If they just do on wise guys. I cant believe how things keep going our way. Wise guys a buddy comedy about a two low level gang centers who work for a Mafia Don Named Costello and get into all sorts of high jinx. Probably not the highlight of Danny Devitos long and successful career but it was sort of the high point for his costar joe piskapoe. He wept onto play a hapless mobster from the 1930s alongside Michael Keyton from the movie dangerously. Two years later he played a modern version of the same character in wise guys. After that he did not get a lot of other leading roles until today when joe piscopo was among the retinue of Odd Characters who came to a manhattan courthouse to support donaldma trump. The witness on the stand was Robert Costello, the Trump Affiliated Lawyer who Michael Cohen says pressured cohen to stay loyal to donald trump. Now, you might say to yourself is it really a good idea to have a criminal defendant, donald trump, sitting next to joe piscopo, a guy named
The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi
Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im
Donald trumps classified documents case, the first since the judge put the trial on hold indefinitely. We are live out of florida where the trial hurtles toward a dramatic conclusion. Deadly tornadoes rip through iowa, a single town bearing the brunt of this devastation. Where the threat remains today. Also ahead, louisiana is the new front line in the fight over abortion rights. Details of the bill just passed by the states house, making Abortion Pills a controlled substance. And later, one dead, Dozens Injured after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight. What we are hearing now from the airlines ceo. Hello, it is 10 00 eastern. Thanks for being here, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with Breaking News. The first hearing in Donald Trumps classified documents case, since the judge postponed this trial indefinitely, and today the court in florida is hearing two different bids to dismiss this case, one right now from trump valley, walt nauta and a second from a
Tonight on three 60, the defense of the trump trial rest, but not without a damaging crossexamination. Theyre only witness also new photos we have never seen before in the classified documents case allegedly showing a trump aide and codefendant moving boxes inside maralago before trump attorneys were to check for classified files . And severe turbulence on Board A Singapore bound plane from london, one dead dozens injured. How it happened tonight. Good evening. The defense of donald trump ended today in a manhattan courtroom. The former president whos made wild accusations outside the court chose to remain silent and not speak to the jury under oath the one witness, the defendant did want the jury to hear an attorney named Robert Costello. The defense called him yesterday to try and undermine the credibility of the prosecutions key witness, Michael Cohen but today, prosecutors badly undermined his they used emails involving costello, sent within weeks of Michael Cohens arrest by the fb