speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg
new york state no matter who you are. the defendant held documents in his hand we cannot and will not normalize serious misconduct for nine straight months the defendantant repeatedly made false statements he also called others to make false statements we have a history in the manhattan d.a. s office of vigorously enforcing white collar crime that s manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg defending his prosecution of donald trump. we ll take you through the historic indictment and what s next in the case in just a moment meanwhile, the former president s allies in congress are rushing to his defense house speaker kevin mccarthy posting a warning for the d. a. and also ahead, a significant win for progressives in wisconsin that will flip the majority of that state s supreme court for the first time in over a decade good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. donald trump, the first pre
himself. one of the drops, he literally completely hit the ceiling and dropped down and was completely horizontal. reporter: on board, actor matthew mcconaughey and his wife, camila, they posted about the couple s chaotic experience writing everything was flying everywhere and the turbulence kept oncoming. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour on capitol hill, the senate back in session just one hour from now for a busy week ahead with top intelligence officials about to face a grilling about classified documents and the chinese spy balloon. an unforivable crime, that s what iran s supreme leader is calling the suspected poisonings of school girls. state media is reporting a journalist has been arrested while covering the story. officials have not confirmed that arrest. in atlanta, 23 people now facing charges after clashes between police and protesters, who police say is behind the violence.
at this hour stock sell-off. the u.s. market sharply lower at this hour because of worries about a europe-based bank. what s happening and why republicans hold a hearing with the border patrol chief at the texas border but all 15 democrats on the committee skipped it the latest sign of the immigration divide also in texas new details from inside that courtroom where a trump-appointed judge is hearing arguments over whether to pull an abortion pill off the market nationwide. presidential prescription. president biden in las vegas about to push his administration s new plan to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we ll bring you his remarks as soon as they start our reporters are fanned out all across the country following the latest developments. but we begin in the battleground state of nevada where any minute now president biden will speak about his plan to lower prescription drug prices mike memoli is traveling with the president. i think that state has one of or the
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to, alex witt reports. the race to the 2022 midterms is nearing the finish line. and just three days, in a matter of hours, the results will begin coming in for what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, a trio of u.s. presidents bringing their star power to the campaign trail in this final weekend. president biden, and former president obama, will be in philadelphia together later today. that because after biden makes a stop in illinois, and obama holds a rally in pittsburgh, this in the next few hours. then former president trump will be in western pennsylvania rallying for republican candidates. more than 38 million americans have already cast their vote ahead of tuesday s elections. earlier today on msnbc, some candidates and key contests stressed the importance of reaching those voters yet to cast their ballots. races in the state are always close. our last three