reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, it s not clear i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose on this fourth ballot. as i was walking over here, i tried to find some key members of that 20 no vote coalition to ask if they would support that motion to adjourn. right now, democrats have said they will not represent republicans do that. they are whipping against that motion. republicans would have to go it alone. they would not be able to pass that motion to adjourn unless some of these 20 republicans were also on board and supportive of it. i talked, for example, with congressman andy bigg
The people call Stormy Daniels. Those five words kicking off an almost unreal scene and some detailed and salacious testimony thats been unfolding today in a manhattan courtroom. The trial now on lunch break with the former adult film actress on the stand. Stormy daniels facetoface with donald trump describing their alleged sexual encounter, a story so explosive she said she felt it put her life in danger appearing nervous and speaking so quickly the judge at multiple points asked her to slow down. Daniels gave a detailed Borderline Graphic Account of what happened saying that after it was over, quote, i left as fast as i could. Just like so much of this trial, its the stuff of tabloids, its embarrassing, potentially even humiliating for the former president and according to our team in court, it kept the jury happening on every word but does any of it prove he broke the law . Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in New York City. Back with me is duncan levin, former senior staf
So what we could expect from the prosecution as they continue their questioning of daniels is why ultimately there in those closing weeks of october 2016 she decided to go, number one, with the 130,000 payment. An agreement to sign this nda with trump and cohen versus say going to an outside publication and having her story going public there in the closing days of the 2016 election. But then we could also likely hear the prosecution ask her about her further understanding between her conversations with Keith Davidson, who was her attorney at the time, about what she understood that this agreement entailed. And what led over the course of 2017 into 2018 to her ultimately going public with her story after it was first reported about in the Wall Street Journal and sitting down for an interview with 60 minutes in which she detailed her allegations. Donald trump, we know from testimony from david pecker, previously last week, had suggested that donald trump was irate when she went public a
Justices seem divided as they debated trumps Immunity Claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Youll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding president s from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. Plus, this morning, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with Defense Attorneys continuing their crossexamination. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 26th. With us, former white house Director Of Communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. Cohost of the podcast how to win 2024. Rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin. Former u. S. Attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. Good morning to you all. Lets dive right in with yesterdays historic day at the Supreme Court where the justices he
he s only been retired for 24 hours. i talked to him two hours ago on the phone from his home in michigan. he was the vice chair of the problem solvers caucus. he was one of ten republican who is voted to um peach donald trump. he was one of 12 house republicans who voted for the 2021 infrastructure package. when we re talking about this idea of a consensus pick that potentially a healthy share of democrats could cross party lines and vote on behalf of and pick off a few gop members, more moderate members who respect fred upton, he could be a potential option if we re looking at days ahead in this process. when i talked with fred upton, he told me specifically he still supports mccarthy, but he s not turning down the idea in the house of representatives were to come to him that he would be open to serving as speaker. vaughn hillyard reporting on fredupton, who says he s intrigued by the idea.