Does donald trump have that kind of money sitting around . Of course he has money. Hes a billionaire. We know that. Well, it turns out he actually doesnt have that money sitting around. Donald trumps attorneys are now saying he cannot secure the roughly half A Billion Dollar bond for his Civil Fraud Judgment. That means the former president could be days away from having some of his assets seized by new yorks attorney general. That comes as the trump appointed judge in the classified documents case issues a controversial ruling that once again seems to benefit the former president. Well get expert legal analysis on both of those developments straight ahead. Plus, well go through what President Biden and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu discussed yesterday in the first phone call between the two leaders in more than a month. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, march 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with Donald Trumps financial problems tied to the massive Civil Fraud Judgment against him in the state of new york. His attorneys say the former president cannot secure a bond for the now 464 million penalty. They asked a judge yesterday for an emergency stay, claiming a bond for the full amount is, quote, a practical impossibility after they reached out to 30 companies. Trump and his company need to post the full amount by monday to prevent new York Attorney general Letitia James from being able to collect while he appeals, which could include seizing his assets. While trump claims to be a billionaire, he clearly does not have the liquidity to pay the pond himself. As the New York Times points out most of his net worth is from the value of his real estate, which Bond Companies rarely accept as cluratmal. Meanwhile in trumps classified documents case out of florida judge Aileen Cannon issued a ruling last night that some legal experts say could swing the case in favor of the expresident. The judge issued an order to special counsel jack smiths team as well as Defense Attorneys requesting they submit Jury Instructions in anticipation of a trial. In her twopage order the judge said prosecutor and defense team must engage with the following competing scenarios. Option one is to let a jury examine every record a former president retains at the end of his or her presidency and determine whether or not its personal, or jurors must be told that, quote, a president has Sole Authority to categorize records as personal or president ial during his or her presidency. As the Washington Post noted that second hypothetical would appear to be one in which trump seemingly could not be convicted almost under any set of facts of improperly possessing classified documents. And weve got yet another development in a separate trump legal case now. The judge overseeing his Hush Money Case has denied the former president s request to keep two key witnesses from taking the stand. In a court filing last month, trumps legal team sought to block Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels from testifying, but the judge denied that request in a new ruling put out yesterday. We also learned the judge will allow testimony about trumps infamous Access Hollywood tape, but prosecutors will not be permitted to play the video itself. Joining us now State Attorney for palm beach county, dave aronberg. Dave, thanks for joining us on such a busy morning. Lets start with trumps ability to post bond. It reveals hes certainly less liquid than he would like us all to believe. But walk us through what happened next, if he doesnt get an extension and cant post bond by deadline, what recourse, what steps can the Attorney Generals Office take . Well, good to be with you, jonathan. Dont expect the Appeals Court to extend the deadline of monday. There would need to be exceptional circumstances such as proof of irreparable harm. But what makes trump different in this situation than others who are hit with large judgments, the fact hes a former president . No, that shouldnt matter. Thats why i think the Appeals Court is not going to stop this. Hes not going to get special treatment here. Either hes going have to post the bond or sell some assets to raise the cash, but hes not going to be able to sell the assets in time for monday unless its at a fire sale prices. He can appeal bond but without the verdict that means Letitia James can start motions. Trump could reach out to foreign billionaire, foreign governments. He is still the leading candidate for president on the republican side. Lets get your reaction now to this judgment from Aileen Cannon not far from where you are there in florida. We just walked through it giving jack smith and trumps attorneys a choice, if you will, about the classified documents. Give us your reaction. Does this indeed give the former president a significant advantage . Well, that was an unbelievable ruling judge cannon gave out, and ive been surprised with a lot of her rulings, but this one was the biggest shock because she misinterprets the president ial records act. She says the parties must engage with two hypotheticals for Jury Instructions. First off, its way early to start doing Jury Instructions especially because this case is not going to trial before the election and judge cannon has been slow walking it until now. And both of these hypotheticals she puts out are both legally flawed. Shes giving trump essentially special power to designate personal documents under the president ial records act even when they are government classified documents. Thats not how any of this works. Essentially the two hypotheticals that shes giving out is heads trump wins, and tails, jack smith loses. So the question is will jack smith go to the 12th Circuit Court of appeals and get her removed from the case . Its a high burden to get her removed from the case. I think he goes back to her and says do you really want to do this, and if she doesnt reconsider, i think he has no other choice but to appeal her and try to get her off the this case. In the Hush Money Case, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels both allowed to testify. Lets be clear Michael Cohen has admitted to lying in court before. Whats your sense of it . Is his testimony going to help the states escase or could be potentially problematic . Oh, its a big help for the states case, jonathan, because hes a key witness and he knows where all the bodies are buried. And yes, he lied previously, but if prosecutors cannot put on the stand people who lied previously, when you deal with people defendants who commit crimes, youre not going to find mother theresa walking through that door to take the stand. After all, the reason why he lied to congress and was charge asked convicted for it is that he was lying on behalf of donald trump. And i think he is a good witness in this case. I think that the others as far as Stormy Daniels, as far as karen mcdougal, they need to be allowed to testify as well and they will. Judge mershawn is a good judge here. By his rulings he gave out yesterday, jonathan, it shows me this case is going to trial before the election. Thats a really big deal because he could have indulge said trump further, given more delays. But he wants this to go, and i think it will despite the whole Discovery Problem that has occurred with the federal prosecution for federal prosecutors. Yeah, the trial pushed back from march to likely april now, but we shall see if indeed it does happen. Well, of course, have further coverage of all of trumps legal woes throughout the morning here on msnbc, covering a lot of ground for us to start us off, State Attorney for palm beach county, dave aronberg. And trumps legal issues tie into big problem for his Reelection Campaign, his fundraising. People familiar with the matter are telling cnbc that small dollar donors who fueled his last race have slowed this year. In 2023 trumps Reelection Campaign raised 63 less money from small donor dollars than it did last year. The other problem trump faces comes from big donors. Many wealtthy republicans have yet to commit to giving money towards protrump pacs or to use their Extensive Networks to help raise money for his campaign. Sources tell cnbc their reluctance stems in part concerns the rnc will use the money not to help elect republicans but rather to pay for trumps extensive legal fees. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, former President Trump could be adding a convicted felon to that Reelection Team. What were learning about Paul Manaforts potential role within the campaign. Plus, trump is facing new backlash after comments he made about Jewish Voters who support democrats. Well tell you about that, too. Those stories, other headlines, and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. Weather when we come right back. ella fashion moves fast. jen so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level. marquis with a custom private 5g network. ella we get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. jen thats enterprise intelligence. vo its your vision, its your verizon. Today, my friend you did it, you did it, you did it. Centrum silver is now clinically shown to support Cognitive Health in older adults. Its one more step towards taking charge of your health. So every day, you can say, youuu did it with centrum silver. My name is oluseyi and some of my favorite moments throughout my life are watching sports with my dad. Now, i work at comcast as part of the team that created our ai highlights technology, which uses ai to detect the major plays in a sports game. Giving millions of fans, like my dad and me, new ways of catching up on their favorite sport. Welcome back. New reporting says that former President Trump is expected to hire a convicted felon political consultant Paul Manafort for his role in the 2020 campaign. The Washington Post reports the job will be focused on the Rnc Convention enmilwaukee this july with the prospect of a fundraising role this campaign. People familiar with the talks say trump is determined to bring manafort back into the fold because he feels loyal to him because he served jail time. Manafort chaired trumps 2016 campaign, led the convention that summer in cleveland, and later he was ousted and some time after that convicted of bank fraud felonies. Those charges came from special counsel Robert Muellers probe into the 2016 election interference. He was then, and a Bipartisan Senate investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election found that manaforts openness to russian outreach was a, quote, grave Counter Intelligence threat that made Trumps Campaign susceptible to russian influence. The Trump Campaign has not responded to the post report. Elsewhere republican senator Tommy Tuberville of alabama was asked directly about the misleading anecdote told by senator katie britt from his home state in her State Of The Union response. In her speech britt linked a graphic account of a young womans Sex Trafficking to President Bidens immigration policies. But the abuse actually occurred during president george w. Bushs Administration Nearly 20 years ago, and it happened in mexico, not the united states. Heres what the other alabama senator had to say about britts remarks . Well, that obviously didnt go over too well. I would think that our leadership would have admitted that a bit more because i would imagine they helped her with that. Again, thats a mistake made, but it was a good point of emphasis of what really goes on at the border, and i think thats what she was trying to get over more than anything. Elsewhere in washington, the Biden Administration has announced a new Executive Order aimed at expanding research of Womens Health care. The president signed the order yesterday along with more than 20 new actions and commitments by federal agencies. That includes 200 million for research at the National Institutes of health. Ever taken to improve Womens Health and im going to ensure Womens Health is prioritized across the entire federal government. Not just Womens Health, the National Science foundation, defense department, Environmental Protection agency. Across the board this is really serious. And i will spearhead new research and innovation for breakthroughs on a wide range of Womens Health needs. Because it really matters. The white house says this is the first step for the administration in keeping the promise of a fund on Womens Health biden called for during his State Of The Union a few weeks ago. Next up well turn to sports and well bring you what could be the best dunk so far of the nba season. Plus, a cy young winner finally finds a new team just a week from Major League Baseballs opening day. Well have all of that plus a check on the forecast when we come right back. K on the foreca come right back. 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With an absolutely vicious slam that left the jazz four with a Head Contusion and ruled out for the rest of the game. Edwards was also a bit banged up on the play. He damaged his left ring finger but returned after a quick trip to the longer room. What a dunk that was. And twolves beat them. Ovechkin started slow this year but knocked backtoback power play scores in the Second Period to become just the third player in Looeg History have to 20 goals in nine consecutive seasons. Hes got a chance to catch wayne gret skpgis alltime goal match. Reigning mlcy Young Award Winning blake snell has agreed to a deal with the San Francisco giants. With San Francisco set to epup its regular season against the San Diego Padres next thursday. A couple free agents still out there. And march madness, its here sort of it. It tips off today with two of the mens first four tournament games. That action begins with wagner and howard facing off for the right to move on number 16 on the west to play top seated on thursday. The winner there advancing as the tenth seat in the midwest to face number 7, texas. Time now for the weather and lets bring in meteorologist Angie Lassman for the forecast. Angie, its the first day of spring but