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alongside andrea mitchell. our continuing coverage will continue with jose diaz-balart next. good afternoon, great to be with you. i m jose diaz-balart in for katy tur. it has been a roladex of witnesses. the director of oval office operations, madeleine westerhout is on the witness stand. during her time she was known as trump s gate keeper. westerhout s testimony comes after stormy daniels second round on the stand earlier today. daniel was grilled on the details of the alleged sexual encounter and the $130,000 payment that followed. i want to start with what s happening right now inside the courtroom. joining us from outside the new york city courthouse is nbc news national correspondent yasmin vossoughian, criminal defense attorney, and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and new york law school professor and former manhattan assistant district attorney, rebecca. bring us up to speed on what s happening now. reporter: i m not a lawyer. i m trying to be one on t ....
angeles. 6:00 a.m. in gaza, this is breaking news coverage of the world in israel. fox news at night. and now a live look at gaza city 40 minutes before sunrise. and a night of nonstop air strikes. isreali defense forces now saying in just the past hour alone they are conducted some 450 air strikes in gaza. and that isreali troops are mobilizing at the gaza border for a potential ground invasion. it is all part of israel s ongoing response to the horrific attack on civilians by the terrorist group hamas. the death toll is now rising on both sides and the white house is now confirming that 20 americans remain unaccounted for. we begin with senior correspondent mike tobin live in tel aviv. mike, what s the latest. well, trace, unprecedented air campaign into the densely populated gaza strip. is definitely increasing overnight as the air strikes go in the rocket fire comes out. we have video from the northern end of the gaza strip. showing what has become a lethal light ....
noem is not backing down, defending her decision to shoot her own dog. now implying president joe biden s dog, commander, which no longer lifts in the white house after several biting incidents, should be put down. she reportedly writes the first thing she d do if she got to the white house is make sure joe biden s dog was nowhere on the grounds. commander, say hello to cricket. dear lord, this woman has a taste for dog blood. it s like she thought all dogs go to heaven was a personal challenge. good morning. welcome to morning joe. she can t seem to kick it. she dries to blame it on us, but she wrote it, willie. it is tuesday, may 7th. we have a lot to get to this morning. we ll go through yesterday s key moments in donald trump s criminal trial, including the judge s warning about potential jail time for the former president. also ahead, georgia s former lieutenant governor, a lifelong republican, says he will vote for president biden. we ll read from his op-e ....
that is going to do it for me tonight. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. if i seem a little off my game tonight, it is because i made a mistake last night. i started to read jen psaki s book before going to sleep, which means i almost didn t ever get to sleep. it is the can t put it down for me for a bunch of reasons. for example, can you imagine a white house chief of staff changing a diaper in the white house on a baby that is not his baby? let s start there. that took a real twist at the end. i thought i knew where you were going but then it s like somebody else s baby. now you got me. guess whose baby it was? and then, okay, jen psaki has worked for the last three democratic nominees for president. you want to guess which one she was terrified of? you are doing a very good job at john kerry, barack obama, joe biden, but one was she terrified of? enter will be coming later when jen psaki joins us. which one g ....
that s going to do it for me tonight but now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, rachel. you know, if i seem a little off my game tonight it is because i made a mistake last night. i started to read jen psaki s book before going to sleep. which means i almost didn t get to sleep. for example, can you imagine a white house chief of staff changing a diaper in the white house? on a baby that is not his baby? let s start there, okay? wow. that took a twist at the end. i thought i knew where you were going but then it was like someone else s baby. okay and guess whose baby it was okay and jen psaki has worked for the last three democratic nominees for president. do you want to guess which one she was terrified of? john kerry, barack obama, joe biden, the answer will be coming later when jen psaki joins us. which one gave her a bear hug after the job interview ? which one actually did not hire her for the job she interviewed for. it is e ....