Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing part of your morning with us. As the grim reality sets in for survivors in hawaii, some are questioning the states response beforehand and how much was done to try to warn residents to get out. Plus Hunter Bidens legal troubles heat pup the Justice Department elevates the attorney to Special Counsel after plea talks fall apart. And donald trump and his legal team get a stern warning from the judge. Well have the latest on the contentious hearing. New data Shows Americans are pulling out of their 401 k and relying on credit cards. Well have a financial expert to weigh in with her advice. We begin with really grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have claimed at least 80 lives so far. The death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and its unclear how many people are unaccounted for. Video shows the horror of the fire as people tried t
For more information how you can help victims of Hawaii Wildfires go to cnn. Com impact or text hawaii to 707070 to donate. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. A brand new Special Counsel now focused on hunter biden. The lead starts right now. The Attorney Generals surprise announcement. The prosecutor who was overseeing The Hunter Case is now being elevated to a Special Counsel. What will this mean for the president s son . What will this mean for the president . And donald trump might be told to zip it. The judge in the 2020 Election Fraud case signaling that she is going to be willing to restrict sensitive evidence as she tells trumps attorneys the former president s right to free speech is not absolute. And hawaiis catastrophe sadly getting worse. Historic towns gone, homes burned to the ground, 55 lives confir confirmed lost, and that number is sadly expected to climb. Welcome to the lead im jake tapper. And we start with our Law And Justice lead with a new Special Counsel
Republicans should have one simple message, no Border Security, no funding. Congressman chip roy blocking funding for department of Homeland Security unless President Biden meets his demand. Fors force to be reckoned with. Being deployed to patrol the ohio sidewalks. Steve Wildfire Alert and a story weve been tracking all morning and all day yesterday. Devastation on the island of maui. It has taken lives and tourists scrambling to safety. Ainsley smoulderring after hurricaneforced winds whipped across the illegal aliens. Brian max is on the ground this morning. It was a pretty alarming view coming into maui, you can see fires burning luckily as the hours have passed, Fire Conditions have calmed down and the winds die down. Firefighters are keeping a look out making sure it doesnt grow out of control. Folks dont know why the fires started, officials are investigating. When they did start on tuesday, this island was ripe for fire, things were dry and humidity was low and hurricane dora,
Psychiatrys colic projection. Many people do it in small ways, but the farther gone you are the more likely you are to always be accusing other people of bad things that you do or throwing negative labels at people that actually apply to you. Perfectly. And so in psychiatric terms, talking about himself through projection today donald trump called himself, and these are all Donald Trumps exact words, a man with the mind ideas and iq of a first grader, a mental catastrophe, a stark raving lunatic who cant string two sentences together, and is not only dumb and incompetent, i believe he has gone mad. That is what donald trump thinks, deep down, in the darkness of whats left of his mind, about himself. And psychiatrists have told us thats why he hurls that Self Loathing language and other people. Projection is one of his defense mechanisms. Dozens of distinguished psychiatrist or Mental Health professionals who coauthored the book the dangerous case of donald trump, 37 psychiatry and Ment