good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.
new york courthouse very soon after prosecutors filed criminal charges against him. the biden administration rolling out unprecedented measures to address a flood of migrants at the southern border. as title 42 is set to end in less than 48 hours. brand-new numbers just in, new welcome signs that inflation is cooling. all this right here on cnn news central. republican congressman george santos almost better known for his lies than his work in congress, he is expected to arrive at a long island courthouse very soon to face federal charges. the department of justice filed those charges under seal overnight, meaning of course that we don t yet know what he s really facing. we do know public integrity prosecutors with the fbi and doj have been investigating allegations of making false statements in his campaign finance filings. of course, other claims. santos has a lengthy history of making false at the same times as you know. he has claimed that he worked for citi gro
ahead. it was a busy night and you are waking up to history. america waking up to the historic news that president donald j. trump has been indicted. he is the very first president. we ve never seen this before in history. so here s the latest on this friday, march, 31st 2023 sources tell cnn trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. this case prosecuted by the manhattan district attorney centers around the accounting of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels. as of now, this is how it s supposed to go down because multiple sources say trump will turn himself in next tuesday. he is expected to appear in court for his arraignment in new york. the nypd getting ready for any sign of trouble. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform people prepared for deployment today. meanwhile republicans in the house senate and even some 2024 rivals are rushing to trump s defense, calling the case political and outrage and even one of them
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
Say about this? he has put a couple of truth lay on say about this? he has put a couple of truth lay on his say about this? he has put a couple of truth lay on his social say about this? he has put a couple of truth lay on his social media - of truth lay on his social media platform last night, one saying the doj illegally leaked on the audio with this one, saying that this is an effort to essentially define him and that he did not do anything wrong. this morning he is reiterating essentially that he did nothing wrong here. but there isn t nothing wrong here. but there isn t no real question between whether he is admitting in this tape, in this audio, that he understood that he could have declassified this information when he was in at the white house and are not after the fight, which has been an argument from him and his team all along. what is happening now in terms of the trial? the what is happening now in terms of the trial? . ., , ., ., ., the trial? the trial, as of now at