a story we followed for years it comes to what appears to be a conclusion at least on these two stories. on these two. good morning. i think you re right, that this really was not that big of a surprise. there were a lot of people who predicted that this may happen specifically on the tax charges and the gun possession charge. and that charge essentially goes away being diverted, the gun charge. the two misdemeanors he will plead guilty to. this does not stop the investigation into what else is there and the alleged bribery scheme the house republicans are going after pretty intently. i do think that this is another step in the road but one that was predicted and obviously it goes to the president saying he has faith in his son, he never believed he did anything wrong but you heard in that statement from the white house they love him and he is essentially they want to move on. dana: they want to move on. can they move on will be the question. if the justice department has
for you, including president biden s nod to a popular meme. also ahead, donald trump praises the january 6th rioter who has said members of congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. plus, an international trip for ron desantis just didn t generate the headlines he was hoping for. in fact, most of the headlines, well, especially out of britain, were terrible. we ll have new reporting on that. and we re going to dig into the breaking financial news this morning. the third failure of an american bank since march, and who is coming in to save the day? good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, may the 1st. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. oh, jonathan, we have much to talk to you about in the boston sports world. also, special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. and columnist and associate editor for t
did. we got in there. obviously, it was coming right behind us. as we got in there. we heard a big boom. didn t hear anything else for a while, we walked out. then just came out to around ten trees. down in our yard. how frightening, at night as well, we re gonna go to priscilla thompson and silver city, mississippi with the very latest. just a few minutes ago. another story we re following at this hour. crews in pennsylvania are searching for five people after an explosion at a chocolate factory. two people when people are pulled from the rubble overnight. we re gonna live report from pennsylvania later on this hour. we go to more developing news now, the investigation into donald trump are accelerating this weekend. as he deals with several legal setbacks. it comes as new york investigators are looking into a death threat, and white powder having been sent to da alvin bragg. the substance was deemed non hazardous. the letter came hours after trump warned of potential
All the wrong reasons basing Perspective Jurors who could make him convicted felon and dozens dismissed almost immediately. In fact, not a single juror was picked today. Will take you inside the Hush Money Trial or source tonight. Maggie haberman had a birdseye view of trump, the lawyers, the jurors and the judge. Im kaitlan collins. And this is the source imagine showing up for jury duty and finding out that you might have a Front Row Seat for the next several months to be the first criminal trial of a former president. And that you could be one of the people who will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon . And potentially shape his political fate. And while youre being questioned, there is the guy sitting right there who stock and trade has often been intimidation throughout his career. Well, that was what greeted 96 menn he tonights on a beautiful spring day. Youre in new york today. Its a bit chilly or though in the courtroom at one point, every available seat in that
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. it is raining news. we start with trump on the stand. it was short on substance, short on decourt um, and very short on truth. yet overflowing with deflection and grgrievance. donald trump s testimony in the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit in new york, though historic, felt familiar in some ways. except for one key difference. the arena. it was not a fox news sit-down or a meandering political speech, but donald trump sat down in a courtroom. and in courtrooms, facts and the rule of law still matter. they reign supreme. in that domain today, trump was repeatedly admonished by the man who will determine the fate of his business empire and brand and the future of the size of his family s wealth. time and time again the judge has used his authority as a judge to interrupt donald trump s everyone is out to get me, to run out the clock on testimony that was limit 20d a single day. that was today. the question was andet me ask again, became fam