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
Sixweek abortion ban to take effect in the state. But the court also is greenlighting a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting Abortion Rights for women and a new flashpoint in The Middle East right now is around threatens retaliation for a deadly attack on its Consulate Building In Syria, blaming israel for the airstrike. Were getting new reaction from a key member of congress this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, breaking new a very busy night of Breaking News. We begin this hour with the new request to expand Donald Trumps gag order in the hushmoney criminal case. Exactly two weeks before the trial is set to begin. Thats going to see cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid. Paula give us the latest on this request by the Manhattan District Attorney and the trump teams response. So wolfe here, prosecutors are asking the judge to expand the gag order
Is your job and thank you all so much for joining us. This is seen under central as johnson said its metal coverage of the trump trial starts right now, this was Cnn News Central us federal a live view of the criminal courthouse here in manhattan, where we are told doctors legal team will be on a mission today, zeroing in on Michael Cohens admitted and allege lies before president and all it is on his way to the courthouse right now is the defenses preparing to up where it left off, grilling trumps longtime fixer. You can see them there waving to the cameras as he gets into his motorcade. Over the last 24 hours, trumps legal team its been preparing for this moment for colins returned to the Witness Stand. Im told and plotting their strategy to undermine the prosecutions star witness. The question is whether they can the jury, but also their client im Kaitlan Collins here in new york. Object. Saverin, washington dc. Youre watching special seen in live coverage of former president Donald
Earlier. The defense tried hard to undermine former National Enquirer publisher david pecker and upcoming witness, Michael Cohen. Trumps attorney, emil bove, a asking if he believed cohen was prone to exaggeration, pecker agreeing that he was the end of it all, the former president had this to say about the trials so far this is eight days that we all sitting in this courthouse. This is all bidenrun indictment its an order to try and win election political opponent nothing like this has ever happened eight days country is going to hell and we sit here day after, day after day, which is their plan well, the foreign president offer no evidence. Of course, who any of those claims. Theres no evidence that any of what he said is true. And im joining us tonight, new york criminal defense attorney arthur aidala, also attorney and former apprentice contestant stacey schneider, cnn Political Commentator earl lewis cnn legal analyst lets karen friedman, agnifilo and elie honig and cnns Kara Scan
Im laura coast, live, time to get up. And throughout stick the big interview with curb your enthusiasm. Larry david, wait until you hear what happens when Chris Wallace asked larry the question. He doesnt want to answer. So all your curve fans can probably guess what will happen next. And larry david, he definitely does not shy away from politics as all and youll want to hear what he really thinks of donald trump. And they, you suddenly here babies crying, dont blame me that in much more in their full interview, just a few moments away. But first, but not everyone in hollywood wants to talk about politics the rock, aka Dwayne Johnson does. He will not endorse joe biden or anybody this time around the endorsement that i made years ago with biden was one i thought was the best decision for me at that time. Am i going to do that again this year . That answers no. Im not going to do that because what i realized what that caused back then was something that tears me up in my guts back then