Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im
Cutting. Not on my watch. He brags about getting roe v. Wade overturned. Mcconnell and i are going to keep fighting to restore roe v. Wade as the Law Of The Land again. My predecessor labels our country of revenge and retribution. I believe were a nation of hope and opportunity for everybody. Were a country of honesty, decency, faith, fairness. Thats the future were building together. Thats President Joe Biden last night drawing a slew of clear contrasts between himself and donald trump. It comes amid new polling that shows a substantial bump for the president if his predecessor is convicted in the ongoing hush money case. And speaking of that trial, the former president is turning it into a de facto Campaign Event with a whole bunch of his allies in court with him yesterday. Well show you who was there and recap the second day of testimony from his former fixer, Michael Cohen. Plus, well go through the latest effort from the Biden Administration to persuade the Israeli Government agai
way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. what is the specific constitutional crime that you re investigating? well, we re having an inquiry, so we can do an investigation and get the production witnesses and what is the crime you re investigating? and documents. high crimes, misdemeanors and what are you investigating? look, once i get time, i will explain what we re looking at. wow. that has the real vibe of a kid who did not prepare for the class presentation. the book was not just about mice, but it also had men. that clip is the house republican agenda in a nutshell. that was also my high school career. yeah. in a nutshell. he s not lying. the lower chamber is moving forward with an impeachment inquiry despite presenting no evidence of any wrongdoing by the president. the vote came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans, challenging them to hold a public hearing for his testimony. we ll ha
two big stories we are following, and the minute we are expecting to see the federal reserve will hold interest rates steady for a third time, we will bring you the decision and what this means for your wallet. lawmakers will vote on what are whether to formalize the impeachment inquiry into joe biden. it demands a public hearing, much more on the showdown on capitol hill straight ahead, we are following major developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. wall street will learn of the federal reserve board will meet expectations by keeping interest rates steady for the third time in a row. they have not reached their target rate for inflation, but the treasury secretary thinks that can happen by the end of next year, analyst don t expect high interest rates to go anywhere, let s get straight to straight business correspondent, the chief economist. what is the fedde decision? we can call it a trend, this is the third straight meeting the federal reserve ha
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a deadlock in congress and a stalemate on the battlefield. the excruciating reality facing ukrainian president zelenskyy as he comes to capitol hill looking for help. could he wind up going home empty-handed? plus, a question the supreme court has never had to answer in the course of american history until now. can the former president face federal prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office? the massive stakes involved, and the new implications that the court could be ruling to decide things once and for all. and a new nightmare emerging in gaza. word that fully half of the population there is starving. the latest on that and new calls from the heads of multiple global organizations for the u.s. to step up and put a stop to, quote, the humanitarian nightmare taking place. i ll talk to one of the women in charge coming up. but we start with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy