classified documents created by members of the intelligence and military presented to the president of the united states during his term in office were purely private. and that trump himself didn t even raise this defense until more than a year after he left the white house. decide now and give us enough time to appeal. smith s team is pleading. after all, the presidential records act isn t even what prosecutors have charged him with violating. it s the espionage act. judge aileen cannon has yet to respond, but as we wait, what might jack smith s team really be getting at. former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman, and legal correspondent, lisa rubin. this was a biting moment from jack smith s team, and it went further than any other legal filing that we ve seen from anymore in regards directly to judge aileen cannon s own decisions. and the frustration almost leaps off the page. i want to give you and our viewers context, we are dealing with a judge who ha
by somebody that is a serial liar? i mean there should be no reason that anybody should listen to this guy. some of donald trump s allies showing their loyalty by saying what the former president can t say because of the gag order in his hush money trial. meanwhile, in the courtroom itself, trump s former fixer took the stand for blockbuster testimony. we ll have expert legal analysis for you on what michael cohen had to say. also ahead we ll have the latest out of ukraine on a surprise visit from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. this as russian president vladimir putin will now make a two-day state visit to china later this week. and we ll go through the new developments in gaza where israeli troops appear to be ready to invade the densely populated areas of rafah. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ve got a jam-packed show, and we ll begin here in manhattan where in just hours mi
us on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. then we got to the porn starriness. trump s defense, i never slept to stormy daniels and didn t pay her to be quiet. michael cohen paid her to be quiet. he s such a great guy who i hope is torn apart by wild dogs. and i only paid him what i thought were legal fees. if i did anything at all, i did everything, which i didn t do, to protect my wife from finding out about the things i never did. stephen colbert. we ll go through the consequential day in court in donald trump s hush money trial with his former fixer and attorney michael cohen on the stand. it will continue today. we ll have expert legal analysis on the testimony and what we should expect in a few hours. also ahead, we ll go through major developments in gaza. israel s military battling regrouped hamas terrorists in the north while weighing a full-scale assault on rafah in the south. plus, the latest from ukraine and the surprise visit today by u.s.
protests rocking campuses nationwide. six blocks away where protesters have raised the palestinian flag. sandra: and continue to waive them as well and showing our nation s first president that university s namesake covered up with a palestinian flag and scarf. john: welcome to our two of america america reports i m john roberts in washington where all of this is happening. sandra: we are watching all of it, good to be with you i m sandra smith in new york and ucla campus workers are left to clean up that encampment that police cleared in the early hours of the morning. they arrested thousands of protesters after a violent cl clash. john: let s bring in doug waxman who is a professor of israel studies and director of the y and s nazarene center for israel studies, thank you for joining us we really appreciate it. you say that you understand the situation of the palestinians in gaza. but then at the same time, these protests do appear to be problematic. yes. i conc
martha: thank you very much john and sandra pack a beautiful day here in lower manhattan. good afternoon everyone in martha maccallum. today the story is live outside the manhattan courthouse where former president trump is standing trial in the stormy daniels case. i was inside throughout this morning s proceedings and i will tell you a bit about what we heard in their. part of the business from this morning was the judge hearing the latest on the remaining gag order violations he is considering and later we heard some pretty hellacious back-and-forth questioning peer heated moments were interesting, it became an interested interesting witness in keith davidson. he brokered the deals for stormy daniels and karen mcdougall but he really got his feet help to the fire by both sides. so, also today on the other big story we ve followed all week for you, today we heard from the former and current president. they addressed the chaos unfolding in the early morning hours at ucla