overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
did you discuss it at all? according to these new facts you re testifying to? i don t believe so. did you have any conversation with her? oh, yeah. had you had a conversation did you have a conversation with paul about the dogs, about cash s tail prior to going down there? prior to going down there? i don t did i have a conversation with paul about cash about cash and some problem with his tail prior to going down there. did you have any knowledge of that prior to going down there? i m not sure. as i sit here today, i don t recall that, but i don t i don t think so. when you first arrived in the golf cart, where did you pull up to? i pulled up right where maggie was. which is where? she was standing in the spot where she could see in between the chicken coop and the storage room of the kennels. where the dogs were back up in those pines behind the kennels to the left of the chicken coop. and what did you do after that? i went back to the ho
moscow with how mr. putin is justifying the escalation in violence. we will get to all of that. welcome, everyone. i m alex witt in for hallie jackson from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we will get to msnbc correspondent erin mclaughlin and also white house correspondent kelly owe dodge. eri kelly o donnell. erin, what is it like where you are and where do you see this current escalation going? around 8:00 this morning, we heard five explosions here in kharkiv, what is the second largest city in ukraine, striking, according to ukrainian officials electrical infrastructure in the kharkiv region, leading to power outages in the city itself, with ukrainian officials say a couple of hours ago, power was restored to the city. this kind of missile strike is actually not all that unusual for kharkiv. it s a weekly occurrence. nothing like what we saw unfold in kyiv, the capital today, in which missiles rained down on the capital, damaging the residential buildings, a chi
i want to bring in justice department ken dilanian, meredith mcgraw, and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. ken, let me start you with. because the special mast ser out with a brand new filing laying out a fairly strict schedule and the process that he wants both parties to come to grips on basically. talk to us about what we re learning. that s right, hallie. first, he s giving, he s asking the fbi to certify that what they say they seized, that they re standing by that. it was a detail and exact list. and they are giving the trump team a chance to challenge items on the list that are inaccurate or things they say that were seized that aren t on the list. and then he is sending out a bunch of different categories of records that he is asking the trump folks to decide whether they re going to challenge on the grounds of attorney-client communication, and executive privilege, and whether the document is a presidential record, or whether it is a personal record. but hallie,
we have got lots of news to cover, lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. president biden just hours away from his first trip to the southern border, after announcing new immigration programs. we are live on the ground in el paso, texas, with the latest. plus, speakership fallout. kevin mccarthy s battle to win the gavel, laid bare, deep divisions within the party. and a possible opening for democrats. we will explain as we look ahead to another crucial house vote tomorrow. and, bombshell revelations, leaked from prince harry s upcoming memoir, less than a month after getting personal in a netflix docuseries. what is his endgame? all of that and more is coming up. and, a good sunday morning to you, i am katie fang. we got brand new details on president biden s first trip to the southern border since taking office. the white house says biden will use today s trip to call in congressional republicans, to fully fund his request for border security resources, and to s