africa. what does that mean? today in ghana she went to a skate rink and a recording studio. what is happening here is changing the way people kind of enjoy themselves. [laughter] and then kamala talked about freedom and liberty. as you have mentioned, we have had today, this afternoon, a wide ranging discussion. we have discussed a number of important topics, including the importance of concepts and priorities, such as freedom and liberty. jesse: kamala finally got to the real reason she is in africa. the will the will of my focus on the continent the next few days will be on increasing the relationship, particular from u.s. private sector for investment on the continent of africa. knowing that it will generate prosperity to the benefit not only to the people on this continent but the people in my country as well. prosperity for your country and my country. what does africa that kamala wants so bad? joe and kamala promised to america green. they can t do that witho
early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. this isn t a question of vindication. it is not a question, as i stated before, about revenge this is a my position is that, at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out that was donald trump s former fixer after wrapping up his testimony to a manhattan grand jury by the way, former fixer who went to jail, actually got convicted and went to jail for being part of this scheme that donald trump is now being investigated for. michael cohen spent two days on the stand answering questions about the hush money given to stormy daniels, the porn star. now, we re learning that she is talking to prosecutors also ahead, we ll dig into the new reporting out of georgia on another phone call the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election. it s like the end of the hunt
bank failures, silicon valley bank and signature bank. christine romans, what is happening with credit suisse is different, but it s also spooking thing market. it is. so this is european banking fears that are now spreading back into an already fragile and vulnerable u.s. system. credit suisse down 20% to a record low. several european bank shares are halted in european trading. so that s just feeding into the worry about rising free agents and fragilely in the world. dow futures down 1.5%. if this holds this would take away the rally in yesterday. nasdaq, s&p futures also lower here. the regional banks that bounced back in the u.s. yesterday a sign of stability, a sign of relief, a mixed performance. first republic shares in premarket trading up a little bit. some of the other banks are down and again what folks are really zeroing in here is what are the exposure to these banks, these long-term treasuries, long-term securities that are going to be hard to sell in the near
welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putin s isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. he also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. president joe biden s trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as air raid sirens blared, hammered home americas unwavering support, despite a small faction of republican lawmakers who actually want to cut aid for ukraine. ahead this hour, what s at stake o
we ll hear from both sides of the legal debate. he s the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of democrats, now investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign was funded by fentanyl. also, this a massive loss for music. david crosby dying at 81. we ll speak live with one of his best friends. cnn this morning starts right now. to all of those stories in just a moment, but first we need to talk about ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, making a desperate plea for more weapons before it is too late. there are signs that russia is regrouping and preparing to launch a major offensive. and cnn has learned cia director bill burns personally flew to kyiv for a secret meeting with zelenskyy to brief him on vladimir putin s plans. this morning, the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is at ram stein air base in germany to huddle with western allies. president zelenskyy spoke virtually at the meeting. the war st