foreign aid page passed on a bipartisan basis despite threats to tank it from republican isolationists. take a listen. i hope our republican colleagues stand together. i m a child of the 80s, regan republic. i understand maintaining peace through strength. that is a guiding principle. a big part of our party and worldview. here is an opportunity to make that stand at a critical time in world history. with that bipartisan win, johnson was effective liable to silence those same far right members threatening to move him from the speakership. speaker johnson yesterday addressed a group of protesters at columbia university who hack lettered him as he attempted to speak to the press. take a listen. a growing number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. they have suchased down jewish students. they have mocked them and reviled them. they have screamed leat those w bear the star of david. enjoy your free speech. we will do idwhat is right by america. we respect free
who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? let s talk about the trial this weekend. all weekend long. twitter was going wild. also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more military support for israel, as well. the bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. kind of sums it up. it does. good morning. it is monday, april 22nd. welcome back the morning joe. former aide to the bush state department and white house, elise jordan. from the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. and financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. we ll get to the lead story in one moment, which are opening statements in donald trump s hush money trial. first, jon meacham, i don t want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that
President s culpability, and the case s legal complexity. one of the potential first witnesses expected to testify is david pecker, the former ceo of america media incorporated, who bought and buried damaging stories about trump. it s called catch and kill. he is alleged to have worked with trump and his former attorney, michael cohen, to bury the stormy daniels story. other witnesses expected to testify include michael cohen, stormy daniels, former trump aide hope hicks, and former playboy model karen mcdougal, who also alleged a sexual relationship with trump. and as former president trump left court on friday, he continued to insist that he plans to testify in his own defense. oh, joining us now, former litigator and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin.
Biden. can ukraine now win this war, or is the united states merely giving you enough aid to prolong this war? translator: thank you. i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory. if ukraine really gets the weapons system, which we need so much. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy on meet the press yesterday reacting to the house overwhelmingly voting in favor of new funding for ukraine, as well as israel and taiwan. the senate is expected to pass the legislation as early as tomorrow and send it to the president s desk to sign. really incredible moment. i have to say, wasn t sure mike johnson had it, but he does.
And immigration policies. they could have gotten that but in short, they were going to shake up washington with biden as their main focus. that didn t happen. instead, biden has gotten pretty much everything he s asked for from this congress without having to concede much in return. house republicans paid a much higher price due to their internal discord and dissension. gop lawmakers have ousted one speaker while another may be forced to turn to democrats to remain in power. jackie, i turn to you here about mike johnson. will he lose his speakership? will democrats back him? return for what he did? what do you know about his evolution toward aid for ukraine? he visited mar-a-lago recently. he wasn t just going against his far-right flank in congress but donald trump in this decision. yes, mika. those are all very good and