should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g
think this is even weaker than i feared it would be. a motion to dismiss is coming on several grounds. this case won t see a jury. in my opinion, no one is above the law, and that includes donald j. trump. morning good morning. reaction to yesterday has really been something. yeah how do you really put this into context? i m not sure if we know at this point, i think there s a lot more that s going to play out, but certainly historic, unprecedented, stunning. i think one of the problems for the american people for everyone right now is the fact that they there is a lot that they don t know. keep being what s the underlying crime that makes this makes 34 counts of felony? that s not in here, right? and so transport currency is of the utmost importance in this moment, and we don t we don t know one of the big things, but we should also not downplaying. i think we are, but i think we should point out that the images coming out of 100 center street were there, but the picture is
continues right now. happy. chicago tonight is just the beginning. with our voices and our votes. we have ushered in a new chapter in the history of our city. good morning, everyone . you heard brandon johnson. there we are, following major election results overnight and two important places. chicago has picked a new progressive mayor. we re going to speak to brandon johnson live in a moment as he is preparing to take on the city s crime problem and monumental power shift in wisconsin is projecting that liberals will take control of the state supreme court. could have huge implications for abortion rights and future elections. china threatening to retaliate it s house speaker kevin mccarthy gets ready to meet with taiwan s president today, right here in the united states, but we re going to start with the former president after he is lashing out after he became the first ex president ever and u. s history to be charged with a crime or resident gave a primetime speech at mar-a
their own city overnight. a russian warplane targets the wrong side of the border, damaging buildings and leaving a 130 ft crater in its wake what the russian defense ministry is now saying and in court today, three men charged in connection with a white nationalist rally in charlottesville will appear before a judge and cnn is live outside the court. new this morning, deeply disturbing details about the kentucky bank shooter from notes he himself wrote police now piecing together his motive for the massacre were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. new overnight. a large blast rocked a russian city near the ukrainian border, and they did it to themselves. you can see it right here as one of russia s own planes targets its own city firing into that city, russia state news agency says a russian jet dropped the bomb during a mid air emergency over the city of belgorod. you can see that city is over the border from