new york chris jansing picks up our coverage right now good day i m chris jansing live at msnbc head quarters in new york city this is where donald trump is headed right now, we re watching from the airport, west palm beach, florida, you saw it right here literally just seconds ago, donald trump departing from manhattan. the start of a whirlwind 36 hours in the city where trump bit his empire and once held court. he s now heading into court, as the first indicted ex-president. former president trump, as we said, taking off, a trip he s probably made hundreds of times, but never, of course, like this. his arraignment, the first of its kind in american history, will take place just over 25 hours from now in the meantime, everything is heightened from the political and legal stakes, to the security across lower manhattan. maybe especially to the anticipation surrounding exactly what s in the trump indictment itself i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake. charlie savage, the n
Thank you, as always. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Trumps lawyers, theyve been working to paint Michael Cohen as a sleazy liar who is hellbent on revenge, conveniently leaving out the fact trump used him as his own personal porno venmo. After calling 20 minutes over the past month, the prosecution rested their case. When he heard, trump was like, ive been resting the whole case. [ applause ] time to rest. Time to rest. Michael cohen admitted on the stand today he stole money from the Trump Organization. Only in a donald trump trial would the star witness be the one who ends up going to jail. How lucky is donald trump . Donald trump is like a corruption mr. Magoo. Hes just stumbling around, quid pro quoing, metal beams falling all around him, getting out unscathed. Well have more from Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, including the Dramatic Exchange in court with a trump ally that led to the judge clearing the cou
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Government had informed state Election Officials that russians tried to target Election Systems in 21 states in the leadup to the 2016 election. Of course, the other thing we know the u. S. Deterrence campaign isnt working based on the reporting of the daily beast that russians trying to infiltrate the emails of staffers of senator claire mccaskill. They were sunsuccessful. Thats why they say there need tos to be a coheercherent strategy can i ask you, though, about the mood in that building behind you there, geoff. In terms of the headlines that involve former trump Attorney Michael Cohen and the Trump Tower Meeting and russia and his allegations that President Trump knew about that meeting in advance. Whats the mood there . Reporter well, a source close to the president described
that is a crime. And it also opens up all sorts of possibilities because, if the president knew that the russians were
Loyalist. Michael cohen. We got the lawyer for the woman at the center. Michael avenatti, in just a couple minutes in the first interview since that news broke this more than. Weve got a lot do get to but we start at the white house. The president is talking with advisers with the clock sticking on that selfimposed deadline to name a new potential justice. For his high court pick, Higher Education on his mind. People familiar with President Trumps process says hes indicated hed like a justice who went to harvard or yale, call it supremely scholarly. As the president prepares for a confirmation battle that he predicts will be short but bruising. Its probably going to be vicious because the other side, all they can do is obstruct and resist. You know, the whole thing is resist. I think its going to go quickly if i pick the right person. The right person, sure about rightleaning with individuals to roe v. Wade. Senator Susan Collins will be a swing vote to confirm any candidate. A candida
Good morning, its thursday, may 3rd. We begin with that stunning revelation from President Trumps attorney. Rudy giuliani last night telling fox news that trump reimbursed his fixer Michael Cohen for that 130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels. Despite President Trumps assertion last month o that he was unaware of it. Did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . No. Why did Michael Cohen make it . Michael is my attorney. Youll have to ask michael. Do you know where he got the money to make that payment . I dont know. Having something to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman 130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money. Sorry, im giving you a fact now that you dont know. Its not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. So they funneled it through the law firm and the president repaid it. I didnt know he did. He did. Theres no Campaign Finance law. Zero. This decision everybody was nervous about t