israel that has stopped the deal, that israel has agreed to what the americans have been proposing as you say going further in their most recent proposal. So they see this window of opportunity, and youre right they want to do this if it can happen before any operation in rafah. If that happens and the Israelis Go Into Gaza where there are a million so gazans who have takenraphygy the large scale casualty would be such the idea of a ceasefire would be off the table at that point. You also revealed potential trouble on capitol hill. Can you briefly elaborate on that . Right, exactly. Youve had this fear weve heard expressed the last few days from the israeli officials that International Criminal court may be preparing Arrest Warrants for some senior israels over the conduct of the war. The United States rejects this saying the icc doesnt have the jurisdiction and doesnt believe they can do what theyre doing. You also have the Ticking Clock of the legislative calender. If the saudis want to get a new arrangement through congress before the november elections its probably a bit already too late, but they believe you really have to get something on the table in the next week or so. And theyre interested in doing it if they can before the election, because if trump takes over they believe theyll lose all support they have from democratic senators. Nothing would get through the senate in that kind of circumstance. So theyre racing the clock that gives them a very, very short if possible opportunity here. Peter, lastly, we opened the show with the growing Protest Movements on College Campus including Columbia University where theyve seized ackackdemic building and the University Put out a statement urging students to stay offcampus with all thats going on. We know the Biden Administration is watching with growing worry. Give us a sense how they feel about these protests. Is there anything they can do . Well, the president has tried to walk a careful line. Hes for free speech he says but not for antisemitism. Where that line is its hard for anyone to define so clearly everyone would agree. The Campaign Operatives trying to get the president reelected g to get the president reelecte and i still believe other issues like Abortion Rights and the economy and so forth ultimately will drive young voters. The Campaign Side of the house is definitely focused on getting this. They have obviously their own reasons for Foreign Policy to want to get this war over and get this war over. The two sides have similar views at this point. The Democratic National convention this summer in chicago. Chief White House Correspondent at the New York Times, peter baker, terrific insights this morning. Up next, Mike Johnsons job hangs in the balance as the threat to oust him looms. Well dive into what might happen straight ahead. Coming up on morning joe, as we just mentioned, Columbia University has started suspending students who refuse to vacate their Protest Encampment as unrest on College Campuses intensifies. A building on columbias campus has been seized. Antidefamation league Ceo Jonathan Greenblatt will join us on the heels of his meeting with jewish students. Democratic mayor of los angeles, karen bass, and mayor also, Jared Moskowitz of florida and Congressman Mike Lawler of new york will join the conversation. A lot of bipartisan conversation this morning. Morning joe just a few moments away. [car door shuts] [paparazzi cameras] introducing, neds Plaque Psoriasis. Ned, ned, who are you wearing . He thinks his flaky red patches are all people see. Otezla is the 1 prescribed pill to treat Plaque Psoriasis. Ned . Otezla can help you get clearer skin, and reduce itching and flaking. With no routine blood tests required. Doctors have been prescribing otezla for over a decade. 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After more than a month and after johnson crossed greens socalled red lines, the Georgia Congresswoman hasnt yet moved on her threats, and some of her concerted allies appear to be less than sympathetic to her efforts. However, greenes spokesperson told politico on sunday, quote, anyone is saying she is backing down is high, drunk, or simply out of their minds. The Georgia Congresswoman posted that johnsons days as speaker were numbered. Joining us now, politics reporter at semafor. Kadia, you have reporting that Marjorie Taylor greene might not be the only thing that threatens johnsons job. What are you hearing . Yeah, it is interesting. Ive reported, or tried to report over a few days about whether or not donors had an appetite to, you know, support Marjorie Taylor greenes effort. It turns out, some of the larger donors actually believe that hes doing a fine job. In particular, because he was able to pass that National Security package. It kind of gave them some kind of confidence that he could probably unite at least enough of his conference so that they could actually work and pass more legislation. What he would be concerned about is smaller donors. Many lawmakers tell me that during the recess break, they went back home, and people were very, very upset about them passing this legislation. Well see what happens. Certainly, the Biden Administration very pleased that that supplemental, including the ukraine funding, got done. That was the last big item on their checklist, but talk about what else might be on johnsons agenda here in the time that he still has, assuming he hangs on to his job as speaker. Yeah, Members Of Congress will be in session for about four weeks straight, and rightfully so because they have a lot to do. Starting with this week, there is a resolution, bipartisan revolution, mike lawler, that will basically try to change the definition of antisemitism. Following that, theres the faa that needs to be reauthorized, which is the federal aviation, as well as the farm bill which is also going to expire later in the year. They do have a lot to do. As you know, Congress Moves pretty slowly, so theyll need these four weeks ahead. Striking that was not on the list, anything about impeaching president biden. Is that effort all but done . Yeah, there was some reporting from cnn that the effort has actually slowed and that they could be wrapping it up, but theres no official take on that. We dont hear a lot. The hearings have kind of died down. I guess i would assume moving into the election time, its probably not the best thing that you want hanging over your head for republicans, especially when you want to go back to your constituents and tout about all your accomplishments. Yeah. Certainly, they have yet to provide any evidence of wrongdoing, and polls suggest most americans dont support the efforts. Lastly, you mentioned the elections. Theyre approaching. Theres so much focused on the president ial, but, yet, the margin in the house is so very slim. What is the latest you hear when you speak to democrats and republicans . Who do you think they favor will get control in november . A lot of democrats are respectfully confident about their regaining the house. I think one of the biggest concerns is that the senate would fall for republicans, would go toward republicans, but i think the interesting thing is, for a while, republicans in the house have been saying they dont think theyll regain the house, which is kind of astonishing. They say its attributed to the speaker not being able to push some of the legislation or some or their agenda ahead. Well see what the americans say. It is a president ial year, and a lot of big things or you know, two, big, major people on the ticket. Seems the consensus is emerging, republicans take the senate but lose the house. 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