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
first, herschel walker, starting with what is true. in his college, he accomplished what most can only dream of, he s a three-time player of the year with a national championship and heisman trophy to his name. he played pro ball for some of the best teams in the league, competed in the 1992 winter olympics and the last administration, co-chaired the president s council on physical fitness and sports. all of that in short to say that he s plenty to be proud of. among those accomplishments, though, is not a degree from the university of georgia, because he never graduated. he s claimed he was a high school valedictorian. he wasn t. and he suggested he was an fbi agent. i spent time at quantico at the fbi training school. y all know i was an agent? he wasn t. he did claim he was joking. this year, when his comments were reported, his campaign did not tell the newspaper that he was joking. in any case, claiming nonexistent ties to law enforcement is a familiar refrain of his
will not do that until house republicans propose their budget, which they have not done republicans now are trying to argue they can talk about the debt ceiling without talking about the budget, trying to separate those two things. kevin mccarthy this week reiterated that house republicans are prepared to pass a debt ceiling increase with the spending cuts they re looking for, without democratic help we re all over the place, but no progress has been made with raising the debt ceiling tl three months time is running out, though there is time. the other thing i ll note, congress isn t great all the time at multi-tasking, right they sometimes get thrown off course with other news of the day. for example, the trump indictment that s taken up the oxygen in the room it remains to be seen when we will get back to a real, hard core conversation and focus on the debt ceiling nonetheless, it has to happen
margorie taylor greene in a profile by her by the new york times magazine. i think to be the best speaker of the house, he s going give me a lot of power and leeway, she predicted. if he doesn t, they will be very unhappy about it. that s not a threat at all, i just think that s reality. robert draper is the author of that piece, as well the new book chronicling the changing place of the republican party. robert draper joins me now. tl three weeks from the midterms, polling show the republicans have the momentum. how do you square that with the misinformation embraced up and down the ballot by many of their candidates? yeah, anderson, as you have likely seen, the new york times did a survey which they came to the conclusion that the majority of republican office