morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
the latest example of of america s weaponizes system of justice. you know, it would be beyond ald unusual for a state prosecutor to use an alleged violation of a federal law rather thanfinancs a state campaign finance lawe as grounds to elevate a falsea e paperwork case from a misdemeanor to a felony. wow. tha they get really creativeuld be u because they hate trump that much. that would be trump derangement syndrome. we ll explain. but first, anothersyndrome. anor massive crisis for reckless, the reckless, incompetent joe biden and hisstem and administration. america s banking systemour . your money is now in peril. this is a very real crisis. there are real fears tonight that this could very well be just the beginning of a massive biden banking crisisat with biden, billionaire bailouts and world wide collapuences to banks now have officiallysed. collapsed. nearly two dozen others. they were forced to halt trading today amid widespread panic. first, republic bank stock plu
right now, our country s legal system is being pushed to the limit over the criminal investigation of former president, donald trump. this morning, in my capacity of ahead of national action network, i lit a prayer vigil for district attorney brig, as he faces a death threat for doing his job. that job has been to investigate donald trump s role in hush money payments to an adult film star. there were no indictments in the case this week, even after the former president predicted there would be. but the grand jury continued this proceeding on monday. trump will hold a campaign rally in waco, texas, in a few hours from now. where he will likely hurled more insults and veiled threats at brag and other prosecutors for investigating him right now. attacking them once again for doing their job to uphold the law. the former president appeared to be getting help with that on capitol hill, three house gop chairman sent another letter to brag just hours ago. insisting that he turn ove
blinken is called on both sides to ease tensions after an outbreak of deadly violence in the middle east not seen in years. back here in memphis, two more officers relieved of duty as part of the ongoing investigation of the killing of tyre nichols. new details thef how the initial police report contradicts so clearly all we saw in those videos, and it is alarming. we begin with the deadly weather in texas after one person is dead after a 10-car pile-up in austin. correspondent ed lavandera is joining us in austin, and the weather has turned in the last hour. emergency officials must be warning folks definitely not the time to go outside now. things have gotten real now, guys. we are just getting what feels like pelted by an onslaught of snow cone machine ice just getting thrown at you, and it is starting to hurt. so if i stumble through the live shot, it is because every one of these pellets of ice is starting to sting on my ears. but you see that the roads are startin
money payments to stormy daniels. remember that? now, that could come back to haunt him. his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, says trump can t hide from the paper trail. calling the new grand jury convened by the manhattan d.a. his biggest legal threat yet. and there are many. meanwhile, the former president is suing journalist bob woodward for $50 million. we ll explain what that is all about. plus, more fallout and firings in the aftermath of tyre nichols death. we ll go live to memphis for the latest in that case. for the second time in three years, lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a high-profile murder case involving officers. we ll look at whether these discussions have a real chance at being successful. and president joe biden announces a major policy shift on covid in response to strong opposition from house republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 31st. joe will be back tomorrow.