meanwhile, in pennsylvania, police are now expanding their manhunt for a convicted killer who has been on the run since escaping from prison a week ago. on capitol hill, senate republicans are hoping for answers today about minority leader mitch mcconnell s health after he apparently froze twice in two months. and excessive heat is expected to break records across the country today while we have got our eyes on tropical storm lee expected to become a major hurricane in just a couple of days. and we begin this morning with the very latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. the judge overseeing the case will hold a hearing today on motions by co-defendants kenneth chesebro and sidney powell to separate their positions, their portions of the case, from other defendants. it comes after all 19 defendants in the case pleaded not guilty and waived their arraignments originally scheduled for today. and today s hearing also comes as there are new devel
may 19th, i m alicia menendez in new york, with symone sanders-townsend and michael steele in washington, d.c. this morning, the compass braces for protest, plus donald trump addressed the nra convention, between the usual, there was a not so well threat to execute the city president. plus, it could be the final week of trumps criminal trial in new york, a big question, will the defendant take the stand? grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. safety is of course a priority for many voters and yesterday donald trump cozied up to the extreme gun lobby, accepting the endorsement at the annual meeting in dallas, in another hard to follow address, he painted a dystopian version of america, urging gun owners to vote because their safety is on the line. he used the event to rattle off his lies about president biden but he added this new twist. he is a manchurian candidate, he has accepted money from china, from russia, from ukraine, from everywhere. if that were a
us on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. then we got to the porn starriness. trump s defense, i never slept to stormy daniels and didn t pay her to be quiet. michael cohen paid her to be quiet. he s such a great guy who i hope is torn apart by wild dogs. and i only paid him what i thought were legal fees. if i did anything at all, i did everything, which i didn t do, to protect my wife from finding out about the things i never did. stephen colbert. we ll go through the consequential day in court in donald trump s hush money trial with his former fixer and attorney michael cohen on the stand. it will continue today. we ll have expert legal analysis on the testimony and what we should expect in a few hours. also ahead, we ll go through major developments in gaza. israel s military battling regrouped hamas terrorists in the north while weighing a full-scale assault on rafah in the south. plus, the latest from ukraine and the surprise visit today by u.s.
you got it. dana: never ends. have a good show. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, a u.s. official tells fox news on background defense secretary lloyd austin has ordered a significant number of u.s. noncombat troops to be ready to deploy to israel. the personnel have been told to be on standby to be sent within 24 hours, if needed the israeli army is expected to launch a massive ground invasion of gaza at any time now. it s also getting ready for battle possibly with hezbollah along the northern border with lebanon. israeli troops and hezbollah terrorists have exchanged fire repeatedly there. the humanitarian situation meantime in gaza is worsening with shortages of power, food, water, and medicine. many refugees consider to wait at the border with egypt. which is still closed. president biden says he thinks it would be a big mistake if israel chooses to occupy gaza once again. meantime, 30 americans have been killed in this conflict so far. at least 1
thank you for joining us, i am trey gowdy and it is sunday night in america. israel is moving into rafah despite threats from the biden administration. attempts by hamas to negotiate and deployed the israeli defensive. hamas still holds hostages, soau that group a series of cease-fire leasing hostages might be a good first step yourd domain well, college campusesc remain chaotic crime scenes.cr that does not involve the squad. per usual they side witha the criminals and not the cops. from gwu and everywhere elseh students have been vitallysted beaten without provocation. they have been arrested and charged with disproportionate offenses appear they have been wrongfully smeared as anti-semitic. this is an explicit attack to repress students exercising their first amendment rights tot protest their universitiesther complacently, complicit actions, on behalf of israeli government of palestinians! trey: the squad remains a little out of step with president biden, but honest