Phone about the moment of paper theyre dealing with. Its coming up. I had an intuition that would be there. When you see stacks of paper compared to national monuments, and you at home are going to get treated to that in just a few seconds. Thank you, my friend. You bet. Thank you all for joining us this hour. We have breaking news tonight as i just mentioned. If your calender was marked for this coming monday when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference he was promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date reserved on your ical, im sorry to inform you it has been called off. Trump says tonight his legal team is instead putting the overwhelming evidence in formal legal filings. He adds, therefore the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team in another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing
Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the Senate Despite efforts by Marjorie Taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. Well get to the lead story in one moment, which are Opening Statements in Donald Trumps hush money trial. First, jon meacham, i dont want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that saturday vote was one that wil
be displayed prominently in all public classrooms. and seven days left. we are one week away from the first presidential debate of 2024 amid brand new polling that shows president biden is gaining. let s begin, though, with that weather. in texas, heavy rain and storm surge from tropical storm alberto has caused serious flooding, as you can see right here with coastal areas underwater from 5 to 10 inches of rain, along with that storm surge. new mexico is also dealing with what the national weather service says is extremely dangerous flooding, but look at this. the wildfires are what s really causing problems in new mexico. the state is reeling. hundreds of structures are gone. and at least two people are dead. locals say they had never seen anything like this before. it s been nonstop planes, nonstop sirens and almost felt like being in the war zone with all the smoke surrounding the area here in the middle. back east, temperatures are reaching 100 degrees in place
President s culpability, and the cases legal complexity. One of the potential first witnesses expected to testify is david pecker, the former ceo of america media incorporated, who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. Its called catch and kill. He is alleged to have worked with trump and his former attorney, michael cohen, to bury the Stormy Daniels story. Other witnesses expected to testify include michael cohen, Stormy Daniels, former Trump Aide Hope hicks, and former Playboy Model karen mcdougal, who also alleged a sexual relationship with trump. And as former President Trump left court on friday, he continued to insist that he plans to testify in his own defense. Oh, joining us now, former Litigator And Msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin
Previously said they would support trump now say they would back rfk jr. , compared to just 7 of former biden voters who say the same. You never know how this is going to break. In 1980, John Anderson ran. You kind of get the thinking. Theyre conspiracy theorists. Exactly. John anderson ran as a republican against ronald reagan. Yeah. Jimmy carter, he ended up taking votes away from jimmy carter. Right. When his intent was to take votes away from ronald reagan. Again, in this case so interesting. Were seeing the same thing happen. President joe bidens odds of winning reelection are the highest as they have been in at least three months. On the website predictit, It Costs 54 cents to Bet On a Biden Victory and 45 cents to Bet On a trump victory. The more likely outcome is the more It Costs to Bet On. Bidens odds have been steadily increasing over the past month after trumps odds reached a