defendant trump in photos that will live in infamy. the first american president to be charged with a crime. defendant donald j. trump, is seen here surrounded by his legal team a photo trump most certainly did not want you to see. it s nothing short of a remarkable image of the new reality for the man who raged in all caps on social media ahead of his day in court before surrendering for arrest and processing in manhattan criminal court. trump was uncharacteristically grim and silent, ignoring questions from reporters before pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. the now unsealed indictment lays out the 34 counts. in the form of numerous entries made with, quote, intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof the indictment isn t explicit about the other crimes trump tried to conceal but it s laid out clearly in the prosecutor statement of fact as a scheme involving trump a
Fox news alert. We begin with continuing moment by moment coverage of day eight of former President Trumps New York Criminal Trial. This is the faulkner focus. Hello. Happy friday. We have a lot of news packed in for you this hour. Court got underway last hour. A loss hat gone on so far. David pecker ends how he started on the witness stand. Right now trumps Team Continues their Cross Examination. Pecker to remind you is the former ceo of american media. His testimony this week mostly focusing on a quote, catch and kill scheme to buy stories about his then friend donald trump without publishing them effectively keeping them hidden. Atactic he used for other celebrities, too. Separately braggs team accused former President Trump of violating his gag order four more times. Thats in addition to the ten claims already made, by the way. Prosecutors meantime want the judge to fine trump and hold him in contempt for every one of those. A hearing on the gag order is set for thursday, may two,
Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the Senate Despite efforts by Marjorie Taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. Well get to the lead story in one moment, which are Opening Statements in Donald Trumps hush money trial. First, jon meacham, i dont want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that saturday vote was one that wil
Is bad for american business. And red gerard, the youngest male olympic snow board champion ever, comes to studio 57. The 17yearold Gold Medalist will talk about that historic win wearing his roommates jacket. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you Nikolas Jacob cruz . Yes, maam. You are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The alleged Florida Shooter showed multiple warning signs. We are hurting and hurting bad. No parent should ever have to bury a child. President trump, action, we need it now these kids need safety now authorities in Washington State arrested a High School Student after his grandmother said she found plans for an attack on his school. The socalled dreamers left in limbo. The senate blocked four immigration bills including one backed by President Trump. Steve bannon refused to answer some questions from the house intelligence committee. As part of its russia probe. It will be our recommendation to our l
Some companies are saying thats bad for american business. And red gerard the youngest olympic snowboard champion ever comes to studio 57. The 17yearold Gold Medalist will talk about that historic win wearing his roommates jacket. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you Nikolas Jacob cruz . Yes, i am. He showed multiple warning signs. We are hurting and hurting back. President trump, we need action. These kids need this now. Authorities in Washington State arrested a high schooler after a grandmother found plans for his attack on a high school. Four immigration bills including one backed by President Trump. Steve bannon refused to answer some questions from the House Intelligence Committee as part of its russian probe. It will be our recommendation to our leadership that we initiate contempt proceedings. In western new york a Train Derailment that caused a big fuel spill. The cause is under investigation. All that he becomes the fir