let s finish up the interview. let s turn the camera off. the royal family accused phil things thing s be at least a hundred. cannot call her the old bag. if you continue to transfer. sorry no. sorry no can do this. but first a night billionaire ceo and innovator elon musk has now struck a $44 billion deal to acquire twitter and is in a take it private singling a return hopefully to free speech principles to the social media platform including a whole host of reforms to make twitter more transparent more accountable and more committed to freedom of expression now elon musk it said today in a statement quote, free speech is the better walk of a functioning democracy and twitter is a digital town square will matters vital to the future of humanity are debated i also make twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with more features, new features make in the algorithms open source to increase trust defeating the spambots and authenticating all humans. hannit
the former president is facing a whopping 91 charges in four different cases and it might not stop there, believe it or not. brian? brian: just take them one at a time. that s what they say. griff jenkins joins us live in washington. he will break down all 91 point and then we will toss to break. griff, break it all down for us, will you? good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. hard to break down because it s so complicated. the former president is firing back on latest indictment saying he has new proof that will absolve him from the georgia criminal charges writing this on truth social saying the report on the presidential election fraud which took place in georgia is almost complete and will be presented by me at 11:00 a.m. on monday based on the results of this conclusive report, all charges should be dropped. there will be a complete exoneration. but, georgia s governor, brian kemp, who often clashed with trump, we tweeted aim the at him saying this the 2020 election
a hearing now over, now complete, for the day in florida. that is where former president donald trump has been all throughout the day. his attorneys have attempted to convince judge ilene cannon to toss the 32-count criminal case against him involving classified documents found at mar-a-largo. andy mccarthy joins us in moments and also later we will speak with the new rnc co-chair, lara trump, who is here with us on the story as well. a big sign of where democrats are putting their focus as november approaches. moments ago, vice president harris in an unprecedented move for president or vice president. she has visited a planned parent hood in minnesota. as i said, this is not happened before for a sitting vice president at an abortion clinic. watch this. in this environment, these attacks against an individual s right to make decisions about their own body are outrageous and in many instances just plain old immoral. how dare these elected leaders believe they are in a bet
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children