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president's culpability, and the case's legal complexity. one of the potential first witnesses expected to testify is david pecker, the former ceo of america media incorporated, who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. it's called catch and kill. he is alleged to have worked with trump and his former attorney, michael cohen, to bury the stormy daniels story. other witnesses expected to testify include michael cohen, stormy daniels, former trump aide hope hicks, and former playboy model karen mcdougal, who also alleged a sexual relationship with trump. and as former president trump left court on friday, he continued to insist that he plans to testify in his own defense. oh, joining us now, former litigator and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin.
biden. >> can ukraine now win this war, or is the united states merely giving you enough aid to prolong this war? >> translator: thank you. i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory. if ukraine really gets the weapons system, which we need so much. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy on "meet the press" yesterday reacting to the house overwhelmingly voting in favor of new funding for ukraine, as well as israel and taiwan. the senate is expected to pass the legislation as early as tomorrow and send it to the president's desk to sign. really incredible moment. i have to say, wasn't sure mike johnson had it, but he does.
and immigration policies. they could have gotten that but -- in short, they were going to shake up washington with biden as their main focus. that didn't happen. instead, biden has gotten pretty much everything he's asked for from this congress without having to concede much in return. house republicans paid a much higher price due to their internal discord and dissension. gop lawmakers have ousted one speaker while another may be forced to turn to democrats to remain in power. jackie, i turn to you here about mike johnson. will he lose his speakership? will democrats back him? return for what he did? what do you know about his evolution toward aid for ukraine? he visited mar-a-lago recently. he wasn't just going against his far-right flank in congress but donald trump in this decision. >> yes, mika. those are all very good and
>> no, we don't. >> i don't think so. >> okay. >> yeah. >> donald trump has been charged with 88 felonies and found liable for sexual assault. if trump is too big of a liability to get a job at your local mall, he is too big of a liability to be president of the united states. >> wow. let's bring in the executive director of the republican accountability project, sarah longwell. great to have you on the show this morning. i do think that it's unknown how things might change for trump as these trials drag on, especially the one he is in now. that ad kind of crystallizes some of the challenges he faces straight ahead. what are you seeing in terms of the liability for president trump with the cases that are still in the future? >> look, as you know, i do focus groups with swing voters and voters across the political spectrum every week. one of the things we could see is that because donald trump has so many charges against him, there are so many different
though, if we come to september/october and the war in ukraine is still plodding along, there's no real change in ground energy, and it's still just, you know, trench warfare? >> you know, whether he benefits or not, this week, let's celebrate for a minute that the system worked thisworked on a c. a human being, a profile in courage, stood up and did the right thing and was not tribal for a moment, went against and put his job on the line, and the checks and balances that are supposed to be there worked. we had the right person in the right place. at the same time, we're watching donald trump, a former president, sit in a courtroom, proving that nothing is against the law. we pull our hair out a lot, rightfully so, with what goes on in the news every they and how things don't work. this is an example, and i just felt so good despite all the bad in the world, that, wait a second, yes, we can have a
community over vladimir putin. he listened to the foreign policy experts and ultimately did the right thing. but having said that, and i guess i want to put one cautionary note here, you know, because i don't want to understate how significant this was, how encouraging this was, but a reminder that this is still donald trump's party. in less than three months in my hometown of milwaukee, we will witness, once again, the coronation of donald trump by the republican party. all of these folks who had this temporary flash of courage and statesmanship will line up behind donald trump. >> right. >> we know what a party led by donald trump means for our allies. we know what it means for russia and for ukraine. so i don't want to rain on the parade because i think this was an extraordinary moment, but it was a flash of reaganism, but this is not reagan's party. it is not nikki haley's party. it's not mike pence's party.
resonating with republican voters who are possibly going to be leaving trump and going to biden? >> so when there's sort of these two-time trump voters who have decided they're out on donald trump, it tends to be january 6th. like, there was a break moment for a certain section of republican voters. i know we hear a lot about how -- and it's true, look, most republican voters absolutely are tolerant of trump's behavior, defend his behavior, have continued to do from, you know, january 6th being a terrible day to, now, you know, supporting, saying that january 6th -- the people who attacked the capitol are hostages. but there are this subset of people, and i have to tell ya, they tend to be older republicans, because they are the republicans who came of age under ronald reagan, who, you know, still believe in a republican party based on limited government, free markets, american leadership in the world, and they're the ones who, after january 6th, said, i'm done.
who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? >> let's talk about the trial this weekend. >> all weekend long. twitter was going wild. also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more military support for israel, as well. the bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. kind of sums it up. >> it does. good morning. it is monday, april 22nd. welcome back the "morning joe." former aide to the bush state department and white house, elise jordan. from the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. and financial editor at "the financial times," ed luce is with us. >> we'll get to the lead story in one moment, which are opening statements in donald trump's
they're donald trump's friends. on the defense side, you'll probably hear a version of, try to keep an open mind. the evidence is not all in. we don't have the burden. just sort of the standard fair, but you're not going to see anything as flashy, anything as dramatic, as exciting as we're going to see during closing arguments. this is only going to be a preview, and it will not take the entire day at all. >> interesting. >> you know, as danny said, in mob cases, there are jurors that will tell the judge they're afraid for their safety and want to get off. he said this isn't exactly like that, but, really, it is in many cases, in that a lot of the jurors are fearful of repercussions if they're in on a jury that's impaneled that rules against donald trump. i mean, because they want their names -- the judge trying to keep the names from getting out there, but, over time, this is
there's connections to cancer. if you look at the american household, every single day, plastic is used. plastic is thrown away. how do we root this out of, i'll start with the united states of america, in terms of our lifestyle? >> well, there are lots of things that individuals can do, but it also takes leadership. so as an individual, you're out there in your kitchen. you probably just threw something plastic in your trash can. think about all the ways that you can cut your own plastic use. reusable water bottles. or go to the grocery store. instead of buying a big jug of deterrent in plastic, look for the little containers of sheets of detergent that you can throw in the washing machine. incredibly easy to use and efficient and effective. there are substitutes. on top of that, we need leadership. at the state, local, and national levels. president biden and vice president harris have been at