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
His role in january 6th, he was charged in the District Of Columbia for his role in january 6th. Owes 400 million to the state of new york for defrauding the state through his taxes and he has been judged a rapist. You want to be perceived understandably as credible. I want to first see if you will pledge to not accept an appointment from donald trump if he is congressman, im not here to testify about what will happen in the future. Seems like an easy question. I am here to talk about the report. You dont want to be associated with that guy again, do you . Im not here to talk about that, i will talk about the work in the report, which i stand by. There were no limits on you what you could charge by the Attorney General, is that right . The decisions reflected in the report are my own. You did not bring charges, correct . Correct. There were no limits on john durham in the Prior Administration when he was Special Counsel, correct . I dont have the information. He sat in the same chair a
And it is sock eastern. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the breaking news from capitol hill, where we are waiting the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel robert hur. He is set to appear in just moments, before the house judiciary committee. And you can see him arriving there at the capitol, moments ago. Hes being held, were told in a holding area before this Committee Hearing gets going. Now, hur is the Special Counsel who investigated President Bidens handling of classified documents. Ultimately he chose not to bring charges, but he also questioned the president s Mental Acuity and fitness in his report. He is expected to defend that today in his opening statement, saying, quote, my task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed National Defense information willfully, meaning knowingly, and with the intent to do something the law forbids. I could not make that determination without assessing the preside
distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of the way so that you can hear from them and not me. but i, want to take a minute to begin with two things that may reside more in the category of pet peeves than scholarly discussion that you are about to hear from our guests. one is that clarence thomas should ve recused himself from this case because everyone on that bench today knew, clarence thomas s wife was there. she was there, she was present when donald trump incited engaged in insurrection. the essence of our case is president trump s o
will tomorrow s primary be her last stand? trump s political and legal fortunes collide in dramatic fashion. we re waiting to hear whether the judge in the e. jean carroll s case, whether he ll move testimony to tomorrow, primary day in new hampshire. the former president may very well face a choice, the courtroom or the campaign trail. the most serious, most damaging attack yet on a u.s. military base that leaves multiple soldiers seriously wounded. could this be the strike that forces the u.s. to escalate the fight against iranian-backed militants and escalate it to a whole new level? we we ginn with trump versus haley, a heavyweight fight with extraordinarily high stakes, a fight not unlike david and goliath. here is the good news for nikki haley, she has more momentum and money than just 24 hours ago. her campaign said today she raised $500,000 from grassroots donors online after ron desantis announced he was dropping out yesterday afternn, and she can now aim her f