tonight on the prosecutor in america who may scare donald trump the most. new unseen footage from special counsel jack smith. that s coming up. meanwhile, mccarthy tapped santos for a committee that, well, you wouldn t believe it. we begin now with the serious reports of actual domestic terrorism in our nation. a new mexico republican arrested for allegedly targeting the other party, democrats, accused of shooting into at least four homes of democratic officials. there s new video of fed taking this suspect, solomon pena into custody in new mexico. he calls himself the maga king. he s basically a failed candidate for local office. he lost that november election by wide margin. he ll be in court tomorrow facing conspiracy charges. police say he s the mastermind of a string of shootings, political violence from the right, in this case targeting democrats that goes all the way back to last month, december. police say he might have been motivated by the anger he felt from his los
Governor is calling a special legislative session to make sure President Biden will be on the ballot this fall. And louisiana will soon be the first state to classify apportion pills as controlled, dangerous substances. Well go through the legislation and its possible impact in novembers elections. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 24th. We made it to friday. It was in doubt there for a while. Thank goodness. Im jonathan lemire. Im alongside the bbcs katty kay. We are in for joe, mika, and willie. Good friday morning, katty. Yeah, news flash, donald trump knows how to put his trousers on. I think that is worth waiting for friday for. We now have that at least. I suppose we can put it in the appropriate context later, or we leave it out there like that and make people wonder just what he was talking about. Hanging, yeah. With us to dive into this important story, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the washington post, and msnbc political analy
The prosecution allege it is the manner in which she was paid. And how it was ultimately covered up. Daniels was paid by donald trump just before the 2016 election. The defence say to protect his family. But the prosecution alleged she was paid through his adviser Michael Cohen who was later reimbursed for Legal Services by the trump organisation. An attempt to falsify Business Records in that way, is typically classified as a misdemeanor, in new york. But the prosecution argue that because it was paid right before the 2016 election that then constituted a Campaign Finance crime. A felony. For which Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018. That is what Stormy Daniels testimony is central to this case. What was she paid for, and why was it so urgent . The former president says there is nothing to see. Lets speak to nada tawfik, our north america correspondent, whos in new york. There have been questions in recent days about whether this is actually cutting through. I mentioned the evidence
mainstream media has mounted a campaign against donald trump warning that he s just too dangerous to be allowed to win a second term. this isn t just reporting or commenting on the sometimes over the top things trump says talking about getting even with opponents or saying he ll go after what he calls the enemy of the people. i ve criticized plenty the of things trump has said over the years and as a leading presidential candidate, he should be aggressively scrutinized. yet after nine years of a hostile relationship with the media, suddenly there s not even a pretension of fairness. the atlantic has just publish pd an entire issue on how the former president is teenager to democracy. new york is that a danger to democracy. the washington post filled several inside pages with an anti-trump opinion piece, and all that reverberates across television. i think what people have normalized the possibility of trump coming back to office, we get used to anything. this time he is
welcome to a special edition of jesse watters primetime . i am will cain. drugs, strippers and exotic cars. can you guess what those three things have in common? those three things are what hunter biden spent his money on while skipping out on taxes. hunter biden is now facing up to 17 years in prison for being a serial tax cheat. after special counsel david weiss last night hit hunter wood nine tax charges including three felony attempts. these are on top of the three criminal gun charges he is facing in delaware where he is looking down the barrel of up to 25 years. this was hunter just moments ago. mr. biden, will your father pardon you? do you have any comment? will you go to jail, mr. biden. that might be the only thing that saves under. the president s sun skipped out on paying taxes not three times, but four. from 2016 to 2019, hunter racked up $1.4 million in debt to the irs. it s not like hunter didn t have the money. ukraine and china were filling his pocke