gio benitez reporting. here in new york city tonight, the mysterious fire breaking out in a luxury building, just hours after the fbi arrest of an exiled chinese billionaire. and a one-time close ally of steve bannon. and what authorities have just revealed tonight. aaron katersky in new york. this new cross-country storm moving east tonight. 18 states now on alert from california all the way to michigan. the midwest and south bracing for this. and then the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. your money. and the growing concern tonight beyond u.s. banks. one of europe s largest banks and the stock price plunging to an all-time low. authorities here with the reality check tonight on the safety of your money. and erielle reshef on wall street. the disturbing scene. seven sheriff s deputies arrested and charged with murder following an inmate s death in virginia. some punching him and using pepper spray. the deputies then allegedly holding him down for 12 minutes while han
wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
right now as bill said were waiting for the former president s first appearance of the day. the place is surrounded by barricades as the former president gets ready to finally learning the exact charges in this case, which jonathan turley and others have been highly critical of your legal underpinning for us and we ll see what s happening here. they re performing his every move since he meds mar-a-lago yesterday and they re calling today the date of the dawn as we wait to hear what he has to say. before he heads into the courtroom. bill: full coverage. brett has analysis and join us in a few moments and carl will join us in a moment he is latch at. professor eric shawn is outside tom pollard and med chem. and that s where we begin a brand-new although what s happening there brent? good morning bill. former donald trump now i home in the top two floors of his massive apartment in the grinning skyscraper grass covered tower that bears his name. it is also pretty normal tues