here and now, nowhere else in this world but now. you and me, ain t it good to be alive? rachel: welcome back, even. good morning. it s 7:00 here in new york, and i m back. took the day off yesterday, but i m here and now by kenny chess niche i m here and now too with pete and will, and i m happy to be back on the couch with you guys in a new year. pete: glad to have you. will: 2024. kenny chesney. pete: is it kevin? rachel: did i say kevin? i m sorry, i know kenny. will: more softly saying his name, but you had to go right at her. in the end, i ll be the bad guy would you with please mark me down [laughter] one day i m in the journal [laughter] pete: she tried to come in with, like, a smooth thing rachel: i did. i tried to be nice, but, okay, you get your point will: how did this turn on me all of a sudden? if i don t even understand what s going on. rachel: he is good. [laughter] will: he s good with you. pete: yep. i know what buttons to push. will: i d
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
of snow preparing for more. we start in new york city. we were talking about this story. there is now a possible indication that former president trump could soon face criminal charges. now, this is not guaranteed. we should note that. the new york times is reporting that the man district attorney s office is signaling charges against trump are likely over the hub money payments to stormy daniels. prosecutors have offered trump a chance to testify next week before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case seeing some of his former closest allies go before them. such offers usually indicate an indictment is potentially likely. this case is not a slum dunk. it could pose a challenge for prosecutors. paula reid has been tracking this case with us all morning. we know that trump s attorneys have gone in and met with the district attorney, but the idea that he, himself, is going to go in and testify seems incredibly unlikely. it does seem incredibly unlikely. but over the
tell you what we know about those who were murdered about their lives, not just how their lives ended. three adults and three children at the school were killed yesterday. mike hill was the school custodian. students called him big mike. he loved the kids at the school and his job and he loved his own kids so much. there were seven of them in his 14 grandchildren as well. love to spend time with them and to cook. his family says he was just 61 years old. cynthia peak also was 61. she was a substitute teacher at the school family friend tells local station wsmv she lived most of her life in alabama recently moved to nashville with her husband. she had three children of her own. katherine coons was head of the school. she was 60, a former student with learning disabilities, said that ms coons never gave up on him telling w s m v that there are too many educators who do the world, he said, needs more people like her. how the scruggs dad was the pastor of covenant presbyterian ch
indictment looms, trump s rhetoric grows more extreme thugs and criminals who are corrupting our justice system. will be defeated. threats are made against the district attorney. we will not be intimidated by threats, fears rising over what could happen next dangerous he s going to get someone killed. the republican party closes ranks looking to defend trump from possible prosecution. we believe this is a political stunt jeopardy mounts. is this a turning point cnn primetime inside the trump investigations starts now. good evening. i m pamela brown will the force testimony of his own vice president lead to charges against former president donald trump? that is the big question tonight as a federal judge today ruled that mike pence must appear before a grand jury and reveal his conversations with trump in the run up to the capital attack, despite pence s efforts to avoid doing so, and moments, we have new reporting on pence s next step, and you ll hear with the former vice pre