get paid in himalayan dollars and then i said pay me in rugs which turned out not to be a bad idea they re a good investment. you know what i say in this job sometimes you get little moments of levity. when somebody told me on my staff steve bannon had been apprehended by postal inspectors on a yacht in connecticut this is one of the good stories. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour in december it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designed to provide birth control to kids from low income families was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote the court finds no compelling governmental interest justifies defend s disregard of plaintiffs parental rights in this case. in november it was about the discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge cited with lawyers steven miller the judge decided obamacare and title 9 ruling against discrimination on the basis of sex did no
might flee or be dangerous, you would arrest them. but i think in the case of donald trump where everybody knows where this is coming, his lawyer would get a call, saying he s been indicted, when can he come in the next couple of days but he does have to get booked that has toby done, so i imagine it could be done with secret service present. that s msnbc legal analyst barb mcquade laying out what could happen if donald trump is indicted by the manhattan district attorney. it comes as trump s former fixer gives testimony to a grand jury and the woman he s accused of paying off meet with prosecutors. meanwhile there s also new reporting out of georgia on another phone call that the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election and also ahead the latest on the american drone that was damaged by russian jets over the black sea. it appears the aggressive action was approved by the kremlin. good morning and welcome to way too ea
early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. this isn t a question of vindication. it is not a question, as i stated before, about revenge this is a my position is that, at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out that was donald trump s former fixer after wrapping up his testimony to a manhattan grand jury by the way, former fixer who went to jail, actually got convicted and went to jail for being part of this scheme that donald trump is now being investigated for. michael cohen spent two days on the stand answering questions about the hush money given to stormy daniels, the porn star. now, we re learning that she is talking to prosecutors also ahead, we ll dig into the new reporting out of georgia on another phone call the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election. it s like the end of the hunt
but, breaking tonight, the suspect accused of leaking our nation s top secrets appearing in court for the first time today. 21-year-old national guard man for leaking and sharing classified information. we learn more about the investigation that led to his takedown as criticism mount to the methods of highly sensitive secrets to thousands of people including a 21-year-old air national guardman from texas. they are tightening the entire process. reaction. we begin alexis mcadams outside the court house. that appearance happened today in boston. good evening, alexis. very active day at the federal courthouse behind me as investigators try to figure out how a 21-year-old with a high school diploma had access to some of the country s biggest secrets. this all comes as new documents we just got a look at today show that jack teixeira might have known that the feds were on to him so much so he was trying to search in his data base. tonight 21-year-old jack teixeira remains in
documents lead taken into custody after being under fbi surveillance. this is we re learning new details about who he was sharing those documents with online plus trump under oath. the former president just finishing nearly seven hours of questions in another high stakes case. so what happened? and caught on tape. new secret recordings from inside fox revealing what rudy giuliani really thought about dominion with the tapes and the attorney for the woman who made those recordings. it s my guess. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in tonight for erin burnett. outfront tonight arrested the suspect in the massive leak of classified intelligence documents is now in custody. we have video for you see it right here. this is the 21 year old air national guardsman jack to share of being arrested at home in massachusetts. a massive show of force there ahead of what are expected to be very serious charges. today the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira in con