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former president trump >> hello, thank you, its me, hi, im the problem. its me. well, folks, it happened i got indicted or as i spell it, indicated. frankly, its time i come clean, i broke the law and go quietly to prison. april fools. >> "saturday night lives" cold open and their take on donald trumps legal troubles the former president will be in court tomorrow for a historic arraignment. well take you to the time line and also the security concerns outside the manhattan courthouse m...

ukraine. >> one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up "way too early" with us on this wednesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the peoples love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. >> president joe biden marks...

soon. putins speech comes with new reporting this morning on chinas growing concerns about russias weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. well go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is t...

zelenskyy last week. that meeting comes at a critical juncture for the war amid new questions about the quantity and quality of u.s. support. and exactly what specifically makes the new mexico da so sure about the charges against alec baldwin, that could land him in prison for years. >> it wasnt that we were trying to charge him with a felony. its that what his actions did matched the case law for involuntary manslaughter. but lets start exactly two years out from inauguration day,...

i endorsed ron, and ron, instead of dropping out of the race went to ahead of the race by a lot. i think up to 71 or something like that. in one night. i got him elected. pure and simple. now i hear he might want to run against me so well handle that the way i handle things. >> oh, here we go. well handle that the way i handle things. >> which sounds like a mob threat. actually, when you look how he handles things. >> lately -- >> just losing. >> its losing. former president trump with...

im thinking of the house republicans and "the grateful dead" if you plant ice you will harvest wind, which is one of those lines that could mean anything, but sometimes what it means to me at least is, yeah, you put stuff in the ground that is not a seed, that is not meant to grow, its not going to work with the surrounding environment. what are you going to get? and i was watching your coverage and thinking what you said that this is what they want. how do you negotiate with someone f...

classified documents from president joe bidens time as vice president joe biden. we are learning more about his private office where ten classified documents were found. more on that in a moment. we also got new cnn reporting on the classified documents found in that office including a memo from biden to then broem, two briefing memos preparing biden for separate phone calls and one with the british prime minister. the other with the president of the european council. look, it is uncle...

>> reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, its not clear -- i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose...

obama returned to the white house yesterday for the unveiling of their official portraits. president biden resuming a tradition that stalled under donald trump. well play more from the white house reunion. it was lovely. including poignant remarks from mrs. obama about why traditions like this are important for democracy. plus, former attorney general bill barr continues to speak out about the trump records case, saying the justice department is close to having enough evidence to ind...

were following a pivotal moment in the midterms as we come on the air with the final countdown to that critical debate in pennsylvania. john fetterman and mehmet oz facing off for the first and only time ahead of election day. this hour, what to expect and what to watch for. and why republicans are now pumping a new round of $6 million into the race. our political experts are here standing by. also this hour, new details on two one-time close aides to former president trump. nbc news...