reports, ukraine s president takes his plea for military aid right to washington. zelensky meeting with senators on capitol hill right now. he ll be at the white house this afternoon. what zelenskyy says he needs for the war. plus, it is a busy day for disgraced politicians. rudy giuliani back in court for day two of his defamation trial. how much will he have to pay to election workers? in new york, george santos just walked into court as we hear talk of a plea deal. what could that look like? and the texas supreme court rules against a woman seeking an emergency abortion. what this ruling means for women s healthcare in texas and beyond. thanks so much for joining us on this tuesday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with a desperate plea from a war time president. right now ukraine s president zelenskyy is in a closed door meeting with senators on capitol hill, making his case for more aid. you see him there arrivi
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m josé diaz-balart. we begin in new york city where tensions are flaring inside the courtroom as former president donald trump has taken the stand in the $250 million civil trial that threatens his sprawling business empire. the case centered around accusations that trump along with his two adult sons inflated various trump assets to get more favorable rates from banks and insurers. trump and his children have denied any wrongdoing, and while trump just took the stand about an hour ago, the judge already accused the former president of treating this appearance like a political rally. the judge has urged trump s lawyers a number of times to control their client. let s go right to nbc s vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn. reporter: good morning, jose. donald trump just leaving here the courtroom for a morning break after a contentious first 90 minutes of donald trump on the stand and under oath, facing questions from the
but this, this will likely be the most enduring image of the case. a mug shot of a former president of the united states. donald trump turned himself in at the fulton county jail last night to be booked and processed on charges he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in georgia. trump denies any wrongdoing. with us now to start off our coverage this hour, msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin, outside the fulton county courthouse in atlanta. nbc news correspondent blayne alexander outside the fulton county jail in atlanta. dave aaronburg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida. keisha lance bottoms, former mayor of atlanta, former director of the white house office of public engagement. so, lisa, what more do we know about this hearing currently under way on the harrison floyd case? so, jose, we were expecting that hearing to take place right behind me at the fulton county
that the system is working, that all of the efforts by donald trump, his allies and his enablers to try to silence the truth, to try to undermine democracy have been brought into the light, and justice is being pursued. that was former secretary of state hillary clinton on msnbc last night, before the full indictment came out. she was asked about the georgia case and trump s efforts to overturn the election. something she warned years ago that he might try. welcome back to the third hour of morning joe. it is tuesday, august 15th. catty cat, jonathan lemire still with us. joining the conversation we have the state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave aaronburg and pulitzer prize winning historian john meacham joins us this morning. let s get straight to donald
aaronburg attorney for palm beach, florida. what more can you tell us what happened today? the judge will continue to get notes from outside the courtroom, the media room and our colleague daniel barnes, they re discussing the idea of posting some of these items of evidence or discovery online, specifically about trump doing it himself. the judge apparently said, and i m going to read a quote, coming from the court, so it may not be perfectly precise, your client s defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet. and to the extent your client wants to make statements on the internet, they always have to yield to witness security, witness safety, the judge continued saying i can see the possibility of a lot of problems here. trump s attorney assured the judge that president trump will, quote, scrupulously abide by the conditions of his release and the judge reiterating he s a criminal defendant, he s going to have restrictions like every single other defendant. so