jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. former vice president mike pence appears before a federal grand jury offering what could be critical testimony about trump s role in the january 6th capitol attack. and as pence was testifying the former president took his 2024 campaign to new hampshire. trump ignore his legal troubles and instead focused his attacks on president biden and other potential white house opponents. and also breaking this morning, russia launches new attacks across ukraine hitting a residential building in the central part of the country and killing at least a dozen people. we ll have the very latest on the fighting overseas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with big news from here in the nation s capitol. former vice president mike pence has testified before the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th insurr
okay? i m sorry i m so upset, but, please help president trump. if you can afford $5 or $10, if you can t afford $1, that s fine. just pray. progressive from south carolina. help this man, donald j. trump, they re trying to drain him dry. he s a progressive. if you got any money to give, give it. but he s got some good things, too. go tonight. give the president some money to fight this bull [ bleep ]. lindsey graham the progressive from south carolina. you know, it s like my southern mom, no good deed goes unpunished. i mean if you re a dog trainer and you can make a dog ill that quickly you re a successful dog trainer. you re a genius. he ll be back, by the way. lindsey graham will be back. you scream at him and he s still loyal. willie, i would love to show you the front of the paper of can you believe this? this is a paper of record. it s morning joe. quickly what is this? front page. come on. put that down. i guess it s sports illustrated time
with joy reid next tonight on the reidout it angered me but i turned to my daughter, who was standing there by me it doesn t take courage to break the law, it takes courage to uphold the law the president s words were reckless it s clear he decided to be part of the problem mike pence back in november with about as much anger as pence is able to muster. today, the former vice president presumably said much more to the grand jury in the doj s january 6th probe. also tonight, you can t beat me up for not screaming. the chilling words of e. jean carroll who was back on the witness stand today, facing cross-examination in trump s civil rape trial and we begin tonight with the breaking news that former vice president mike pence testified before the d.c. grand jury investigating donald trump s role in the january 6th insurrection the path to pence s testimony was cleared yesterday, when a three-judge panel rejected trump s emergency bid to prevent pence from testifyin
this is bbc news. our main headlines. outlines the end of sudan s ceasefire. china accuses the us of causing confrontation after agreeing a deal with career. ukraine could have more landmines than anywhere else in the world. and jerry springer known for his raucous talk shows has died at the age of 79. we will have more on all of those at the moment. sports news first. bbc sport centre. we can start with three premier league matches to look forward to that could prove decisive at both the top and the bottom of the table as the race for survival in champions league places at the finishing line in sight. third placed newcastle face everton who dropped into the bottom three last night after nottingham forest s win. there is also south coast derby with trouble for st mary s to play southampton and fourth place manchester united went to tottenham to play spurs against anotherjudgment under against another judgment under another caretaker against anotherjudgment under another caret