Noem is not backing down, defending her decision to shoot her own dog. Now implying President Joe Bidens dog, commander, which no longer lifts in the white house after several biting incidents, should be put down. She reportedly writes the first thing shed do if she got to the white house is make sure joe bidens dog was nowhere on the grounds. Commander, say hello to cricket. Dear lord, this woman has a taste for dog blood. Its like she thought All Dogs Go To Heaven was a personal challenge. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. She cant seem to kick it. She dries to blame it on us, but she wrote it, willie. It is tuesday, may 7th. We have a lot to get to this morning. Well go through yesterdays key moments in Donald Trumps Criminal Trial, including the judges warning about potential jail time for the former president. Also ahead, georgias former Lieutenant Governor, a lifelong republican, says he will vote for President Biden. Well read from his oped, calling on other republicans to d
Across this country. You are looking live right now at the scene on the campus, ucla, one of the jewels in the crown of uc system. And tonight, it is the scene of ,outright lawlessness. Propalestinian protest is have been camped out there in the center of the ucla campus for several days now. And this evening, l. A. Time, a group of Counter Protesters showed up and those two groups have clashed to repeatedly. We have seen firecrackers thrown into crowds of people. We have seen people attacking each other with large paw poles. We have seen fistfights. What we have not seen for the last hour or more that this has been going is one single officer from the Los Angeles Police department. This lawlessness is playing out on the campus of a Public University and not a sign of los angeles law intervening. We have seen people hurt. We have seen at least one person taken away by ambulance. We seen other people on the ground. Weve seen people Pepper Sprayed. We have seen people clearly suffer phys
Trumps lawyers are looking to shred david peckers testimony and damage his credibility. Plus, whats next after Supreme Court arguments on president ial immunity, and the prominent republican who now says president s should not be immune from prosecution. Also ahead, dramatic demonstrations continuing on College Campuses as propalestinian protests lead to hundreds of arrests. Good morning, and happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news out of a manhattan courtroom where the first witness called in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case is back on the stand this morning. This time facing questions from trumps attorneys. Now, trumps team attempting to poke holes in david peckers testimony. Pecker is the former publisher of the National Enquirer who has testified that he was involved in efforts to catch and kill stories that could have hurt trump during the 2016 campaign. Nbcs Vaughn Hillyard is outside the courthouse. Also with us, jo
Court, bidens Campaign Goes on the offense, making a play for nikki haley voters in swing states as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, im katie saying in for stephanie ruhle. We are now 194 days away from the election. But today all eyes were on the United States Supreme Court. The justices hearing Oral Arguments in trump versus the United States. This is the case that is all about the former president s controversial claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution. These are the questions at hand. What is the scope of president ial immunity . And what constitutes an official act . Our own Laura Jarrett has more on todays arguments. Reporter tonight the u. S. Supreme court weighing a monumental question that will decide whether the former president goes to trial for plotting to overturn the last election and win. The Supreme Court has a very important argument before you today. Reporter mr. Trump hoping to persuade the justices to fight him immune from
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