reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we ll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel s war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase of operations. his israeli counterpart said israel would not control gaza in any civilian way after the war. here s the defense secretary earlier. protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel s bedrock right to defend itself. and we will al
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
we now move to the prayer of the faithful. translator: brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father for his forgiveness and rebirth to the living hope for the resurrection of jesus to the dead. the response is let us pray to the lord. translator: we pray in german. the pope emeritus benedict who has fallen asleep in the lord, may the eternal shepherd receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. translator: we pray in french. for our holy father pope francis and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed ch christ s victory over evil and death. 6 translator: we pray in arabic. for our leaders of nations and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. translator: we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need, may god s love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters. tran
You do not know, what our middle terry leaders do in the pentagon every day . You think they are just about giving advice . The ignorance this guy . I have to bring in Claire Mccaskill here, general hurdle, a guy who knows what hes doing. General hurdling retweeting an interview that he had on fox news. Where tuberville said that the Navy Secretary has to get wokeness out of the navy because quote, we have got people doing on Aircraft Carriers. And general hurdling said what i wouldnt get for a real journalist to Say Something like what the f, are you talking about senator. Senator, you are on the air forces committee. You are on the committee in the house, it is not that hard to figure out what they are doing at the pentagon every day. And it has to do with protecting america from our enemies, and planning on keeping this country safe. And keeping our allies safe, and keeping freedom safe from tyranny. And also, i must say, from idiocy like that guy. I have to tell you the truth. When