des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
dying. it is your fault. republican states using their culture war to take your freedom. if you vote for this, you will have buckets and buckets of blood on your hands. tonight, why florida residents are saying their governor is inflicting a kind of torture on them. then, big movement in fulton county. i think that people thought that we came into this and some kind of game. this is not a game. plus, the field of candidates, waiting for a trump indictment keeps growing. and does the united states and it have any hope of regulating a i like this? what if i told you you could own this car for less than a lifetime cost of a toyotas corolla? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. ron desantis s state of florida is forcing a kind of torture on its residents. that s not my conclusion. it s not my word, in fact. the word comes from florida resident peter rochelle, a catholic farther of seven, a grandfather of 17, who had to watch
spending pools, that move is gonna force desantis to file paperwork within the next 15 days. that s officially acknowledging his intentions to run for president for the first time. even though he hasn t officially announced yet, he has been acting like a presidential candid for several weeks. yesterday, travel to the early republican primary state of iowa. where he attended a pair of events and met with voters. super pac backing him had to santa s 2024 signs, merchandise available yesterday s event and during a speech, he turned his attention to the election. as bad as things are going right now, if things do not go well for us republicans in 2024 it s gonna get a whole lot worse. we must reject the culture of losing that isn t affected our party in recent years. the time for extra races is over. we gotta demonstrate the courage to lead and the strength to win. if we do that, if we make 2024 election a referendum on joe biden and his failures. if we provide a positive alt
hey, alison. hello, good. evening i m alison camerota. a manhunt is underway for the mass shooting in texas, including 44-year-old. boy shaw stop shooting his rifle next to their house. the noise was keeping their baby awake. but instead of simply arguing with them, he shot and killed five of his neighbors. there s also the 79-year-old illinois man who fatally shot his neighbor for using a leaf blower in his own driveway. and the 29-year-old in texas who shot and killed a guy for opposing as a ballet parking attendant. what used to be screaming matches are fistfights have become fatal shootings. tonight, our panel offers their explanations for why. plus, the suicide of a 17 year old students at an elite boarding school is forcing the school to admit the horrible mistakes they made when it came to bullying. and how they felt, quote, tragically shorten protecting this promising young man. but this case tells us about today s version of bullying. and how many of you out ther
those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is