Facing 78 Felony Counts across three separate Criminal Cases with a four potential indictment from Fulton County, georgia coming any day now. This d. C. Case and the charges now facing the former president are as serious as it gets. Here is trumps own former Attorney General bill barr. I think this case is the most serious of the cases because the conduct here involved trying to subvert and prevent the progress, the execution, probably the most important process and proceeding we have in our country, which is the peaceful transfer of power after an election. Putting aside whether its criminal or not, you know, it i dont see how the Republican Party can nominate someone who is capable of doing Something Like that. So were going to have more of that interview in just a moment with the man who was asking those questions. We also have the latest on what lawyers who practice frequently in washington, d. C. Are calling an unusual warning the former president received from the judge yesterday
for you, including president biden s nod to a popular meme. also ahead, donald trump praises the january 6th rioter who has said members of congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. plus, an international trip for ron desantis just didn t generate the headlines he was hoping for. in fact, most of the headlines, well, especially out of britain, were terrible. we ll have new reporting on that. and we re going to dig into the breaking financial news this morning. the third failure of an american bank since march, and who is coming in to save the day? good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, may the 1st. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. oh, jonathan, we have much to talk to you about in the boston sports world. also, special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. and columnist and associate editor for t
hello, welcome to the programme. a deep dive coming up tonight on the story that has dominated headlines this week. we will dig into the digital footprint that led investigators to the door of national guardsman jack teixeira. we will look at the laundry list of charges is facing and we will find what it means for us intelligence. also tonight handsfree driving on uk motorways. ford s bluecruise system allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel, at speeds of up to 70mph. but how advanced is it? we will talk firearms. nada tawfik will be here with her investigation into so called ghost guns. as we ll check in on donald trump and his republican presidential challengers who are in indineapolis right now seeking the blessing of the all powerful national rifle association. interesting week to do that, after that mass shooting in louisville kentucky. but we start tonight with the frantic search for the leaker of the classified pentagon documents, that ended last night in mass
classified documents posted by an user, refer to o.g. only 1 or 2 people were paying attention to the documents he was pouring his heart into and a sign of anger he decided to post the full documents. there are talks of foreign intelligence agencies. there s talks of nuclear weaponry. i mean, it s hardly touching the iceberg. sandra: as we learn more, fox news alert, the pentagon is now set to offer a briefing to reporters and to the country, expected top of the hour. they say federal investigators may have discovered the identity of that intelligence leaker. we await news on that. hello, welcome everyone. bill, great to have you back again. bill: great to be with you again. i m bill melugin in for john roberts. wall street journal reporting an arrest might be imminent as the fast moving probe as apparently zeroed in on an air national guards man based at fort bragg. sandra: a bombshell report with friends of the leaker alleging he was not political but motivated by