is money. would you ever allow a shutdown in the future? a shutdowns in terms of covid? i let the governors make their decisions, some of them from south carolina, you know and frankly, north dakota a few of them tennessee, they didn t shut down at all. florida did shut down, ron desantis shut down, or ron desanctimonious as he is known. he shut his state down, very violently down. he shut the highways down. donald trump criticizing ron dissents for his response to the covid-19 pandemic at a town hall last night at iowa, it aired on fox news. that happened not too far where desantis was on with former u.n. ambassador nikki haley at a debate that trump chose not to attend. republican presidential governor ron desantis joins us now from altoona iowa. what happened yesterday, as you are well aware. i m looking at this fat check for march 1st 2020, the headline is. trump praises florida governor despite criticism of coronavirus response. he called you a great governor. i ac
haley and desantis did go after each other with haley presenting herself as the candidate of the future. we need a leader that is not looking at four years and eight years. we need a president that is looking at 20 and 30 years. good news, the frontrunner is looking at 30 years. 20 with good behavior. [ applause ] ah-ha. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, january 12th. willie, so much to talk about today. let s see, front page of the papers, daily news, we will not be speaking. not sure where morning joe paper of record is today. i guess because ms. bumiller is here, out of respect, they gave us the new york times. new york times, of course, talking about the missile strike against the houthis. washington post, also, we have the strike as the lead. on the other side, trump s trial. wall street journal, inflation ticking up. yeah, willie, nothing in there also about all the coaches that just sort of yesterday was the harvest, my
The judge engoron made this offer. he said, you can speak on your own behalf with this closing argument if you follow these rules, that was ignored. and then it was back on the table in the courtroom yesterday? the offer was not put on the table of formatively by judge engoron, but it was trump s lawyer, who at the end of each of the presentations by the three trump lawyers, renewed that request. you will remember that the trump lawyers ignored the last offer by judge engoron who said, essentially, having failed to meet my third extended deadline, i will take that as a no. nonetheless, it renewed the request and that is when judge engoron asked a former president trump could comply. just two conditions, could you stick to the facts and the law? as noted, former president trump immediately began to speak in the guise of answering the question, basically saying, i couldn t accept you conditions, and here is why, and then proceeded to deliver exactly the speech he would have wanted to.
Were used to for former president trump as if he expected to be cut off at any moment. so while he s talking, while he s doing everything that the judge told him not to do, what is the reaction from the bench? is he trying to stop him and say that we agreed you talk about the facts, or just go? he let him go for a little bit, and you, now it s a different engoron that we ve seen. it s sort of a engoron tamed. and one of the things i m wondering as to what effect were all of the heel of threats against judge engoron and his law clerk. we know the threats with a law clerk and him alone fill 275 single spaced pages, we know that because a security officer filed an officer david explaining that with the gag order. the judge as you know how to bomb threat in his home in nassau county, and then i wonder to what extent that really impacts as decision-making and allowing trump to continue speaking until he just said to chris
To speak briefly during part of the presentation by his lawyers. the judge asked trump directly if he would, quote, promise to just comment on the facts and the law. naturally, trump ignored him, immediately launching into a five-minute rant that broke every one of the judge s rules, claiming he was an innocent man who has been politically prosecuted. the judge called for trump s attorney to control his client before cutting trump off for a scheduled lunch break. the state ag is seeking $370 million in fines and to bar trump from new york real estate industry. the judge said he hopes to have a decision by january 31st, so in a few weeks. he is deciding the case because state law does not allow for juries in this type of lawsuit. joining us now, former litigator and msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin. she was inside the courtroom yesterday. lisa, you were there. you saw and heard this exchange. we should go back a little bit.