it s been a long time coming. a manhattan grand jury votes to indict donald trump, making him the first former president ever charged with a crime. there is no crime it s a bad act. i ll speak to cy vance who first opened this litigation this is legal voodoo. the gop, rallies to his defense before knowing the specifics of the actual criminal charges he s facing. this is nothing short of a political prosecution. will the twice-impeached former president continue to be seen as a positive force inside the gop? politically it s a it s going to be damaging, i think, to the republican party. and what will this indictment do to our already divided politics i ll talk to leading as the march madness tournament comes to a close i ll talk centrist joe manchin of west virginia and pay to play. as the march madness tournament comes to a close, i ll talk to ncaa president of former republican governor of massachusetts charlie baker on the challenge of how to pay c
i always had a few questions about it. reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. you know, i didn t know about that. it happened i was not notified about that until a later date. reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? yeah, i didn t know about it until a later date unfortunately. house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. some of them. others, like the fact that his political person pretended to be mccarthy s chief of staff. there s so many. i m sure he s not thrilled about that at all. as for santos, have we gone from ridiculous lies to russian ties? the bizarre saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. hold on now. meanwhile, republicans remain focused on president biden. they re laser focused on biden and his handling of classified documents. the
we have to choose a community over chaos. are we the people going to choose love over hate? these are the vital questions of our time and the reason why i m here as your president. i believe dr. king s life and legacy show us the way. good morning, everyone. today is dr. martin luther king jr. day. we re so glad you can join us. kaitlan is off, obviously she s not here. just poppy and i. are you doing okay? i m doing great. good to be by your side. it s a good day. not so great for the current administration from bad to worse. president biden s aides finding more classified documents at his home in delaware now republicans are demanding information. millions of californians under a flood watch again this morning as that state prepares for more rain. plus an extremely close call at jfk airport. the faa now launching an investigation into how two commercial planes nearly collided. details on all of that coming up. but we begin with new details about the classified
we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately
along was judged to be imperial, harold ford jr., jesse watters , and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. it s monday and here we go again. hunter biden about to leave the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. opening statement start tomorrow at his criminal gun trial kicks off. he s charged with three felony chap down that counts related to allegedly lying on his federal gun form back in 2018. he could be facing up to 25 s in jail. hunter getting a shell of public support from his family. his stepmother, first lady jill biden, appearing in court today. this weekend president biden was at his beach house, spending part of the day biking with hunter. he s expected to speak daily with his son and today president biden released a statement saying, as the president, i don t and won t comment on pending federal cases. but as a dad i have boundless love for my son, confidence in him and respect for his strength. it s not the first time biden has said som