Good morning, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, march 13th. We have so much more to get to with that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. Democrats pressed the former Special Counsel on his language about President Bidens memory while republicans wanted to know why the president wasnt charged. Meanwhile, also on capitol hill, today the who house is expected to vote on a bill that could lead to a ban on one of the most popular apps in america. Well explain that legislation. Well also get analysis on the alarming comments from russian president Vladimir Putin this morning about the threat to use nuclear weapons. Hes saying that if russias sovereignty or independence is threatened, he will use nukes. Good morning, everybody. Along with willie and me, we have the host of wasteway, bureau chief at politico jonathan louisiana mere. Msnbc contributor Mike Barnacle and jonathan martin. Great group this morning. Also has President Biden announced a new Weapons Package for ukraine. According
do you feel vindicated? this isn t a question of vindication. it s 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 plain and simple this is not about him. this is about holding accountability, truth to power, and everything else in between michael cohen was back before a manhattan grand jury today could an indictment of donald trump be imminent? michael cohen joins me live in just a moment. also tonight, remember the republican party of ronald reagan demanding that the soviet leader tear down the berlin wall? well, today s republican party is parodying the talking points of the ultimate soviet nostalgic, vladimir putin. and offering to hand over ukraine to him as a reward for an illegal war. plus, today s high-stakes hearing in texas, which could result in women losing even more reproductive freedom
capable i m ready to show the world how good i am. i trained all over the globe. and that s what you re going to see an awl whole different beast c w wednesday night dynamite he d on tbs hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington in for jim acosta. we re following breaking news. any moment now, president biden would deliver a major speech on the power of democracy. there ll be speaking from the site of a turning point for allied forces during world war ii. and former president donald while trump is back out there on the campaign trail and once again, leaving the door open to prosecuting his political opponents. if he s elected to a second term also happening right now, the prosecution is wrapping up its case in hunter biden s gun trial we are live reporting live from outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. stay with us urine, the cnn newsroom at any moment, president biden was stand on hallowed ground and plant the flag for democracy. president biden is at 0.2 in franc
message to the world from the hallowed shores of normandy. well, never saying the word trump. the president implicitly warned of the threat. he believes his election your opponent poses to us democracy as for donald trump, he s using his guilty verdict on 34 counts to rile up his base on the campaign trail as some swing state voters tells cnn don t care about what happened in that new york courtroom and i ll go one-on-one with the former house speaker, nancy pelosi. she is in france for d-day commemorations and will weigh in on the president s message overseas and all of the drama with her congressional colleagues right here in washington i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics first up, a presidential complete from the cliffs pointe-du-hoc, where american soldiers turned the tide of world war ii, 80 years ago. today, joe biden is asking the american people to honor the legacy of those heroes gather here today just not just to honor those who showed
d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz