specifically. and on the future of the court, and newest member, st ahead. before we get to all of that, do you remember when the donald trump campaign was caught scamming its own donors? i just have to read you the lead from the new york times, the story that broke the scandal open. quote, stacy blatt was in hospice care in september 2020 listening to rush limbaugh s dire warnings about how badly donald trump s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could. $500. it was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in kansas city. on less than $1,000 a month but that single contribution quickly multiplied. another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week, and every week through mid october, without his knowledge. until mr. blatt s bank account had been depleted and frozen. when his utility and rent payments bounced he called his brother russell for help but the blatts soon discovered, $3,000 in withdrawals by the trum
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wander and to wonder in this life, to still have a child-like sense of the possible. and i this we ve lost that. and think what i m saying to people is, is that you ve got to get back in touch with you. because a happy mika, a happy sofia and a happy katty, means everything else in our life is happier. spouses, children, our relationships are richer because we re fulfilled and most of us just are not. we just drudge along, we re exhausted, we re tired, and we just accept our fate in life and we have to stop that. sofia nelson, thank you so much. the new book is be the one you need, 21 life lessons i learned taking care of everyone but me. and she has a new piece about the book up on know your value.com right now. and katty kay, thank you as well. starting super early this morning. we really appreciate it. it is now the top of our fourth hour of morning joe. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. we have at lot to get to this hour including the last-minute he
in a surprise hearing this week, cassidy hutchinson, the former trump aide to chief of staff mark meadows, delivered to our stunning testimony to the january six committee. hutchinson took us inside the white house in the days leading up to and on january the six. as trump and his inner circle carried out their campaign to overturn our election. hutchison testified that repeated warnings of violence on that day were simply ignored by trump and other white house officials, including her boss. was it your understanding that mr. ornado told the president about weapons at the rally on the morning of january the six? that is what mr. are not related to me. here is how you characterized mr. meadows general response when people raised general concerns about what could happen on january six. so at the time and the days leading up to the six, there were lots of reports about how things might go bad on the six, even potential for violence. if i am hearing correctly, it seems to
of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi