Not so fun. Hours from now, former President Trump will be sitting in a manhattan courtroom as his Hush Money Trial is set to resume. This as the judge overseeing the case has yet to rule if trump violated his gag order. In washington, d. C. , the Supreme Court will hear Oral Arguments over trumps claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution in the d. C. Election interference case. Plus, arizonas Attorney General has charged mark meadows, rudy giuliani, and other key trump allies, as well as 11 socalled Fake Electors with state crimes after they attempted to keep trump in power following the 2020 election. I dont know. Did you see that coming . I did not. I didnt see that coming. I really didnt. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Willie, did you see that coming . Not this one. I mean, we suspected it was coming sometime, but didnt see it coming yesterday. And some boldfaced names apparently among the group of aides to donald trump. Giuliani, meadows, eastman. Yeah. Apparently a
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
appease far right mps and also trying to deal with the pressure coming from the united states to de escalate the situation. coming from the united states to de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there - de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there is - de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there is a i like that any conflict, there is a heavy dose of domestic politics on both sides. netanyahu is trying to placate the more far right elements of his coalition, that is clearly dictating his approach. the israeli goodman decision to launch the operation today was embarked and informed by security concerns, but also i m sure it was informed by political concerns on the pressure netanyahu has been underfrom political concerns on the pressure netanyahu has been under from the right. and it has also been clear from th
there s kind a relation between these two subjects they both speak to the limits of the power of presidency. powerful position to be sure. leader of the free world. but in both cases there are sort of very distinct limits to what president biden can do and in the case of israel he can and has put pressure on the netanyahu government and netanyahu himself to pull back from the brink and as you re seeing on the screen now, the protests show how much pressure netanyahu is under from his own people but it s delicate situation for the u.s. and there s really very little direct intervention the president can and wants to do in another domestic affairs of another democracy. at the same time, the administration is mindful of how tenuous and kind of influx the whole situation in the mideast