Right now. Dana thank you so much. We have to get some other Breaking News. Lots of Breaking News today. Im sure well see you again as the day rolls along. Thank you. This is the most violent resistance we have seen, i think, anywhere in the country so far. You want cops on the ground tackling somebody. These cops are definitely going to get injured in there today. I might be scared if i saw this coming at me. Dana a fox news alert. Riot police cracked down at ucla overnight if you are just waking up, this is what happened. Bill Hundreds Of Officers went in and tore down the barricades, made a lot of arrests taking Decisive Action to clear the campus there in los angeles. A lot of folks coming out with masks and they were removed. Many of them. Most were taken off their faces. They were led away on camera. Officers moving in breaking up an aggressive confrontational antiisrael mob that had been set up for more than a week. Dana massive Law Enforcement and Cleanup Operation is underway.
Daniella, thank you. And thanks to you all for getting up Way Too Early with us on this wednesday morning. Morning joe starts now. When trump hasnt been asleep hes violating his gag order by posting messages attacking, witnesses. And so today the judge finally had his ruling on those. And charged him 9,000. 9,000 may not seem like a lot to a successful businessman but what about to trump . Well have all the developments from Donald Trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial just ahead. Nbc legal analyst lisa reuben was inside the courtroom and shell join us in a moment. Well go through trumps interview with Time Magazine. The former president was asked about January 6th Abortion Policy and the upcoming election. And its worth a listen. Or a read. Plus well bring you the latest out of The Middle East, including israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus defiant comments on a possible invasion in southern gaza. Good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 1st, everybody. Its may .
Now, before the brd to sell mcd to the National Enquirer for a million dollars. At one point, prosecutors revealed the Text Exchange between davidson and the tabloids editor where davidson joked, throw in an ambassadorship for me. Im thinking aisle of man. When asked whoi he made the joke, he said it was a reference to trumps candidacy, that if the tabloid bought the story, it would help trump. I want to bring back in vaughn hillyard. Kimberly is a boston globe columnist and msnbc political analyst and jeremy is still with me. Criminal Defense Attorney and former prosecutor with the manhattan d. A. s office. If you were Donald Trumps Defense Attorney, what about this mornings testimony worries you most . Well, i think its established that not everyone had an agenda. You have farro whos connecting the dots. You have the sense of urgency. Establishing intent or basis. That court of texting you just referenced, im saving the future of potential president s backside. Everything is really s
Hill now. Fox news among the journalists spotting the interim republican speaker of the house moments ago Patrick Mchenry. He sent the entire house home late yesterday following that historic vote to strip Kevin Mccarthy from the speakership. So what is mchenry doing there today . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Eight republicans pulled off an epic power move in washington, d. C. It was led by longtime mccarthy critic florida representative matt gaetz. 208 democrats voted against mccarthy as well. All together with those Eight Booting Congressman Kevin Mccarthy from the speaker seat. And right now it leaves a void that wont be filled likely until next week at the very earliest when lawmakers are set to return. And with this recent Media Sighting of the interim speaker mchenry, could there be changes coming . Well, whenever the timing is, until they choose a new speaker, the business is at a full stop in the house. Todays New York Post cover with this blistering ta
Seriously, im more excited than a Guy Seeing Beetlejuice with lauren boebert. Im more excited than a jets fan during the first three plays of the season. Youve got to be kidding me in case youve forgotten, im jimmy. Ive been off the air five months. Weve been gone so long. Weve been gone so long, the bachelor is now a grandfather. Its been a long time since our last late show. We looked at the calendar today, and check my math on this, i believe we have been off the air for 154 indictments. A look at some of the late night shows which returned to tv for the first time in five months. We have a lot to get to this morning, including a recap of day one in Donald Trumps Civil Fraud Trial in New York City. Part of that is the Punishment Phase. Well tell you about the moment that seemed to enrage the former president. Also ahead, the latest on Kevin Mccarthys Speakership Battle as a far right Republican Forces a vote in the house to decide his fate, whether he keeps his job as speaker or whe