there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g
announcing about an hour ago during the faulkner focus that they will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting. that cinematographer died in 2021, 15 months ago, on a new mexico movie set. aldo and was pointing a pistol at hutchins, killing her, wounding the director. the assistant director onset signed an agreement, leading guilty into negligent use of a deadly weapon. those pending criminal charges came nearly 15 months after the incident as i mentioned. the district attorney says she will file them before the end of the month. the prosecutor puts it this way. if any one of these three people had done their job, halyna hutchins would be alive today. it s that simple. emily, first of all, you ve got four people involved, one of them now who has already needed guilty. how does that affect the cases of the other people? emily: it depends whether i would be admissible in that particular case. let s just walk it back for a customer viewers for a mome
pete: kevin. rachel: i can t believe that. i know it s kenny. will: i once said deke bentley. if you wake up and tell your man he s a big star, it s going to be a good day. that s all every manments to hear when they wake up. today is national hunting and fishing day. will: where s the hunting and fishing? pete: unclear. it didn t make the rundown. we re doing the show from central park from the reservoir or pond. rachel: i don t know if you can shoot pidgeons but that would be fun. pete: you ve seen the famous video come across and the fly fishing and the reservoir and the pond and wherever. will: somewhere in central park. pete: he was in central park doing that and he comes up with a cell phone and acted like he got tucker. you re doing something wrong. i got you. he s like, what? rachel: was tucker like on his own? will: he d go to central park and fish and someone thought he had a got ya moment. pete: he s like this is legal. you re allowed to fish here. rachel: i d love