the documentation in order to validate every single statement that i have made. the disgraced former president predicts his own indictment, as a grand jury convenes, and team trump makes a final push to persuade jurors. i could see certainly a few of them were doing what you re doing right now, shaking your head up and down. tonight, as protective barricades go up in new york, what we know about what is coming and when. plus, the other major developments in georgia and d.c.. the posturing of trump allies and high office and the ones battling him for a nomination. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure tsai wins over some type of alleged affair. tonight, george conway, danya perry, congressman adam schiff, michael steele, mona charen, and jon meacham on what could be history in the making. when all in starts right now. good evening. i am chris hayes. well, the country is bracing for what could be an imminent indictment of donal
early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i can t speak to that. right. ouch. left hook. yeah. you know, also, i can t answer any questions about playboy stars. i can t answer those questions. oh, and i know nothing about having businesses that go bankrupt after you inherit $400 million from your father. i can t speak to blowing that money that quickly. can t speak to being creepy. come on now. come on. boy, that was quite the defense, wasn t it, willie? it was. it actually was the first time really with any strength we ve seen governor desantis speak out. i guess that was indirect. and amid some other things. it quickly spun to an attack on the investigation, an attack on the manhattan district attorney, as a soros-backed leftist, everything you expect, but he dipped his toe in the trump criticism. i saw it. let s hear
but the district attorney there is still talking to witnesses and trump s lawyers are calling their own. and the blossoming friendship that has the world on edge. russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping leading in moscow. what this might mean for ukraine. then, could parents be forced to buy separate plane tickets for their infant children? the new push that could ban babies from laps. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with our politics lead and the flurry of new developments in the various and sundry trump investigations. police in new york are setting up security cameras and barricades as they prepare for possible unrest after a possible indictment of the former president. trump said he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow over that hush money payment to porn actress and director stormy daniels. trump s former lawyer michael cohen was back answering questions at the prosecutor s office today over that $130,000 payment to k
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p
president trump or if this was a democrat it should be equal justice in america. and stop going after people because you have political differences. house speaker kevin mccarthy pushing a popular defense within the gop when it comes to a possible indictment for donald trump. we ll have the latest on the former president s legal troubles in new york in just a moment. plus, chinese president xi jinping is in russia this morning meeting with vladimir putin for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. and also ahead, new investigations into tiktok amid allegations that former employees spied on journalists good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us we ll begin this morning in new york where amid mounting legal trouble across multiple states, former president donald trump could be criminally charged for the first time, and that could happen as early as this week according