documents. and this isn t a gotcha show, but i want to ask you about you re currently 81 years old. who told you that. all jokes aside this is real concern for american voters. how do you address that concern as you come up to the 2024 election? well, a couple things. number one he s about as old as i am and he can t remember his wife s name. that was president biden last night on late night with seth myers. today the president could face a sizable protest vote in michigan s primary. we ll go through that straight ahead. meanwhile, the president is optimistic that a cease-fire in gaza could happen in a matter of days. we ll bring you the very latest on the negotiations between israel and hamas. and that comes as congressional leaders are set to meet with biden today at the white house in hopes of hammering out a deal to avoid a government shutdown. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting yo
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. the news this morning and at this hour, former president trump admits on tape that he did not declassify secret information that he had in his possession after leaving white house. this is a cnn exclusive. in an audio recording in the hands of federal prosecutors now that have just indicted the former president on federal charges. we are watching the courthouse in miami to see if the indictment is going to be unsealed. we could learn the exact charges and some of the charges that the prosecutors say will back it up. and we have just learned that the judge is going to be eileen cannon appointed by donald trump. the remember, she made favorable rulings for trump early in the investigation that were overturned by an appeals court. today, the president responding saying that he shgoing to respond not guilty.
we will hear argument this morning in case 23-939. trump versus the united states. reporter: tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought that presidents couldn t be prosecuted what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isn t it? tonight, rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. lawrence o donnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbc s special coverage of trump on trial begins now. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hour
don t go anywhere. i will be back with rachel maddow and the whole gang for special coverage of trump on trial that starts right now. the ex-president of the united states. two american courtrooms. facing criminal trial in one. i will go in now and sit. and making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. we will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the united states. tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have
Kaitlan, what have you learned this hour? the newest thing that we have learned is that the judge to handle this case and shepphshep this to trial is to come in, eileen cannon, is to come in and cull through what was brought to the court, and then after a couple of appeals proceedings, she got the law wrong. the appeals said that the ruling was wrong, and we cannot block investigations after the execution of a investigation, and nor can we write to do so, and it was a execution at that