ukraine, looking to annex these four ukrainian regions some of which are only partially under the russian president s military control. the vote, which is largely seen as a sham, is illegal under ukrainian and international law as well. armed groups going door to door, as we speak, forcing participation by handing residents paper ballots so they vote on the spot. it is happening as the mass exodus of russian men fleeing putin s military draft intensifies, one way plane tickets sold out, anyone trying to leave by car or bus is being stalled at the border for hours. those who have not yet left are either bidding emotional goodbyes to their loved ones, or protesting russian officials. and have been quick to crack down on any push dallas back for those unwilling to serve. more than 1400 people were detained in 40 cities and some may be drafted following their arrest. in the evening address last night, president volodymyr zelenskyy urging those who defying the conscription to keep
when he compared this to watergate. the real target of this investigation isn t trump, the real targeted this investigation is you. and alarming new reporting from nbc news on right-wing violence in defense of donald trump, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m elise jimenez in for chris hayes. 24 hours after the unprecedented fbi search of donald trump s florida home, one of his coup plotting allies in congress, scott perry of pennsylvania said he was stopped by fbi officers while traveling with his family. they presented a search warrant, and confiscated his cell phone which they tended. in a statement, the congressman said my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal slash private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government s business. perry is the hood of the far-right house freedom caucus, and he has been a major proponent of trump s big lie. following the 2
this morning. welcome back to the fourth hour of morning joe. it s 9:00 a.m. in theeast, 6:00 a.m. out west. elise jordan and jonathan lemire still with us. we have a lot to get to this hour, including more on that critical inflation report just released that shows consumer prices rose less than expected last month. yay, inflation only at 8.5%. wait a second that s sti a lot. it is lower tha expected. fuel prices droppg as quickly as they have probably helped. also we have the latest development on the justice department s investigation of donald trump, this as the 45th president will be questioned under oath today in the new york attorney general s civil investigation into his real estate dealings. release the warrant, mr. president. if you care about transparency, release the warrant. you have it. let us see it. stop playing your followers as dupes. you know, doj needs to be as transparent as they can be while being fair to this possible criminal. we don t know yet,
get it done. meantime, thanks for your concern. keep the faith. it s going to be okay. jesse: president biden saying he s doing well after testing positive for covid. experiencing very mild symptoms with a runny nose and dry cough and taking paxlovid. he will isolate for five days but says he s busy working. may have just noticed that biden was not masked up and the white house got called out over that. look, in the video that you saw, there was a videography that was there with him and wore an n-95 mask and had the six feet distance. the same situation as well with the photo. as you saw in the video, he was outside. jesse: the positive covid test comes days after joe biden s middle east trip to saudi arabia. yesterday the president was seen mingling with a bunch of people barking questions over whether biden got infected. where, we don t know. the white house is shutting down any discussion of that. where was he infected? i don t think we know. i certainly don t know
country is headed. not this hit and run stuff, not to cherry pick but a more folsom understanding, william jacob son with a great web site, this pairnk gave sums it up for me: so this garcie paragraph sums it up for me: what about the united states? this got mde to thinking. in between our elections, a lot happens to this country s tothat is not subject to elections. no longer subject to representative government. did you support the hiring of 87 thousand new irs agents? was that on a boot ballot, the disruption of energy independence? and complete attack on theepen c combustion engine and automobiles that usene? gasoline? did yo u support somehow, or vote for open borders where fentanyl and illegall im immunity and ms-13 and drugg car at the time cartels our can operate freely? did you votede forr. or support or hear about a massive debt? a massive debte like the planet has never seen on top of regular spending? that would affect inflation the way it does. did someone r