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described michael cohen to prosecutors on the stand as the alleged affair became public. asked the lawyers what the point of the line of questioning was because it opened the door to what we have been watching from the defense during cross-examination, which by the way, just ended. they re trying to use michael cohen s one-time loyalty against him. asking keith davidson about calling, he was devastated donald trump wasn t taking him to washington, d.c., saying, quote, after everything i have done for the blank, you can guess what the word is, guy, i can t believe i m not going to washington. i ve saved that guy s blank so many times you don t even know. davidson testified cohen complained to him, quote and that davidson thought he was going to kill himself. the defense wants cohen to seem like a spurned lover, out for revenge. the question is does that discredit what is at the heart of the case, falsified documents. let s find out from our team covering all of this. joi ....
but who among us hasn t seen a dog running through the fields, not a care in the world and thought, you deserve to die? when you re trying to win over voters, i m not sure being the bad guy in a john wick movie is the best way to go. this is a crazy person. i m afraid of what she might do when she finds out how many chickens her favorite president has killed. all right. the kristi noem story providing the late night shows with plenty of material. even conservative media has turned on the republican governor of south dakota, now dismissing her as a serious contender for donald trump s running mate. we re going to play that reaction for you. there was a lot of it. people just don t get it. i don t think anyone really understands how you kill a puppy. anywho, also this morning, former president trump will be back in court today for his criminal hush money trial. we ll have a preview on what to expect for that. also new this morning, fox news facing another threat ....
who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? let s talk about the trial this weekend. all weekend long. twitter was going wild. also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more military support for israel, as well. the bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. kind of sums it up. it does. good morning. it is monday, april 22nd. welcome back the morning joe. former aide to the bush state department and white house, elise jordan. from the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. and financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. we ll get to the lead story in one moment, which are opening statements in donald trump s hush money trial. first, jon meacham, i don t want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, bu ....
talk about. let s look at some of the big conversations we had this past week. do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no? as a principle? the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. for the woman? yeah, there has to be some form. donald trump s answer in march 2016 on the issue of abortion. as you say, donald trump followed through on that because women are now being punished across america. thank you, chris, for getting that answer, along with credible correspondent and host of the fast politics podcast, molly john-fast. the punishment is quite severe. we have found in many states now, we have seen women being put in situations where they face potential death, where they are being told to bleed out or wait until they re bleeding out, a lot of pain. the potential and in many cases it s already happened sterilization, because they are forced to bring babies that are have major abnormalities and will die to full term. trauma for th ....
donald trump is running out of options to delay his hush money trial. we ll have expert legal analysis on the last-ditch effort by his legal team days before jury selection is supposed to start. meanwhile, several retired generals, admirals, and former top defense officials are calling on the supreme court to reject trump s immunity claim in the election interference case. we ll go through that stark warning. and uconn is celebrating back-to-back national titles after another domination last night. just a dominating performance, willie. it was. it was a dominating win. 75-60 was the final score. back-to-back national championships for dan hurley and the program he s built at uconn. the word dominant has to be underscored here, john. they won by an average of 23 points a game in this tournament. wow. all of their wins were by double digits. in fact, all their wins in last year s tournament were by double digits. we ve not seen this before. the strategy last n ....