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morning joe. it is wednesday, march 29th. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a major development in the investigation into former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a federal judge has ordered mike pence to give testimony. meanwhile former trump ally chris christie appears to be willing to play the anti-trump role if he gets into the 2024 race. we ll have more on that new reporting. and we re still on so called indictment watch since the president announced, the former president, that he was going to be arrested. we ll have the latest on the manhattan grand jury s investigation into the hush money payments to a porn star. plus, an update on the continuing protests in israel, and what president biden is saying about meeting with the country s leader, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, just ran over. how does he do that? and memb ....
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. in washington next hour former president donald trump is set to take the stage and likely light the fuse. he will deliver the keynote address a the the conservative political action conference. are trump is joined by other people eyeing the white house. the cpac conference has become maga country. the man who tried to overturn it appears to be his party s front-runner according to recent polls. let s discuss this with cnn s kristin holmes. she joins me now from cpac. what s the latest? what do you think we re going to hear from the former president in this address? reporter: well, jim, what we re going to hear from him is pitching himself for 2024 but it s going to be to a really enthusiastic crowd. he s not going to go after governor ron desantis by name. he ll contrast his policies when it comes to social security and medicare. however, i do want you to know, this event has become maga country. everyone here is inc ....
too intense or runs against his former boss. florida governor ron desantis presidential ambitions are less clear right now. he has emerged as trump s most formidable foe thanks to skyrocketing popularity among republican voters. other republicans rumored to be considering a run, they include former maryland governor larry hogan, trump s former secretary mike pompeo. new jersey governor chris sununu. with a republican afield already getting crowded, the key question is, will 2024 be a repeat of the 2016 election. could we end up with trump as a republican nominee again because of the splintered field? joining me now is hayes brown, who is a columnist and editor of msnbc daily. also with us is michelle goldberg, she pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the new york times and msnbc political analyst. let s start with you. let s start of this course about trump in 2016. huge field of republicans splintering the field. he marched through it. could this be a repeat of too man ....
i m amara walker. happy new year. we hope your new year is off to a great start. just ahead, home prices spiked in 2022, pricing many people out of the market, so what can we see and expect to see this year? we ll take a look at that, coming up. plus, inflation hasn t stopped people from spending, but they re not necessarily spending it on clothes and shoes. the concerns that retail stores could see losses this year, and what people are spending their money on, instead. but first, let s get you caught up on this morning s news headlines with whitney wild. good morning and happy new year, boris and amara, and to all of you watching at home. we begin this morning in vatican city, where thousands have gathered for the first mass of 2023, just one day after the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. benedict passed away saturday at the age of 95 at his home in a monastery on the grounds of the vatican. and beginning monday, his body will be moved to st. peter s basilica ....
we figured anyone still at the top of his game, quitting his game after 23 years, that is a big story. he is a big story. now let me be clear, not like adele quitting a promising singing career in her prime, big story, she s in her own luscious league. i digress. tom brady, a big deal. he s leaving the national football team. fox on top of a world that has to adjust. your world right now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. on this earth shattering v development, the goat says he s really going this time. phil keating has more. as you know, he s been retired once before last year. that lasted 40 days. then brady went back to the grid iron. he s won a record seven super bowls with the new england patriots and the tampa bay buccaneers. when he made his video selfie announcement about the retirement, well, brady got a little choked up. i really thank you guys so much, to every single one of you for supporting me. my family, my friends, my teammates. my competitors. i could go on ....