[laughter] he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need know where, all you need to know, if that he is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, andrew can t contain himself. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for 18 years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to make as chief justice of the united states? where would you begin to answer that question, there must have been so many very, very, very hard decisions
we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately
committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence the 2016 election. then, the prosecution will recap their case and tied together testimony from their witnesses and the evidence including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments will take up most if not the entire day, st which will be followed by judge mershon giving jury instructions, which should last about one hour. and then the fate will be in the hands of the jury that could reach a verdict as early as this week. trump is already attacking the jury instructions on social media. there is a significant development in florida and the classified documents case against him. jack smith is asking eileen cannon to modify the conditions of release in the classified documents case after he told the very dangerous lie abo
election for her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. nbc news reports a dozen members of the public have lined up and are continuing to do so even in the rain to get a seat for the historic moment. closing arguments will be both the prosecution and the defense final chance to weave the evidence into the narrative of their case. in new york, the defense goes first. arguing that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that john donald trump committed a crime with the intent to influence the 2016 election then the prosecution will recap its case. tying together testimony from is 20 witnesses and the evidence, including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments are expected to take up most, if not the entire day tomorrow. which will be followed by the judge giving the ju
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