jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
let s be clear, this is far from a done deal. until you actually see the indictment, the charges, a lot can happen between now and even the potential for that happening. but sources are telling cnn that new york city, state, and federal law enforcement agencies have been meeting all week long to prepare for the possibility of an indictment. and it will be a stunning surrender of a former president of this country. with all that, talk about fingerprinting, mug shots, an arraignment, a perp walk of a former president of the united states. what his own attorneys telling t new york daily news that if trump is indicted, he won t refuse to surrender, quote, there won t be a standoff at mar-a-lago. plus the story of a wrongly convicted man to this number is shocking 400 years behind bars. now, after 34 years in prison, he s been exonerated and finally able to walk free. that s him hugging his mother. sidney holmes says she never lost hope. and he s here with us tonight. and
election. the bombshell coming as he once again runs for the white house. what is the unprecedented charge or charges? and would he surrender for arrest? also tonight, the video appearing to show an american journalist arrested in russia on a spying charge. if convicted, he could face 20 years in prison. how will the u.s. respond? also tonight, the chilling 911 calls from the nashville school shooter. a teacher hiding in a closet, pleading for help as shots ring out. the military tragedy. nine soldiers killed when two black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky. the investigation. our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony. her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness. the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring america.
to comment but it appears they are basing this case on an untested legal theory president trump is criticizing the theory as well as da alvin bragg hours after posting this on truth social. the former president wrote in part, with no crime being able to be proven and based on an old fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors fairytale, the republican candidate and former president of united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week if this case centers around one 30,000 dollars hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. president trumps lawyer at the time michael cohen we did guilty to his role in the payment in a federal case and claims it was meant to keep daniels quiet about alleged affair trump the nice. federal prosecutors claimed the former president and his business reimbursed infer that payment but the questions are, how to trump financial record the payment and can prosecutors prove he to p