those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass is
claiming he will be arrested i days former fbi counter intelligence, we break down the national security implications from the potential trump arrest plus, looking to 2024, how d the democrats handle the gop s apocalyptic messaging? also the ban collapse, congres for new congressman on wha more needs to be done to assur our banking system this is american voices! we begin this hour with breaking news, donald trum declaring that he expects to b arrested on tuesday, and pos on his knockoff version of twitter, truth social. this is all in connection to the new york investigation int hush money paid to adult fil star stormy daniels just befor the 2016 election. now w should point out the manhattan da alvin bragg has not commenting on trump s post o the possibility of a indictment. this week, trump s former lawyer michael cohe testified before a grand jur in manhattan. back in 2018 cohen pleaded guilty to making an illegal payment to daniel to keep her quiet about an alleged aff
hi, everyone it s 4:00 in the east. we can forget about being on the verge of a generational moment in our country s history because, as we meet this afternoon, we re living it donald trump is now a once indicted, twice impeached, forever disgraced ex president and he s expected to surrender to law enforcement in new york next week. we understand it will happen tuesday. there was some misinformation, confusion this morning trump s attorney told nbc news earlier the office of the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, who is overseeing this case, wanted trump to turn himself in today that lawyer, joe tacopina insisted that the secret service needed more time to prepare. our reporting does not support that assertion that he made. sources within the secret service told us that trump s detail could transport trump at a moment s notice. there s a lot of news developing this hour. we re taking you through all of it donald trump is expected to fly into new york monday night he
it s march 31, 2023. we are reporting on the first filing in the prosecution of former president donald trump. you may not have seen this yet it s new it s formalized by a court document that lists this case for the first time, the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump, defendant what you see on your screen we have highlighted the key word there is actually a first for all of mr. trump s legal scuffles and civil cases, which end in payments, not prison, even if you lose this is the first time he has been on the other side of the government the people of the state of new york versus this criminal defendant. we have this new order from a judge. it marks the formal opening of this case file it notes the indictment which is called a true bill you see that there it was returned by the grand jury think of the words true bill as equivalent legally to indictment or charges under that piece of legal terminology or jargon, we learn there is a true bill, there are
you president trump. the former president poses as mike pence opens up. they are already to witness one mike pence and suggests to me that they are pretty late in the game. tonight, is what make pence already wrote in his book enough for jack smith? then, the brazen move by the state supreme court to seize political power in north carolina. in portland, seattle, and chicago all those breaking loose new york. and an unbelievable twist in one of the fox news scare stories about big city crime. so how is san francisco doing? the real story foxwood tell you about the san francisco fire commissioner attacked by a homeless man. he was just minding his own business, but outside of his mom s house, he got whacked in the head. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes, mike pence spent seven hours testifying before special counsel jack smith yesterday in a grand jury. you see his suv leaving on the left side of the screen, on the right sid