Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
california putting a moratorium on the death penalty. why governor gavin newsom is making that move now. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. it s wednesday, march 13th. and it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. round two for trump campaign chairman paul manafort this morning. 17 months after his indictment, the first in the mueller probe, manafort will learn how long he ll spend in prison. after a sentence last week for financial crimes, a sentence many thought was lenient. the 69-year-old manafort will now face a judge who will revoke his bail and threw him in jail. more from washington. reporter: good morning, in just hours, manafopaul manafort manafort is back. judge amy berman jackson will sentence paul manafort for the final time and she will sentence him for two charges to which he pleaded guilty.
one. welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 13th. we have michael steele and kasie hunt. and peter baker and white house report information the washington post, contributor, ashley parker, back from maternity leave! thank you. i saw you instagramming about being a little like, i don t know, like walking on the moon when you come back to work after having a baby. your baby is so cute! yes. going on maternity leave felt stressful and coming back after the baby is stressful. i will give you a oncesy for your baby you dress like a boy a lot. who else at this table is pregnant? who could it be? i doubt it s michael steele. peter?
this testimony from this key witness the last person to speak to trayvon martin, other than zimmerman himself, as she it was. she was a close friend of the young teenager who was killed. let s listen in. you can do that on your redirect. do you remember being in the deposition? yes. do you remember being in deposition in miami, on wednesday, march 13th and we were talking about this same subject? yes. i asked you what george
opens up right beneath you. this really happened to a guy who was rescued by his friends. and better yet, he joins us live with the story. it s wednesday, march 13th, and starting point begins right now. welcome everybody. our starting point this morning, black smoke rising once again from the sistine chapel. it happened just moments ago. you see the pictures there. and it is a signal from the 115 cardinal electors that they still have not selected a new pope. it marks the end of a morning session that has featured so far two unsuccessful votes. the cardinals will return four hours from now or afternoon balloting. and at 12:30 this afternoon all eyes will be back on the sistine chapel s chimney where they are awaiting another smoke signal from those cardinals, if they fail to choose pontiff voting concludes for the day at 2:00