for sexual abuse, ordering him to pay $5 million to writer e. jean carroll. we have legal analysis on the case and more reaction from capitol hill straight ahead. also ahead, a high stakes meeting on the debt ceiling lives up to the low expectations everyone predicted. a look at what could come next as both sides have a small window to hammer out a deal. plus it appears that george santos elis and questionable financial claims are finally catching up to him as he is facing federal charges. and a live report from el paso, texas on how the biden administration is preparing for the end of a pandemic-era immigration restriction. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s wednesday, may 10th. along with joe, willie and me, we have host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications, jen palmerry. cohost of show time s the circus . attorney and columnist for the washington post george conway is with us as well. so it begins. donald tru
hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the new york times reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to testify before a grand jury in the probe examining hush money payments to adult actress stormy daniels. the new york times notes that such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney alvin bragg to notify a potential department without ultimately seeking charges against him. as for whether donald trump will take bragg up on his offer, the washington post quotes a trump associate saying that everyone will advise him not to go in. here is ter
orders on the u.s. capitol grounds on january 6th. listen, you just hang in there, donald trump told the woman, who was found guilty on a misdemeanor charge of resisting police efforts to clear grounds. you guys are going to be okay. trump, who is campaigning in new hampshire, then agreed to sign the backpack she said she carried to the capitol complex on the day of the interruption of the congressional proceedings to certify trump s loss in the 2020 election. just hours before the ex-president and gop front-runner literally embraced an insurrectionist, you can t make that up territory now, a member of the mob that chanted hang mike pence a watershed moment took place someplace else. as we reported yesterday during this hour, the former vp mike pence testified before a federal grand jury. the new york times posted, it s not clear what testimony he provided thursday, but prosecutors were surely interested in pence s accounts of his interactions with trump, and trump ad
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- giuliani sees one thing, opportunity. - trump is clearly the best choice. - he thought, this will put me back in the spotlight. - what i did for new york, donald trump will do for america! [cheers and applause] - oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her, and i failed. i ll admit it. - whoa. - i did try and [bleep] her. she was married. - that s huge news there. - some breaking news right now. david fahrenthold of the washington post got his hands on a tape. - hello. how are you? hi. - hi, mr. trump. how are you? - nice seeing you. terrific. - pleasure to meet you. - when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab em by the [bleep]. - he s bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that h