today on inside politics, democracies on the line. that s president biden s message as he kicks off his 2024 campaign using the third anniversary of the capitol insurrection to warn what s at stake if donald trump wins another term. plus blasting the front runner. ron desantis escalated his attacks with just days left to close the huge gap with the the former president. and don t sit back. the former president needs his sportupporters to show up to wie dominating victory he says he s expecting. it s why he s headed back to iowa today to try to get out the vote. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. f f flz. we start near valley forge, pennsylvania, where the george washington troops were there for a long time as he was leading during the revolutionary war. today it is where joe biden will make his rereelection pitch that donald trump poses an existential threat to u.s. democracy. arlette saenz is there. what are you hearing from your sour
people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i ve been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. they can t stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like what has happened, they figured that the way that they would stop us is by using what is called that s what this is. it s wolf warfare for the law. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy the reputation. and they can try to win the election. joining us now is msnbc colleagues, ari melber and lawrence o donnell, also with us is laura jarrett, nbc news senior legal corresponde
to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. that s all in alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, now that it s happened, he s in a different league. he has made history, not the kind of history that i think you want to make. thank, you my friend, as always. you bet. thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. nbc news can now report that former president donald trump has been indicted in the special counsel s investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified documents. the indictment was filed in federal district court in miami. trump has been summoned to appear in federal
illegally. he was here in my county. five people died in my county, and that s where my heart is, in my heart is. we protect our people to the best of our ability. a texas sheriff reacting to the latest deadly mass shooting in america. this time it s five people shot in their home by their neighbor. we ll have the latest on the manhunt for the gunman. plus, former president donald trump is making headlines for hugging a woman who served time in prison for taking part in the capitol insurrection and who has also called for the execution of members of congress. and we ll have an update on the efforts to evacuate americans out of sudan, now more than two weeks since the deadly violence broke out in that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 1st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with breaking news. another american bank has failed. just this morning, financial regulators in california seize
for you, including president biden s nod to a popular meme. also ahead, donald trump praises the january 6th rioter who has said members of congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. plus, an international trip for ron desantis just didn t generate the headlines he was hoping for. in fact, most of the headlines, well, especially out of britain, were terrible. we ll have new reporting on that. and we re going to dig into the breaking financial news this morning. the third failure of an american bank since march, and who is coming in to save the day? good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, may the 1st. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. oh, jonathan, we have much to talk to you about in the boston sports world. also, special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. and columnist and associate editor for t