president biden didn t seemabou to have an answer when asked about the incident today. but white house press secretaryr karine jean-pierrey did at least try to come up with an explanation. take a look come up wit. > the president and the firsn lady and their family were not here this weekend. as you all reported on this. u o and as you also know that they left on friday and returned jusknow tt where we this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many white house west wing, i should be even more specific. i sha west wing visitors come through this particular areavi. i just don t have anything more to share. it is under investigation by the m. secret service. this is in their purview. and so we re going to allos inw certainly the investigation to continue. and we have confiden t that the secret service will get to the bottom of thio ths. fr for their part, t the mainstream media found the whole situatioamn a little ridiculous. check this out. chi can t even fa
standard, and i used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the southern district of new york, i wouldn t have touched a guy like michael cohen, especially if he s a convicted perjurer. that s robert costello after testifying in manhattan yesterday, and he could be the last witness the grand jury hears from before voting on an indictment for the former president. we ll break down what s next in the case in just a moment. meanwhile, more members of the oath keepers are held accountable for the violence on january 6th. and also ahead, what we re learning about the first face-to-face meeting between chinese president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin since the invasion began. began good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal indict
examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden
howard stern had enough. i was watching msnbc. they were going [bleep] these indictment possibilities. the same discussion over and over again. it is very possible that president trump will be indicted. trump has now dominated the news for a week based on his forecast last week and it whether the commentary is good or bad that sucks up all the media oxygen. it is quite possible that manhattan da will bring an indictment against the former president and the stormy daniels case. could even be tomorrow, we just do not know. tune in anyway. i am howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howard: there may be no indictment yet, but there is a furious debate about the case, the porn star, trump s handling of the probe and whether this helps or hurts him. in a great mood. he says he wants his front and center. he is loving being the center of the storm. he wants the high-profile arrests. he wants everyone to see how ridiculous this is. no one that believes that going and getti
Palestinian protesters at another university. Well look back at an infamous antiwar protest that turned deadly 54 year ago today. Usc professor Christina Balentoni and Michael Beslash join me to talk about the lessons of kent state. And sarah jacobs is here to discuss the latest political fallout over the protests. Hope hicks, one of Donald Trumps closest advisers offers emotional and damning testimony in his trial. And the queen of chaos. Marjorie Taylor Greene prepares to force a vote on ousting mike johnson. Should democrats help save his life . Im jonathan capehart. This is the saturday show. Student protests against the Israel Hamas War continue to royal campuses as universities grapple with how to handle disruptions at upcoming graduation ceremonies. Just hours ago, tensions escalated at the University Of Virginia after police began removing an encampment near the Chapel Grounds that had been in place nine days. Officials say the situation is now stabilized. Though police are sti