Fraud case, with cameras capturing his first time at the defendant table. What he could lose in the 250 milliondollar trial. Then, Kevin Mccarthys house in chaos, with a process beginning on a vote to bounce him from the speakership. Then, with more challenges across the country, Banned Books Week comes at a critical time. The man at the end of the Reading Rainbow, levar burton, is here, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle, live from Msnbc Headquarters here at 30 rock center. While the twice impeached former president who is already facing 91 criminal charges, well, he appeared in a New York City courtroom at the Defense Table flanked by his lawyers for day one in his civil trial. It is the first of many court cases looming over trumps 2024 campaign. But this one puts his company and his image at stake. Nbcs Laura Jarrett has the latest. Reporter tonight, donald trump once again in a courtroom, with the fate of his Business
The lawmakers are coming together at the 11th hour to keep the government open with a shortterm deal that sets stage for another showdown in matter of weeks the republican hardliners are threatening to oust the House Speaker. I say get on with it, and lets start governing. The latest from capitol hill. And trump with his empire on the line as his civil case on trial and we will break it down. Desperate search of a 9yearold girl vanishing on bike ride in a new york state park, and police in fear she was kidnap and in imminent danger. No branch, no table, no cabin unturned. We will have the latest. Unprecedented walkouts. The auto workers strike goes to the third week with no deal. And what could be the Largest Health care strike in history. The potential impact on millions of impact on millions of americans all that plus late all that, plus latenight laughs. Night laughs coming back afte theyre coming back after goingr five months in the writers dark for five months during the Writers S
penalties. at least in my former office we would not bring a criminal case under those circumstances. so when someone s already paid back the taxes, it doesn t seem that the prosecution really brings back that much in the door. this idea he wouldn t be charged if his name wasn t hunter biden has ring to it. that was barbara mcquade pointing out a possible political motivation behind the new tax charges against hunter biden. we ll break down those allegations against the president s son. we ll also recap donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial as the former president is expected today be the last person to take the stand. plus an update on the bipartisan negotiations in the senate on border security. the issue that s holding up critical aid for ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with news from the west coast. hunter biden is facing a major new l
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 8th. glad it s friday, but we do have a lot to get to this morning, willie. president biden is putting more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to allow additional aid into gaza. we ll have more details on the first conversation between the two leaders in 11 days. a lot of questions. meanwhile, the president s son is facing several new tax charges. we ll break down the allegations against hunter biden. plus, a recap of donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial. he was there as the former president is now expected to be the last person to take the stand. that should happen next week. also ahead, a rare ruling in a post roe world. a judge in texas granted an emergency request for an abortion, but the state s attorney general is threatening to prosecute any doctor who treats the woman. we ll talk about that. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bur
international coalition to defeat i.s.i.s. or to defeat al qaeda. it took many years. i don t think it s going to be many years. but i ve set targets and not a deadline, and we re proceeding as quickly as we can and also as carefully as we can because we want to minimize civilian casualties, and we want to minimize casualties on our side. that s israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a potential timeline for the war with hamas. it comes as gaza s largest hospital, which is caring for newborns, is out of fuel to power the facility. also ahead, we ve got new reporting on the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the new house speaker does not appear ready to move that effort forward, at least for now. meanwhile on capitol hill, the republican-led house released its plan to avoid a government shutdown. we ll go through the stopgap measure and the chances it could pass the senate by friday s deadline. good morning and welcome to way too early on this mo