the orioles. the highlight of the show for me. i like the squirrel. we will see you tomorrow. thanks so much for joining us this morning. cnn news central starts right now. look at that beautiful day out there. i love that shot of the hudson. finally making it official, florida governor ron desantis is set to launch his presidential bid today. how he changes the race as the republican field expands and what does elon musk have to do with it? shelter now. a stark warning as a typhoon packing wind gusts over 100 miles per hour barrels into land. a look at the devastation as the worst of it is hitting right now. the mar-a-lago documents case reaches a critical moment. donald trump s lawyers demand a meeting with the attorney general as the special counsel closes in on a decision about whether to charge. this is cnn news central. let the games begin. the one competitor that donald trump appears to be most focused on is about to jump in the race. florida governor
and another loss for the trump movement sweeping across the state. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning a jammed back morning joe starts now. on a basis that every single pundit and legal analyst said there is no case. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. he knew there was no case. it was a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud. everybody said this is not really an indictment, there s nothing here. these are felony crimes in new york city state. my lawyers said there s nothing here. the defendant repeatedly made false statements. they re not not saying what you did. he always caused others to make false statements. charging a former president of the united states for the first time in history. everyone stands equal before the law. donald trump and manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, held two very different news conferences following yester
possession, and i i remain confident that that was done in a thorough and careful way. uh-oh. now it s mike pence. and his lawyers. got to be hard. i said it can t be that hard. it s hard. can t anybody play this game? what you ve got to be asking. well mike pence s lawyers are explaining how classified material ended up at the former vice president s home. more on the timeline and the response from pence s team in just a moment. also ahead speaker kevin mccarthy again rewards marjorie taylor greene. this time with placement on a subcommittee investigating the coronavirus. mtg previously had been kicked off social media platforms for spreading covid misinformation. great. plus, a special grand jury s report on efforts to overturn the 2020 election by former president trump and his allieses. it will stay sealed for now, but the d.a. is promising imminent action in the case. good morning to morning joe. it s wednesday january 25th. with us host of way too
clear for trials over there. those deal with the same type of classified, intricate information and does the mar-a-lago one. so, this just means that january 6th and trump s day of reckoning is gonna come along quickly. yeah, and with the manhattan case scheduled for march, that looks like a date that could easily hold. bradley moss, they say business records case, we know what the business records are. it s not a complex mountain of exhibits here. if that date holds, then we are gonna be watching a trial possibly in march of next year, in which the trump method within the courtroom will be delay, delay, delay in whatever way they can t, because they know the longer they can delay, delay the number of trial days in manhattan, they can then bump anything that is scheduled behind it, like possibly even something scheduled in florida in may. i m certain they will try,
interesting about this, you know, donald trump s lawyers may have made a move that backfired because now, december is actually a clean trial date. and there is another prosecution or maybe two that are heading to towards donald trump right now, jack smith s federal prosecution about january 6th as well as the georgia prosecution about finding the 11,780 votes. now, the december calendar is clear for trials over there. those deal with the same type of classified, intricate information and does the mar-a-lago one. so, this just means that january 6th and trump s day of reckoning is gonna come along quickly. yeah, and with the manhattan case scheduled for march, that looks like a date that could easily hold. bradley moss, they say business records case, we know what the business records are. it s not a complex mountain of exhibits here. if that date holds, then we are gonna be watching a trial