grand jury investigating former president trump sources now, say the district attorney there has been asking questions about a second hush money case involving trump and efforts to cover up his alleged affair with a playboy model and as nashville mourns and prepares to bury six victims. new 911. calls from the school shooting were just released. stand by for that breaking story, and i ll get reaction from the national mayor who s joining us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight another u. s citizen is in custody in russia. this time a journalist for the wall street journal accused of espionage. cnn s alex marquardt has details on the arrest and why this particular reporter may have been targeted by moscow. this video from russian media appears to show american wall street journal reporter evan herskovits arriving at a moscow court today. the russian security services arrested h
from msnbc world headquarter here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news from the middle east. live pictures from tel avi where a peaceful rally over judicial overhaul is underwa for the 14th week in a row it comes amid a new burst of violence, sparking fears of broader conflict in the greate region joining me now, nbc s ra sanchez in tel aviv, i kno you re back covering the - how is the violence affectin the demonstrations well, alex, you can see despite everything else goin on, these protesters are out o the streets in their tens of thousands. alex, i think they may vote to sing the national anthem here. i am gonna speak quietly but these protesters are out i the streets in there are ten of thousands, despite violence and when you speak to people here, they say, despit everything going on, it is crucial for them to be here. they feel israeli democracy is at stake at this point and that they will not b deterred we are just a couple of mi
Romney and President Biden making jokes about donald trump. There was a lot to go around yesterday. Mitt romney, wow. Bring it home, willie. Yeah, mitt romney going in there, obviously no love lost between those two men. Mitt romney, expect to hear more of that throughout the campaign. Expert legal analysis on yesterdays testimony in the Hush Money Trial and the Gag Order Against Trump. Straight ahead. President bidens joke came while he was campaigning in florida. On the issue of Reproductive Rights and Womens Health care, blaming trump for Overturning Roe and these extreme Abortion Laws. Well show you more of the president s speech. Quite a flex going down to florida while trump was stuck in court in New York City. On capitol hill, a Top Republican admits its trumps fault that Border Security hasnt passed. We knew that. To hear this republican say it really brings it home. Willie, i had the news on all day, if i heard the word pecker one more time, i was going to lose my mind. David
Democrats. You think of it as a purely democrat area. Its a very unfair situation. Donald trump may have violated the gag order in his Hush Money Trial yet again yesterday during a radio interview, complaining about the jury. Well get expert legal analysis on that. And yesterdays Opening Statements and first witness. Plus, well go through the newly unsealed transcripts in the classified Documents Case which shows a former white house staffer tried to warn trump about the legal issues he could face. You know, if he stole classified documents. And its another day where trump is in court and President Biden is on the Campaign Trail. This time in trumps home state. Well preview the president s speech in tampa, florida. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, april 23rd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. And Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein. Doing a little Way Too Early duty this morning. Of co
good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart, bringing you special coverage as history unfolds this morning in a new york courthouse. closing arguments now under way in the first criminal trial of a former president. the dramatic final phase of donald trump s hush money case after 21 days in court, 22 witnesses and 80 hours of testimony. up first in today s closing arguments, trump s defense team. attorney todd blanche trying to convince a jury that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof in this trial. nbc s yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse. also with us, chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official, daniel leven, former prosecutor, jeremy solante, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor and professor at cordosa law school. the defense closing is already under way. todd blanche saying to the jury, you should want or expect more than the testimony of michael cohen. what else are we hearing