about the president s counsel, the vice president s counsel. they all told him it was un-american. in the words of a prosecutor, illegal. even the nation s top prosecutor, the attorney general bill barr, found no evidence to support a play to stay in office. and tonight we have not one but two former attorneys general here both nominated by republican president. and both are going to give us their take on whether the emperor s wardrobe might be traded for prison garb. the former attorney general merrick garland says he is watching closely. but i wonder what his predecessors would think and what they would do. day three has had a theme, pressure, persistent, unyielding pressure, all targeting vice president mike pence. the browbeating all began behind the scenes. but when that didn t work, the bully pulpit was the new soap box. and pence s failure to succumb to it put him in danger. the vp s chief of staff was so worried the president was putting his life at risk, that he aler
We need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want escalation. Is we dont want a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our forces or our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Secretary of state Antony Blinken making it clear, the United States will respond to any provocation from iran connected to the israelhamas war. It comes as Israels Defense Forces are expanding air strikes in gaza. Well get the latest with a live report from israel straight ahead. Plus, new reporting on how President Biden and other u. S. Officials helped delay the Ground Invasion of the territory. Also ahead, well dig into the republicanled dysfunction on capitol hill. There are now several candidates hoping to become House Speaker after jim jordans failed bid. And well get you expert legal analysis on Donald Trumps violation of the gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial, as well as another new guilty plea deal from one of his codefendants in the ge
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
Yesterday, the Israeli Defense forces or idf says theyre preparing for an expansion of confidence that will include an integrated and coordinated attack from the air, sea, and land, and quote. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited some of the soldiers along the border yesterday, and was heard asking, quote, are you ready for the next stage . Forces are also now evacuating sderot, one of the israeli towns along the border that was attacked by hamas luck next week. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis is real isis another three hour safe passage to allow them to free to the south. Overwhelmed, civilians are running out of places to go. Rockets are continuing to hit parts of gaza, destroying buildings and turning some neighborhoods to nothing more than piles of rubble. The United States should the united s ta have been displaced in jut the past eight days. Now, one hospital in Southern Israel is already taking in 35,000 people, while continuing to treat patients injured by the o
Erupting in the middle east out in streets in force. The Demonstration Ignited by israels response to the enter bret barbaric. Im bill hemmer, welcome to the coverage in new york city. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. It has been an incredible week. A heavy week. Bill we praise for what could come next. Dana israel is urging more than a Million People to evacuate in gaza and giving them 24 hours to do so. Bill hamas urging civilians to ignore the Evacuation Orders as israel masses forces for a difficult Ground Invasion. That operation would see troops scouring hundreds of miles of underground tunnels, hunting Hamas Terrorists where they live. Dana the u. S. Is on heightened alert after a former hamas leader called for a global day of rage. A live look at time square. There is no specific or credible threat but everyone should remain vigilant. Team fox coverage. Mike tobin in israel. We begin the trey yengst in the israel gaza border. Good morning, trey. Bill and dana, go