joining us tonight do you remember this moment? what s going to be differen about florida s election i 2022 what are you about to sign right now, i have what we think is the strongest electio integrity measures in th country. i m going to sign it right here, it will take effect. [applause] there you go, the bill i signed there you go, the bill is signed that was florida governor ro desantis as he signed hi states voter suppression o back in 2021 as you saw there, governor desantis did not sign that controversial law in a small private ceremony in his office or even a big public ceremon at the state house the governor decided that he would make a big to do of th voter suppression bill b signing it live on fox and france friends. voter suppression bill signings are the type of stuff that fox puts on its morning shows, which is, okay for desantis, this was all par of his unapologetically anti woke persona, sign a controversial bill onl supported by hard-core conservative
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
well, the so-called war on woke is heating up. arkansas governor may sign a bill that would impose restrictions on drag shows. that s according to the washington post. this proposal has to make its way through the statehouse and the governor s desk. but the spokesperson says the proposal is not about banning anything, but protecting kids from sexually explicit drag shows. cnn reached out for comment and are waiting to hear back. that s not all. in her first month in office, she issued an executive office to prohibit critical race theory in arkansas schools. and she banned the term latin x. it s not just her. across the country, more politicians are getting traction with rhetorical and legislative wars on so-called woke culture and language. i want to turn to nicholas kristof. he has a new piece out on these language wars and writes, in part, i fear that linguistic contortions, however well-meant, aren t addressing our country s desperate inequities or achieving progressive
about how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his weekend routine. okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years o investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of ou judicial system working like i should work. and how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. about the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. but it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. it all stems from trump s role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the national enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the
administration is responding to it. we begin with matt. edward, day after day, we watch as so many of those migrants cross in to the united states right here in eagle pass, texas. we re seeing something unprecedented. the state of texas is bolstering its border here. these cargo containers were brought in before christmas and now over the past two days, we have watched as the national guard has put razor wire on top of those shipping containers. governor greg abbott s office tells us that its taking unprecedented action to enhance its border safety strategies. that s something that we re witnessing in real time here in eagle pass and also to the northwest in el paso where the national guard installed two miles of fencing along the border there. we have new video of yet another large smuggling bust. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside of a tractor trailered. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. texas dps says people from al