turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
cheryl casone, brian kilmeade, and lisa boothe. deputy chief praising the brave police officers who stormed the bank immediately upon arrival. it is clear from the officer s response that they absolutely saved people s lives. this is a tragic event, but it was a heroic response of officers that made sure no more people were more seriously injured then what happened. emily: andy beshear fought back tears, speaking about two of his those friends who are among those killed. this is awful. i have a very close friend that did not make it today. and i have another close friend who did not either. one who is at the hospital that i hope is going to make it through. so when we talk about praying, i hope people will. for those that we are hoping can make it through the surgery is that they are going through, we ve got to do what we have done these last three years after everything. we ve got to wrap our arms around these families. emily: correspondent nate foy has the latest fo
payment made to adult film star stormy daniels before the election. these developments come as trump is calling for mass protests, claiming he expects to be arrested tuesday over the alleged payment to daniels case. in a statement on social media, he urged his supporters to, quote, protest, take our nation back. trump dialed up the rhetoric with a follow-up post saying, quoting now, we just can t allow this anymore, we must save america, protest, protest, protest. the posts are alarmingly similar to his calls prior to january 6, 2021 and have new york officials bracing for whatever may happen. fw gloria, what more do we know about preparations for the week? behind me is a new york criminal court with are on any given day hundreds are processed through the system. next week former president trump could be one of those people creating a security and logistical problem for one of the most congested areas of the city. law enforcement agencies, everyone from the nypd to federal
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid