actually a felony. we ll get to all of that in a moment. but first we want to start with the bond. a new york appeals court knocked it down from $450 million and counting to 175 million. donald trump says he will pay it quickly within the ten-day extension. but more importantly, what does that decision mean for an appeal of the judgment itself? joining us now, nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter, msnbc legal correspondent, lisa rubin, former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock, and nbc news business and data correspondent, brian cheung. everybody, welcome. lisa, let s talk about knocking down this bond. it s a really big deal. clearly what donald trump was hoping would happen. absolutely what he was hoping would happen, and assuming, katy, that he posts this bond within the next ten days, it will prevent the attorney general from taking any enforcement efforts. i want to make one thing really clear. while we are talking about this as a major victor
stories. donald trump has not come up with a magical solution to stop lakisha james from taking his assets to guarantee the payment for his civil fraud trial against donald trump. the merger announced to today from a higher company called the digital world acquisition company can do nothing to change his financial capacities on monday when donald trump hits the deadline for satisfying the judgment against him. if hehe had 46 $4 million, he could just post it with the court. as a guarantee that he could cover the judgment, if he loses his appeal over the case. donald trump does not have that much money, despite claiming to have much more than that, for many years now. donald trump has not been able to get anyone to lend him that money so that he could post a bond with the court for the judgment, which would then protect his assets. the court gave him donald trump 30 days to figure this out and he has not been able to. now, as financial reality closes in on him, donald trum
more comments about jewish voters. it ll come a day after he said the jews who support democrats hate israel. we ll show you how trump is doubling down on that inflammatory statement. meanwhile, a trump backed candidate will be ohio s republican nominee for u.s. senate this fall. we ll tell you more about him and we ll have the other important results from yesterday s primaries. and also ahead, a look at president biden pfls campaign swing through the southwest. he heads to two states he will likely need to win re-election this november. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin with last night s primary results and the closely watched republican senate race in the state of ohio. nbc news projects that trump-backed bernie moreno has won the gop primary in the buckeye state. moreno beat out two other candidates by a considerable margin to defeating state senator matt dola
cnn land out, to chris wallace, show starts in just a few minutes, but we want to begin what some breaking news just moments ago, russian president vladimir putin, to address the country calling friday s concert hall attack a barbaric terrorist attack and expressing his condolences fires are still burning at the complex outside moscow, and a warning, the video we re about to show you is quite disturbing. witnesses captured the attack as gunman fired shots shots, and set the venue on fire the death toll is now at hundred and 33. and authorities say it s likely to keep rising. now russian authorities say all for the people directly involved in the attack are now under arrest along with other suspects, isis took responsibility for the attack, which is the deadliest terror incident in moscow. in the moscow region in decades in comes just days after the us embassy warned its citizens to stay away from large gatherings like concerts, saying he was monitoring reports that extr
years. steve: okay. meanwhile, a serious happy meal. the mcdonald s dinner box hack that only costs $12 but should cost twice that. two cheeseburgers in here. cheeseburger. 4 small fries. one piece chicken nugget. $12, y all. lawrence: that s a steal. second hour of fox & friends starts right now and remember, mornings are better because you are with friends. all right. we begin with the border crisis. shocking video shows a group of more than 100 migrants rushing our border in el paso, texas. steve: that s right. they broke through the razor wire and overpowered members of the texas national guard. brian: griff jenkins, you have seen a lot at the border. have you seen anything like that before? griff: well not quite to those levels. and good morning, guys. let s note president biden was on the ground in texas for the past two days at fundraisers in dallas, in houston, while the crisis at the border reached a boiling point in el paso. let s show that video again