Donald trump now has 1057 delegates, that is roughly 11 for every criminal charge he is facing. He is now about 150 delegates away that is a better ratio i think than i expected. From the republican nomination. Vermont denied trump a sweep where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the votes. I love vermont. You got to be looking at vermont and American Samoa if you want to know where the race is going. And i dont understand it. Well be talking to John Heilemann later on. He will explain. On the democratic side, President Biden cruising toward his partys nomination with high stakes state of the Union Address taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night with entrepreneur jay c. Palmer winning the Caucus In American A Me a. Fewer than 100 ballots were cast in that contest. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday march 6. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire. And also John Heilemann is here. And also political
investigation. they re a series of witness testimonies and visuals, the committee presents evidence that donald trump is not only aware of the violence taking place inside the capitol, but he was counting on it. he was encouraging it through social media posts, and refusing assistance from aids and family members to stop it because he was waiting to see if it would be successful in blocking the proper counting of electoral votes that would cement his loss. according to the testimony provided by the committee for multiple instances, after his incendiary speech at the so-called stop the steal rally on january six, after he told his followers to march to the capitol, donald trump tried to go to the capitol himself. he was only prevented from doing so by his own security detail, who refused to take him there. within 15 minutes of leaving the stage, donald trump knew that the capital was besieged in under attack. at 1:25 president trump went to the dining room off the oval offic
todd: fox news alert, expecting to see former president trump leaving trump tower this hour, big day. steve: that s right, former president heading back to the courthouse in lower manhattan as the jury deliberates day two. ainsley: waiting to see if a verdict comes down today, possibly tomorrow. lawrence: eric shawn, what can we expect today? yesterday after hour and a half hours of deliberation, jurors had requests, asking for read-back of testimony and re-reading of judge merchan s jury instruction. they asked for testimony from david pecker on trump tower meeting and with michael cohen at that same meeting. pecker on the phone call about karen mcdougal and on paying karen mcdougal. the jury will hear discussions of the meeting where the three hashed out a plan to protect his prejudicial chances. pecker and cohen says trump was in on it and work with cohen in the catch and kill scheme. the jury may be trying to see if cohen and pecker kcorroborate each other. what