early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. this isn t a question of vindication. it is not a question, as i stated before, about revenge this is a my position is that, at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out that was donald trump s former fixer after wrapping up his testimony to a manhattan grand jury by the way, former fixer who went to jail, actually got convicted and went to jail for being part of this scheme that donald trump is now being investigated for. michael cohen spent two days on the stand answering questions about the hush money given to stormy daniels, the porn star. now, we re learning that she is talking to prosecutors also ahead, we ll dig into the new reporting out of georgia on another phone call the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election. it s like the end of the hunt
assange to sign a blockbuster plea deal. another big hearing in donald trump s classified documents case. how his lawyers are trying to get a raft of damning evidence thrown out. and a new view inside president biden s strategy for this week s debate against former president trump. how he s preparing to take on two trumps. we re also tracking deadly flooding in the midwest, straining dams and levees and causing thousands of evacuations with more rain on the way. good morning, thank you for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. right now, wikileaks founder julian assange is on his way to a remote u.s.-controlled island in the pacific where he ll plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a deal with the u.s. justice department. now, under this deal, as we understand it, assange will become a free man, ending a 14-year legal odyssey sparked when his organization posted nearly half a million classified military documents, one of th
papers we begin in arkansas the sentinel record reports lawmakers advanced a bill that allows parents to challenge certain library books. the bill would require libraries to form committees to review challenges to books and file an appeal librarians who knowingly distribute material considered obscene to children could face criminal prosecution the legislation heads to the senate. by the way, i have to say, the generality, the ambiguity, that s the entire purpose of this. you got the whole internet for kids to go to, by the way. bigger problems. in florida, ron desantis scares the hell out of teachers and lie brlibrarians, then theye books off the shelf. he catches grief for it. then he said, no, i didn t want a book on roberto clemente
to a close. the grand rapids press reports lawmakers have passed a bill to make cocktails to go a permanent menu item for restaurants and bars across the state. mike has been fighting for this day. this is silly. this is a bad idea. no, mike. it s a great idea. no, it s not. it would eliminate the 2025 expiration day on previous pandemic-era legislation allowing restaurants to sell alcoholic beverages to be taken off premises. the bill now heads to the michigan house of representatives. there you go. bad idea. taste of freedom. no. to ohio where the dayton daily news has a feature on declining gas prices. the average price of gas is about $2.99. that s 11 cents cheaper than last week. the nation s average price has