Officials expected to speak this hour after prosecutors ask for a dna swab from the suspected serial killer. It is 10 00 eastern. We made it to friday. Thanks for being here. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. This morning, donald trump is gearing up for yet another trial. He is set to appear before a d. C. Federal judge in about three weeks and that hearing set after former president and 2024 gop frontrunner pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election. Now, his dramatic courtroom appearance just a few minutes walk from where the january 6th violence unfolded. Joining us now is nbcs garrett haake, one of the few reporters who got to go inside the courtroom with trump. Nbc news correspondent dasha burns is here with us, and carol lam, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. So, lets start with garrett, because in addition to hearing Donald Trumps not guilty plea, the judge also set some conditions for trump as he awaits trial. Garr
with you. i am anne-marie green. breaking overnight, ukraine said russia launched a new wave of missile and join attacks in the country. air raid sirens willed across the nation, as officials warned people to take cover in shelters during the morning rush hour. ukraine said it shot down 15 missiles fired towards the capital of kyiv. the attack came hours after president biden reversed course, and announced plans to send 31 m1 abrams battle tanks to ukraine. germany also said it is sending tanks. now it could take months for the u.s. to deliver its tanks and train ukrainian troops on how to use them. jarred hill is in new york, i will have more on all of this. good morning, jarred. good morning, anne-marie. one called this an american expedition to the battalion, a punching force. but let s talk about the timing. u.s. officials say they believe russia will try to go on the offensive in the spring, and that the tanks will help ukraine not only defend itself then, but also ret
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
three for donald trump. tonight, the former president will speak at the alabama gop dinner, his first event after pleading not guilty again. and this hour ron desantis is speaking in iowa, while former vice president mike pence has an event tonight in new hampshire after releaing too honest merchandise. nbc s julia jester joins us from new hampshire now. what are you hearing from voters there? reporter: good to be with you, ana. we have been chatting with voters here in new hampshire about trump s indictment and arraignment this week and for the most part, they haven t really been following it closely. a lot of them here are still focused on the issues and here s what gop leader rita told me about what she s hearing from voters in new hampshire. when you see candidates here in new hampshire that are reacting to the trump indictments and
a sense of positivity. one key figure to worry about may be the busiest time of the year is still not the year we saw growth move higher than the third quarter. but it s the consistency of that growth that matters quite consistently. the jeopardy could be if the number comes in below the 2.7% number but with services sector being key and important in the united states in that will be the one to look out for. we have seen a sense of positivity going towards the number. we have jobless claims numbers out today. plus a slew of other economic data. so all of those factors still going to fuel the market. the fed meeting we ll watch with interest. jerome powell recovering from covid. and tesla and ibm releaing after the bell yesterday.