a new era at the southern border with title 42, the covid policy that blocked migrants at the border expiring just hours ago, but the legal limbo isn t over. a new ruling overnight injecting new uncertainty into the situation, so what s the plan now? and did officials do enough to prevent chaos? our system has been broken for more than two decades. everyone agrees about that. it s time not to criticize, it s time to act. also breaking this morning, the man accused of killing jordan neely in a new york city subway surrendering to police moments ago. the former marine now facing a manslaughter charge. we ve got a live report outside the courthouse. plus, extreme weather, tornados touching down in oklahoma and elsewhere causing widespread damage. we ll tell you where this system is heading next. let s begin with the breaking news on the southern border where the covid restrictions known as title 42 expired overnight. in the early morning hours, this is yuma port of entry
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, april 16th. i had to be reminded of that just a few minutes ago. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. she was talking about yesterday on sunday. and i m thinking we do the weekend. so clearly yesterday wasn t sunday . i thought today was monday is with us. all right. thanks for spending good morning with us. here s what we re watching for you. at least 56 people are dead. excuse me in sudan. there were explosions repping night clashes between the military and armed group or escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and what the rest of the world is doing. in response, congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up at the plan to fund the government look at other major priorities for both parties in the coming days. the $1.6 billion defamation trial against fox news starts this week. what s at stake for the company and watch fox apologized to the j
form vice president mike pence has to sit for the counsel. a federal judge in washington, d.c. most of pence s argument to avoid testifying. the speech and debate clause shielded him in his role as president of the senate. we re going to explain what the judge said about alleged illegality on the part of donald trump and what it means for pence in a moment. also, what the judge conceded to pence s team. we also have breaking news on the trump hush money case. we re going to explain that so don t go anywhere. joining me now, laura jarrett. from west palm beach near mar-a-lago, and former chief attorney also here in new york, garrett haake for the reporting. all right, laura. i m going to begin with you. let s talk about what you ve learned about former vice president mike pence. what did the judge say about why he is compelling him and ordering him to testify? the headline is that pence will have to testify in front of the special counsel grand jury there in washington, d.
tonight on the prosecutor in america who may scare donald trump the most. new unseen footage from special counsel jack smith. that s coming up. meanwhile, mccarthy tapped santos for a committee that, well, you wouldn t believe it. we begin now with the serious reports of actual domestic terrorism in our nation. a new mexico republican arrested for allegedly targeting the other party, democrats, accused of shooting into at least four homes of democratic officials. there s new video of fed taking this suspect, solomon pena into custody in new mexico. he calls himself the maga king. he s basically a failed candidate for local office. he lost that november election by wide margin. he ll be in court tomorrow facing conspiracy charges. police say he s the mastermind of a string of shootings, political violence from the right, in this case targeting democrats that goes all the way back to last month, december. police say he might have been motivated by the anger he felt from his los