and another loss for the trump movement sweeping across the state. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning a jammed back morning joe starts now. on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. he knew there was no case. it was a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud. everybody said this is not really an indictment, there s nothing here. these are felony crimes in new york city state. my lawyers said there s nothing here. the defendant repeatedly made false statements. they re not not saying what you did. he always caused others to make false statements. charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history. everyone stands equal before the law. donald trump and manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, held two very different news conferences following yester
on privacy and content concerns, as well as the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have the highlights for you just ahead. plus, what we re learning about a drone strike overnight in syria that killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. a lot going on. good morning. welcome to morning joe. can you believe it s friday? it s friday, march 24th. you know, it is friday. you know, willie, it is interesting. you have trump raising $1.5 million off of this. puck noted last night that people around donald trump see this as a bad sign. his fundraising prowess is dried up. he s worn out all of these lists. he sent spam out for six years, seven years. the small money donations just aren t coming in. you know, right after access hollywood, he raised $11.5 million off of small donors. after the fbi raid last summer at mar-a-lago, as he called it, he raised $2 million in two days. he s raised $1.5 million over the week. what we
social media site about the case calling district attorney alvin bragg a, quote, degenerate ps psychopath asking his supporters to protest. prosecutors raised the comments to the judge to get a bid to get an order to prevent trump from posting on social media. the judge did not rule on that request but advised trump from making statements that are likely to incite violence or civil unrest and avoid rhetoric that could hurt the rule of law. just hours after that, the former president went on an extended tirade while addressing his supporters at mar-a-lago trump attacked the judge, calling him a trump-hating judge with a trump-hating wife he called district attorney
concerned more about his famil and we have talked about, he has young children and children, hey talk to me about how i handled being in controversies for the last many years and ho children did not sign up for public life. and they are now subjected t this not only media mail strong but actual threats against their father and could be possibly against him. but i think the thing that people forget is that donald trump is talking about alvin bragg and being reckless alvin bragg was the same alvin bragg a year ago when he too office, that stop th investigation on donald trump. so, clearly there must be some new evidence and some ne factors that made him go forward and go as far as putting this in front of a grand jury who voted to indict donald trump so have you spoken to bra since the indictment i have talked to him often,
settled that case. and, now trump is back at it slamming manhattan district attorney alvin bragg calling him an animal. bragg is the first black manhattan district attorney. he can be in the grand journey that voted to indict trump bragg received at least on death threats among hundreds o others in the form of package. it was melt to his offic containing a note that sai alvin, i will tell you you said salaam the exonerated five near the famou person s word mattered then. that famous person, now an e president, his words matter no to joining me now is my friend an colleague, the great reveren al sharpton. he is the host o politicsnation here on msnbc in the founder and president of the nationa action network rev, you know da alvin bragg very well. can you just maybe walk us through about how he personall has been handling th legitimate threats on his life he has been very strong i think as any of us, he i