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
suze orman is out front with answers. just in, the moment a ukrainian soldier takes down a russian jet as we re learning new details about russia training elementary schoolchildren to fight. georgia has another reporting of trump pressuring another official to overturn the election and it comes as trump s former fixer michael cohen testifies before a grand jury in new york. trump s attorney is my guest tonight. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, fear going global. worry of banking collapses spreading beyond the united states with mega bank credit suisse shares plummeting and a quarter of the value gone in a day and saying it s ready to bail out credit suisse with more funds in necessary and that fear ricochetting back to wall street and the dow down 700 points at one point closed down 300. shares of banks taking another brutal blow. take the regional bank first republic, it lost 20% of its value today. it is a widely respected bank by peo
do you feel vindicated? this isn t a question of vindication. it s 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 plain and simple this is not about him. this is about holding accountability, truth to power, and everything else in between michael cohen was back before a manhattan grand jury today could an indictment of donald trump be imminent? michael cohen joins me live in just a moment. also tonight, remember the republican party of ronald reagan demanding that the soviet leader tear down the berlin wall? well, today s republican party is parodying the talking points of the ultimate soviet nostalgic, vladimir putin. and offering to hand over ukraine to him as a reward for an illegal war. plus, today s high-stakes hearing in texas, which could result in women losing even more reproductive freedom
the beat with ari melber starts now. you were speaking to donald trump s former lawyer, now grand jury witness last night i spoke to his current lawyer, who blames everything just about on the former lawyer. i m curious what you think of it all, including your skills as an established political communicator what we re hearing coming out of this team? well, first of all, i m so glad to get to talk to you i described you behind your back as masterful it was a brilliant interview i watched it when i got home i think that what he is doing is what you said. he was engaged in political communications his defense as he described it to you was that he would have paid it either way because melania would be mad well, the federal crime isn t being charged by sdny. this is a state investigation. it doesn t seem like an apples to apples kind of comment. what i think is about to happen in this country is a giant debate about whether this was just a foot foul, sort of a b.s. kind of t