now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow alex, that was terrific. great to see you you too, happy weekend. same to you tonight, there is news in al four of the significan criminal investigation involving donald trump, and al eyes have been on and district attorney alvin bragg and fulto county district attorney fan willis s investigations this week, special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office the
morning joe. it is wednesday, march 29th. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a major development in the investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a federal judge has ordered mike pence to give testimony. meanwhile former trump ally chris christie appears to be willing to play the anti-trump role if he gets into the 2024 race. we ll have more on that new reporting. and we re still on so called indictment watch since the president announced, the former president, that he was going to be arrested. we ll have the latest on the manhattan grand jury s investigation into the hush money payments to a porn star. plus, an update on the continuing protests in israel, and what president biden is saying about meeting with the country s leader, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, just ran over. how does he do that? and member of
of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
in. who is next 1234. wouldn t you are like to know. plus the plea deal that allowed the michigan state gunman to legally buy guns. oonand will the lawyers put murdaugh on the stand in his own defense? former south carolina governor nikki haley is kicking off her bid for the presidency in a matter of hours. she will become the first major rival to challenge donald trump for the gop nomination. it is time for a new ew generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border and strengthen our country, our pride and our purpose. the haley campaign launch gets under way today in charleston. kylie atwood is there. i m nikki haley and i m running for president. reporter: nikki haley telling her story to the american people as a presidential candidate for the first time. i was the proud daughter of indian immigrants. not black, not white. i was different. but my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similar
video. reporter: good morning. prior to the video s release, we were told it would be inhumane and savage and appears the videos live up to the descriptions and it all started earlier this month an january 7 when memphis police officers pulled over tyre nichols. body cam video shows an officer aggressively yank nichols out of his vehicles and the 29-year-old tells officers he wants to go home. nichols escapes from police and they tase him as he takes off down the road and at that point officers chase him and later on other officers spot him and catch up to him. nichols is on the ground as officers restrain him, punch him, and pepper spray him. all the while the officers are demanding he give them his hands as nichols calls out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! reporter: now, even though it appears officers have control of nichols, the assault continues. at one point you see an officer kick nichols in the head at least twice as if he s punting a football and then offi