under anesthesia without his deputy being under aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail, nikki haley now a single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is, does this make a case for narrowing the gop field? we will ask our political experts. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. with just six days to go before the first vote in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today, hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn that last election. but the three federal appeals court judges before whom seemed deeply skeptical about the absolute immunity from prosecution for anything that he did while in office. this case is not only only make or break for donald trump, it could also impact future presidents determining on how they rule. the public can listen in on these remarkable arguments being made, which included moments like this one with a strike in hypothetical. could a president order seal team six
nancy, nancy! donald trump last night in his cnn town hall, calling january 6th a beautiful day. the event, of course, last night full of lies, misleading statements. we ll go through the biggest ones, and also his comments about writer e. jean carroll that drew laughs and cheers from the crowd. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 11th. we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. jon meacham. and reporter for the washington post, jackie alemany. we watched a rerun from 2016 and what we saw throughout donald trump s presidency. he committed again last night the claim that the election was rigged in 2020. it was not, of course. he called january 6th a beautiful day. he said he was going to pardon the people who attacked police officers on that day. the list goes on and on and on. would not commit to supporting ukraine in its war with russia. we ll get into some of it but, frankly, no surprises in w
This is my principal interest, pushing back against isolationism. His thoughts on Donald Trumps courtroom campaign. Do you think that president s should be immune from criminal prosecution for actions while theyre in office . Obviously, i dont think that. And his own legacy. Do you ever regret your vote to acquit . Plus, escalating tensions. Free, free, free palestine protests over the israel hamas war spread on College Campuses across the country. Occupation is a crime what impact will it all have on President Bidens Reelection Campaign. Ill talk to democratic senator tim kaine of virginia. And barrier breaker. Civil rights icon ruby bridges joins me for our meet the moment conversation. I was thrust into the middle of a situation that no 6yearold should be put in. Joining me for insight and analysis are geoff bennett, coanchor of pbs news hour, Jonathan Martin of politico, former White House Press secretary jen psaki and marc short, former Chief Of Staff to Vice President mike pence.
immune from being accountable by either one. let me say this about january 6th. i had remarks that i made on february 13th of 2021 about how i felt about january six we read it and. i stand by what i said. he stands by what he said here tonight for more on that. republican strategist and former communications director for the republican national committee. also with us tonight is former obama white house senior and policy adviser, ashley allison. she also worked the biden administration. thank you both for being here. i mean that comment from mitch mcconnell saying that he stands by what he said then. the judges brought that up today, saying well at least the senators think that is not the case. this is actually the legal backstop. even if we do live in that world where it is up to the senate, this republican donald trump he would have never been convicted. he wouldn t have been. i think that s part of the
it s really hard, joe, this morning even to just digest what we must have looked like as a nation before our enemies and our adversarial nations as well as our allies overseas. i thought it was a very dark day. i thought it was appalling and terrifying. i m actually glad eugene daniels said there is some fear in the white house that this is such an incredible threat after all these years when there was opportunity for republicans to move on from donald trump, when mitch mcconnell could have sealed his fate on february 13th of 2021 but did not and did not choose to convict him in the senate for inciting insurrection and trying to break the constitutional order. he leads a powerful cult of personality. you saw that in the audience