and charm, it is you, lawrence. i trust you will get to them of, what the wife of clarence thomas, the activists, an election denier, ginni thomas, said in those four walls. we might not but we are going to try. we will do the best we can with congressman schiff, and then andrew weissmann will join us with the latest ruling of judge today. i saw the discussion of, it alex, and i want to try a different take. i am prepared with professor weisman, and a law professor, and he will grade me on this. one, it doesn t matter, and it was a criminal investigation, on the classified documents. and to, they might be right. donald trump should be able to protect his right to a criminal defense in court on the question of what about these documents, possibly, being planted. the normal place for that to come up, is in cross-examination of fbi agents in court. it may be that it is a good thing, that he is allowed to continue to hold on to that, all the way through a criminal trial, becaus
a law professor at nyu of so he will grade me on this. but i think one, it doesn t matter, it s kind of an academic ruling at this point since the investigation investigation on the classified documents. good evening. and two, she might be right. donald trump should be able to protect his right to a criminal defense in court on the question of what about these documents, possibly, being planted. the normal place for that to come up, is in cross-examination of fbi agents in court. it may be that it is a good thing, that he is allowed to continue to hold on to that, all the way through a criminal trial, because, would we be running the risk of reversible error in an appeal if donald trump lost that right to that argument, now, through a special master? all of that is for, professor weisman, later, actually coming right up in our first segment. i guarantee, politically, the ultimate legal outcome. we will hear donald trump repeat a lot, his claims, that may be something happen
kick russian out of ukraine. there is no question that president xi is watching. putin is watching to see if the west, if the united states and europe lose interest in ukraine and if we do, then i think it potentially gives him a green light. so, we are on the cusp of the post world war ii order where big nations didn t change their borders through force coming apart. and i think right now the most important thing that we could do to stop china from making a move on taiwan is to make clear to the ukrainians we re with them today and in the future to make sure they regain their own sovereignty. senator chris murphy, thank you very much for being on this morning. we will be in touch. so we are well into the fourth hour of morning joe right now. let s talk more about the bills to help veterans that republicans blocked. joining us now, retired sergeant ted corcoran. he s a disabled veteran and a veteran advocate who suffers from the effects of burn pits. he s now organizing
gravity. the democrats started off as underdogs. then they had to contend with a string of really bad luck, part of it just the end of the pandemic s worth phase. getting back to normal, they were lingering supply chain issues from the pandemic, led to concerns that very well-documented baby formula shortage. those supply chain issues were also one factor in a record high inflation, which again, was afflicting basically every country across the world. but, you know, you can t tell voters, well, everyone is in the same boat. it really did seem poised to be the single undoing of the biden administration. pardon of that inflation where the enormous high gas prices. another issue for incumbent democrats. republicans, again, this is a political layup. taking every opportunity to talk about the price at the pump and how it s democrats fault. of course, part of the reason gas prices were so high is the biden administration was trying to contend with the largest land war in europ
families. it helps both current and future bowers and will fax a badly broken system. and these actions build on my administration s efforts to make college more affordable in the first place. nbc s tom costello now with more on the plan and the mixed reaction to it. reporter: president biden fulfilling a campaign promise. cutting american student loan debt. it focuses the benefit on middle class and working families. reporter: but he s also stirred up a hornet s nest of backlash. i feel it is a little slap if the face to those who worked hard to pay it off. reporter: and from republicans who say it unfairly benefits americans who choose to go to college while ignoring those who don t. like truckers, plumbers, welders and retail workers. a lot of americans choose not to go to college. and then there are those americans who bought money to pay for school and paid it back. in what way is it fair to those taxpayers? reporter: many also argument the president exce