the build back biden, build back better. god save the queen. don t worry normal, he has been like this for year, that is comforting, florida governor ron desantis serving up fresh attacks. we need to restore sa sanity in this country, this country is in decline, this is a choice we as americans will make. new op-ed pointing out desantis strategy is one other other presidential hopeful could learn from. senator into the is firing back at president biden for calling him a r racist. there is no higher compliment to be attacked by president biden, what democrats feel threatened they have his maim comments about someone running. if anyone should be standing and shouting on the mountain tops that america is not racist, it should be the man that americans support twice for the nomination and becomes president, the evolution of america is palpable, progress in the nation is undeniable. god save the queen, tommy, they are just not weird but they are scary words, these are
the game a short time ago from comes former attorney general bill barr do you believe he lied to the justice department? but i personally believe? it yes. the legal theory about what you guys to take battle plans and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it is just as wacky as a legal document they came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously if these documents are not purely private. it is obvious. he is a very petty individual who will always put his interests ahead of the countries. his personal gratification of his ego. our country cannot be a therapy session for a troubled man like this. indeed. he also says he expects major developments to some in the doj investigation into the events of january six. also new this, our democrats reacting to the trump arraignment and prospects for his upcoming trial. he goes into the bullying and bombastic mode where he tries to make the othe
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
district attorney s office tomorrow cohen spoken to prosecutor almost two dozen times and he says that will be going in - testimony. whether it s before the grand jury, or it s just t meet with them for an interview, again, i m not sure. but yes, i was asked to make myself available and to be at the da s office tomorrow, as a rebutta witness. and nbc s learned the witness counting michael cornice as former legal adviser, robert costello. stella previously represente steve bannon and rudy giuliani costello says the trump s lega team asked him to testify. the manhattan da has decline to comment, the office i already preparing for unrest making sure staff, after trump s call for protests, and an internal email obtained by nbc the district attorney writin quote, please know that your safety is our top priority we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office, o threaten the rule of law new york federal authorities are also o alert to specially as trum repeats the rhetori
thank you so much for letting us into your homes on this thursday. we are grateful. ari melber picks up our coverage right now on the beat. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. this is one of those times we begin with breaking news we re just getting in a story from the new york times citing four sources about the potential indictment of donald trump in new york. this is the kind of leak, the kind of indication you may have heard before and said, well, are we back to more discussion about an indictment that will never come? the answer i can t give you tonight. what i can tell you is the new york times says with more than two sources here, a foul four sources, that the d.a. in new york is looking at campaign hush money payments, the somewhat infamous payments donald trump made and that part is known and proven to stormy daniels pursuant to the 2016 campaign. what many saw as a cover up but s never been charged. here s the headline from the new york times, prosecutors signal cri