wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
way he was doing it was very, very cunning. defense called murdaugh a former law partner. murdaugh could take the is stand in his own defense. what doesn t help is someone saying thattens his voice. he was at the scene. he s a liar. it started one afternoon and it just kept going. joined by other universities. for me, it s just been transformative. to-to-see people who have made amends. we are happy to see what happens going forward. ainsley: we begin with a fox news alert. three people are dead, including a florida tv news reporter and #-year-old little girl after a gunman returns to a murder scene and opens fire again. steve: journalist identified as 24-year-old dylan lions. police say two other victims were critically injured. brian: todd piro joins us more with more on the tragedy in orlando, florida. todd: they say the reporter and child were gunned down yesterday afternoon by a suspect wanted in an earlier deadly shooting at that same locatio
it just came up. 20 seconds later, it was gone. tornadoes and golf-ball sized hail pummelled the southern u.s. there s another rournd of severe weather on the way. plus to conviction, the prison sentence for alex murdaugh and what he had to say during his sentencing. and a man accused of plotting to murder, we ll look at the rise in semitism across the u.s. we start this hour with the extreme weather hitting huge parts of the country. at least ten people have died as the powerful storm system marches across the south and into the northeast. the next western storm will be you shalling inland saturday bringing another round of snow to the pacific northwest, northern and central california. in some places, new snow will be measured in feet. the system that brought tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding to the season central and eastern u.s. will be offshore by later this morning, but the cold part of the storm is going strong. winter weather alerts are in places across p
sanchez. i m amara walker. thanks for joining us. i ve been checking the poll enforecast every day. it hasn t been good here. how about you? we may be getting the cherry blossoms. here s what we re watching. the white house rolls out another $400 million in aid as fierce fighting continues in the eastern part of the country. our alex marquardt has a look at the bat tle for bakhmut. it sounded like a freight train going by the house. at least ten people are dead after severe storms hammer the south. where we re seeing impacts from that system this morning. alex murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in jail. the judge s worjs for murdaugh during the sentencings and why the former south carolina lawyer will likely find himself in court again on dozens of other charges. also, cnn still in east palestine, ohio, as residents there begin to recover from that toxic train derailment. they care about their food. they want to know what they re getting. they want to kn