joe weekend! there was a lot to talk abou this way let s get right to some of the top stories. we re gonna begin with th new york times reported that the manhattan district attorney s office has signaled two attorneys for former president trump. he could face criminal charges the paper sites for people wit knowledge of the matter. it all stems from th investigation by manhattan da, alvin bragg s office and trump s role of the hush money to adult film actress, storm daniels ahead of the 201 election prosecutors now offered th former president the chance to testify next week before the grand jury, that has bee hearing evidence and the potential case the times reports it would b unusual for a da to notify a potential defendant withou ultimately seeking charges against them, but trump is likely to declined that offe according to the paper, former presidents lawyers also coul meet privately with prosecutor in an attempt to fend of criminal charges two of trump s defense attorney
is potentially admissible in court. swift reaction every angle, every politician it appears. a manhattan prosecutor filing criminal charges against the former president, donald trump. the manhattan d.a. s office working to coordinate a surrender next week. new hour begins right now. welcome. it has been a week. i m bill hemmer friday. dana has the week off today. our friend is back with us to help us out. how was the first hour? shannon: reunited and it feels so good. okay. let s move on. i m shannon bream. this indictment will go down in history the first ever criminal case against a u.s. president. the front page of the new york post alerting readers to the gathering stormy as trump reportedly faces charges stemming from a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels. new york city police now on high alert for possible protests. bill: full coverage continues now. jonathan turley has reaction along with trey gowdy. first david spunt from washington and more on t
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
in a statement to cnn, the attorney says no one tells us anything which is very frustrating. president trump is basing his response on press reports and the fact that this is a political prosecution and the d.a. leaks things to the press instead of communicating to the lawyers as they should. now, this drama began earlier today on trump s truth social page after predicting his arrest on tuesday, the former president urged his supporters to quote, take back our nation. and tonight his campaign is already fundraising off of his claims, which have not been confirmed. there is no indication that he will be arrested tuesday. sources tell me and my colleague that trump s legal team has gotten no word from the manhattan district attorney s office about the timing of any possible indictment. another source says the former president has been pushing his team to get the base riled up over the idea because he believes it would help him politically. cnn is following the latest developmen
have been in the tournament. they lost the title game to merrimac but they are tra transitioning from division two so they weren t eligible to play in the tournament so. the knights got in on a technicality. they certainly made the most of it. they certainly did. next hour, andy katz joins us to preview some of the upcoming marquis match-ups. he is reporting on the tournament. and the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. you are in the cnn newsroom. jim acosta is off tonight. i m paula reid in washington. donald trump is als already looking to raise campaign fans hours after called on supporters to protest what he says is his imminent arrest. trump said he expects to be arrested on tuesday. now, this comes amid the manhattan district attorney s investigation into hush money payments made to former adult film star stormy daniels shortly before the 2016 election. but a trump attorney tells me the former president based his claim on press reports stemming from wha