around all our to help us deal with the breaking news. ari melber picks up our breaking news coverage right now on the beat. hi, nicolle, thanks so much. i m ari melber, and we continue to follow this breaking news. we have a brand new filing in the dominion fox lawsuit. it has bombshell allegations. our producers are pouring through it. our experts are standing by. rupert murdoch under oath says something that may sound obvious, and yet you have to remember it s exact opposite of what fox, some of its hosts and many of its guests were presenting at the time on the road to what became a violent insurrection. murdoch exposed for admitting the election was not stolen. he knew. that when it came to the factors of why they did what they did, company alleges, to the tune of $1.6 billion, murdoch says, quote, no one wants trump as an enemy. we re pouring through this. this is one of our breaking news nights. i want to bring in our experts right now, renato murray and chai koman
washington today, and many same republican politicians who are running up that hill still came out to kiss his ring. plus, the pain that alex jones inflicted on the families of the sandy hook massacre victims as he stands trial for defamation. and dr. anthony fauci will be my guest on white house plans to get the monkeypox outbreak under control. not a sentence i thought i d ever say. good evening, everyone, jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin the reidout with signs that the justice department is widening its investigation into january 6th and the efforts to overturn the election. in an exclusive interview today with nbc s lester holt, attorney general merrick garland said that the department s investigation is moving at an unprecedented speed, and he refuses to rule out prosecuting the twice-impeached former president for his actions. you said in no uncertain terms the other day that no one is above the law. yeah. that said, the indictment of a former
And again that matters. Because the question being raised whether past the point of anger which hes allowed to feel and into something that involves a vendetta where the truth might be sacrificed. Or lied about that history. He said he did ask to be President Trumps personal attorney, but not a different rule of general counsel. It went on and on like this today, if you will. Ke this just like it did the other day. And so its possible or dilute the larger. Defense attorneys are trying to make, but that they are trying to raise. Its possible on the other hand, and i was watching Michael Cohen go through it, that the cuts can slowly eat away as the key witness to Donald Trumps State Of Mind. Another way to put this is without the other money guy, Allen Weisselberg, who is in jail can certainly make trump look bad here in the real world. Others can factor that in, the guys have been to jail twice now. Without the cfo they needed the other trump aid who knew about the state of his mind. In
While his own lawyer roasts him. Look, i get the defenses argument that you cant trust Michael Cohen because he hates donald trump, but, to be fair, everyone who has ever worked with donald trump hates donald trump. At some point, you have to be like, i think its trump. We also learned what the defense ordered for lunch today. 14 pizzas, four cheese, five pepperoni, four sausage and pepperoni, and one chicken, bacon, and ranch. No word yet on what trumps lawyers ordered. Boom, boom. Okay. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Willie, it is, today, officially, i have triple sourced this, friday. She did. Yes. We did it. Friday, may 17th, everybody. We made it. Welcome to morning joe. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. And Associate Editor, the great euGene Robinson. Jonathan lemire going to hang his American Flag upside down because the red sox lost last night. I did text that to you last night. It wa
Trial with wiz former fixer and Attorney Michael Cohen grilled by the former president s defense team about a phone call from eight years ago. Were going to bring you expert legal analysis on that testimony and what to expect next in the trial. Also ahead well explain why President Bidens interview with special counsel robert hur is back in the headlines months after the special counsel decide against seeking charges against the former president. And bring you the latest out of gaza amid growing dire humanitarian concerns. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, may 17th. We made it to friday. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a jampacked show this morning. And we will begin with Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial, which is nearing the finish line and could potentially wrap up as early as next week. The prosecutions star witness, Michael Cohen, is set to return to the stand on monday after trumps legal team tried yesterday to h