of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write cheques in a chequebook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convince
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
following the story. the protest happened one week ago and three democratic state representatives got in the well and held things up for about 50 minutes and used a bull horn, led chants from the crowd. that really enraged and angered a lot of republican members. they have a super majority. one week later they have voted to expel one of the three. voting pretty much on party lines about 72-25. they have the two-thirds majority. it s likely they re going to do the same thing to the other two. many voices in the house argued for moderation saying expulsion for a rules violation was too extreme. they call it had a nuclear option. but basically the argument was made by the speaker it was a mutiny and dishonor and it was an insurrection and one democrat is out and it s likely two more will be out by the end of the night. angry crowd around that state house and really lawmaker haves needed help from state troopers to get in and out of the building today and tensions continue to r
how silky smooth my back is right now, you d understand. fyi, my waxer started a gofundme to cover her therapy bills. get well soon tatyana. but it s a good day to mark your calendar because we may have found an honest politician. jeff jackson a north carolina democrat and freshman rep i m sorry, fresh person rep, looked into a camera and said something we ve all suspected but couldn t prove. that his colleagues are a bunch of phonies who don t believe a word of their own [bleep]. it was nice knowing you jeff. say hello to hillary before you re jeffrey epsteined. i m still brand new to congress i ve only been there a hundred days and i don t know if i m not supposed to say this out loud but it s true and important and if you don t know this you need to. it s really clear from working there for just a few months that most of the real angry voices in congress are totally faking it. these people who have built their brands around being perpetually outraged, it s an act. la
now that i m not affiliated with any team anymore and have strong ties do i have friends on the dolphins that i really like. steve: we re here at courtside kitchen the famous pickleball restaurant and look who just pulled up during the commercial? of course, you know that star for down here in texas. that is the official team bus for america s team. allow me to cue them. hey, there you go. ladies and gentlemen, it s the dallas cowboy cheerleaders live on fox & friends. hello. anyway, it is great to have you on this friday. we tried to make it as much fun as possible. and it s also really noisy. [cheers] steve: really happy. steve: good morning, everybody. all right. come on down here. katiana how are you. i m good how are you. steve: i know you are up early. do you guys play football. i do play for fun not professionally. steve: no money involved. somebody play from the team. some of us might play a little bit today. we ll see. steve: actually, y