just how expose donald trump could be. and later, for a moment of silence to boycotting the national anthem, at the sports world is stepping up to protest gun violence in the wake of the school school shooting. will it make a difference? good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. some people would have you believe that our two political parties are two sides of the same coin, and that both want the best for america. but they just are different views on what that looks like. with that in mind, let s take a look at the title of two presidents in the face of a major tragedy. president biden, with the first lady, is preparing to fly to uvalde, texas. to face parents who have experienced the worst tragedy, losing a child. biden knows where this feels, like and is for his empathy. trump, glorifying violence that killed those 19 children into teachers. he held the names of the victims then had a glock, then ended his speech by doing a strange onstage dance. look at it like
them. guide our legislature with your wisdom and truth, as they seek to meet the requirements of the united states constitution. lord inspire them to seize this opportunity, to demonstrate to the nation, and world how the democratic process can be done properly and in an orderly manner. help them to remember, that history is a faithful stenographer. and so are you. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. the fact that we even have a senate chaplain at the house chaplain, it s kind of a weird thing, it s a bit of a contradiction in a country in which separation of church and state is a constitutional hallmark, even james madison came to believe it wasn t entirely closure. but a chaplain opened every day of congressional business starting with the continental congress, 1774, and the tradition has continued. the way this contradictions been resolved over the years, is whatever his or her specific termination, personally, and there will be christian, the chaplin praise and leads
Has officially finished. The defense only called two witnesses. And yesterday, rested their case. Former President Trump did not testify in his own defense despite telling the press multiple times he wanted to. You testify in your trial. Yeah, i would testify absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Are you going to testify . Yes. Will you testify . No he wont stop. He the gag is not to testify. Do you plan to testify in court . I probably so. I would like to. I mean i think so. I mean, theres a story of his life, who shocked me can nobodys shocked. It is a guy who said of course i am going to testify, you knew he was not going to testify for a couple reasons. One, he is just a walking perjury machine. Seriously . You got a new Ice Cream Machine that you say makes ice cream. The mcreamy by ninja. And creamy, yeah, well, he is a Ninja Perjury Machine right . You stand in front of it for a couple seconds. I will never look at the creamy the same way. It creates instant perjury and so we all k
The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi
Sensitive site expiration is done. To be thanks very much, we appreciate it. Kristen oleary is the former director of Hostage Recovery for the United States. Hes a Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for the group. Coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. Ill speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. Ruth joins me. Then, with israel and Hezbollah Trading Fire over lebanons threatens to spill over into the region. Well go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. Plus, lbj and by the former vice Prime Minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. Good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. With wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, Global Leadership is critical. Were facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. Legal peril facing the twice im