overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
ahead of his scheduled court appearance on tuesday. trump s legal team is preparing for the first ever arrangement of a former president, the u. s and russia s top officials, speaking by phone about two detained americans. but russia has to say about the fate of the arrested wall street journal reporter and a violent explosion rips through a saint petersburg cafe, leaving a popular pro war russian blogger dead. what? we re learning ahead in a live report. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harrack. we begin here in the united states and the coming hours. former u. s. president donald trump will head to new york for a moment we ve never seen before. sources tell cnn. he is expected to appear in court tuesday afternoon. his legal team says trump will voluntarily surrender but plans to file substantial legal challenges. we will take the indictment. we will dissect it. um the team will look at every every, um, potential issue that we will be able to challenge him. w