Has happen thirddegree past week. The arguments in this historic criminal trial of donald trump. The first ever for a former president as you certainly know by now. Now this final week was a short one, but a lot actually happened. Michael cohen was back on the stand finishing his four days of testimony. And trumps lawyers began and ended their case. So we basically in one case saw the da and the defense team both rest. And, we saw the Defense Witnesses who at times stumbled. The defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The prosecution has rested its case. The defense has also called its first witness. Robert costello back on the stand. He was tossed from the witness box and his entire testimony was nearly stricken from the record. His whole attitude on the stand. The defense has rested its case after calling just two witnesses. But, donald trump did not testify in his own defense. Thats how it went down and it was action
Justices seem divided as they debated trumps Immunity Claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Youll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding president s from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. Plus, this morning, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with Defense Attorneys continuing their crossexamination. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 26th. With us, former white house Director Of Communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. Cohost of the podcast how to win 2024. Rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin. Former u. S. Attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. Good morning to you all. Lets dive right in with yesterdays historic day at the Supreme Court where the justices he
Despite threats to oust him. He is serving ukraine first and america last. I have done what i believe to be the right thing. Will weapons make it to the front lines in time . For months and months we have been diddling around where people are dying. Is it enough for ukraine to win the war . I will speak exclusively with ukrainian president zelenskyy. On the defensive. As Donald Trumps first criminal trial begins, President Bidens Approval Rating rises in our latest nbc news poll. Under my predecessor, who is busy right now [ laughter ] enthusiasm for the 2024 election is still the lowest in decades. Steve kornacki will break down the latest numbers. History lesson. President ial historian Doris Kerns Goodwin joins me. I feel so positive about what history can teach us. We have lived through hard times before. Joining me for insight and analysis are chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and republican strategist matt gorman. Welcome to sunda
this court. let me tell you exactly what s going on. conservatives now reversing one of the only measures for gun safety that was actually passed in the recent era, and again you can put all politics aside. as a measure of how extreme the supreme court is today with this ruling i m going to tell you this was one of the things that got through the broken hyper-partisan washington that we hear so much about that even had centrists and moderate and republican support to try to deal with one part of our gun crisis in america. today the court reversed a ban on something that are called bump stocks, and the opinion was 6-3, meaning the conservatives and all three trump justices are making it easier to get deadly weapon in america. the other three justices from democratic appointees dissented. all you really need to know about the bump stock thing is it takes weapons and makes them deadlier, basically makes a faster semiautomatic with a faster rate of fire. in fact you can go hundre
Where they are, we would appreciate that. So with that out of the way, we can get started on our talk today. When chester a. Arthur became president , most americans expected at best a lackluster leader, at worst, an inept one. As a surprise, everyone including himself [inaudible] one of our least remembered president s from ideal list to [inaudible] as greenberger says in the book, it is a tale of a good man [inaudible] but rediscovered his better self with the help of an ordinary younger man who believed in him. Scott greenberger is a biographer and a journalist, an executive you would to have at state line, the Daily News Service of the Pew Charitable trust. He and his team cover state politics and policy in all 50 states. Before that he covered education, crime, health care, housing and other pressing city and state issues at the boston globe and at the Austin American statement. Hes now a d. C. Local. Please join me in welcoming Scott Greenberger to politics prose. Thank you. [app