i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
have a good one on friday? great one party. you are matching the mood. your name and the spring poppies. great we re so glad you re with us. i m clearly in a great mood. good morning, everyone. hopefully that goes for all of us started. i m gonna make it. so let s get started with five things to know for this monday, april 10th 2023. the department of justice has appealed a federal judge s ruling halting the fda approval of a widely used abortion pill. this case will likely head now soon to the supreme court. also, the pentagon is now investigating a leak of what appears to be classified intelligence. when it comes to russia in the war in ukraine, the alleged documents reveal spying efforts on russia and us allies. also today nationals city council is set to hold a meeting to discuss potentially reappointing justin jones to his house seat. jones and his colleague justin pearson, were expelled last week for breaking rules during a gun protest first for rutgers university facul
in public with the guy. i know how that feels peer the president was in ohio, but high-profile democrats running for office and the stakes skip the visit due to scheduling conflicts. those dems didn t miss much however with the blabbering about putin and republicans as he tried to spin his failures. previous administration lost more jobs on his watch than any administration since herbert hoover. what is the republican platform for this campaign? no, no, i m being deadly earnest but not flippant. just a fact. we have a long way to go i call it the putin tax increase. putin, because of gasoline. republicans do nothing to obstruct efforts to lower it. greg: [laughter] that is funny. biden is continuing his light into a toxic spew of mediocrity. the liberals don t see it. 79-year-old fossil as a fighter. one summing up this way he is missing the year it is our time to dig in and be absolutely furious because one half measures are not working and real excitability problem.
supreme court analyst joan biskupic, whose new book, nine black robes inside the supreme court s drive to the right and its historic consequences is out now, joan. obviously these conflicting decisions. it was a little bit confusing on friday to see them come down so quickly within within an hour of one another. what do you make of where this stands now? and the idea that it might ultimately go to the supreme court? i think definitely the issue will katelyn polantz this morning. here s the thing. this is the first big abortion set of cases that will be heading on a path toward the supreme court since roe v. wade was reversed last june. that was a stunning decision by a narrow 5 to 4 vote , but there is something that the justices said in that decision that will probably affect how this texas case is handled. when it is appealed to the supreme court, the justices said. that this should now be a matter for the states that it s that it s the states that should handle it any kind of moral
authority? yes i mean, it could for the supreme court. everything could be on the table, including papi. a threshold question of whether these anti abortion physicians and medical groups even had no legal standing to even bring this case, and i m sure that when we see the department of justice appeal, they re really going to hit that strong too. okay? thank you, joan very much . thanks a lot. so the nation s attention captured with that story and this one as well, of course. national city council set to huddle today, possibly vote on reinstating ousted democrat justin jones back to the tennessee house of representatives. jones is one of the so called tennessee three. they were expelled thursday night for staging a protest on the house floor, demanding stronger gun reforms following the mass shooting at the covenant school, which killed six people with justin jones told us this is on friday. if the natural city council next week wants to appoint you as an interim representative district