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
i think if we had a policy which was firm, which armed ukraine with defensive and offensive weapons so they could defend themselves i think putin would make different calculations so i think oballa s policy of weakness is actually making a larger conflict more likely that was less than eight years ago, but now, desantis wants to appease putin, calling the brutal invasion of ukraine nothing more than a territorial dispute. the latest sign the party of desantis, trump, and tucker is seriously out of touch with the views of most americans. also tonight, how the failure of silicon valley bank is exposing the myths of regulation and the hypocrisy of libertarians who seem real pro government when it comes to federal assistance for them. and donald trump rolls out the melania defense with his lawyer claiming the payment made to the porn actress whom he was allegedly cheating with were made to protect melania. not to help him get elected president. but we begin the reidout
ahead of today s history-making arraignment set to begin at 2:15 p.m. eastern the case, of course, stemming on alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. the indictment will be unsealed later today. there are about 30 of them. and just like yesterday, from west palm beach, here to new york, every moment of trump s four-mile trip from trump tower in midtown to the courthouse in lower manhattan is almost certain to be exhaustedly documented however, as soon as trump enters that courtroom, it is going to be a whole different story overnight, the judge presiding over the case ruled that no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the proceedings. but cameras are not trump s attorney joe tacopina made the plans abundantly clear overnight, signaling the legal fight to come. we ll be pleading very loudly not guilty before the judge and then we ll go from there there is zero, zero chance where donald trump is pleading to anything here. you are at th
been proven at times to be a lie, proven at times to be consistently false, he s consistently able to make that and get republicans, his rivals to rally around that this is the top of the hour, 2:00 in new york city, and we are going to take a pause, just for all of us to take a breath and remind you of what s happening here donald trump is now inside of the courthouse in lower manhattan. we expecting him to walk down that hallway, where you see that heavy security presence. he is going to go into a courtroom for an arraignment we re told it s likely to be around 30 charges. we do not know what those charges are. we do not know if they re going to be read aloud in court. we do not know how many pages this indictment will be. but we know that donald trump by now, presumably, has been fingerprinted. and he is under arrest as we talk about the implications of this day, politically, neil cottier, let me ask you about the legal argument we make here, in some cases we ve already
both directed at new york city, and courts here in new york, and justice system, and the district attorney s office. he said that these are irresponsible social media posts, threatened death and destruction, and even world war iii. he said that these public statements to the district attorney, which included a photo of him swinging a baseball bat towards the district attorney s h head, was very concerning. they re concerned about this and what effect it will have on potential jurors and witnesses but they said this will not dissuade the office, and they re seeking a protective order regarding discovery materials. they re very concerned that some of the attorneys some of this may be leaked or that president trump himself would use some of that discovery in a way that would compromise a potential trial. they began discussing conditions of release they talked about how defense attorney joe tacopina had communications with stormy daniels and that could present a conflict in respo