13th, impeached, indict-able, and unrepentant. as he pursues another bid for the white house, the former president in the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination continues to tessa limits of the law even as he remains tangled up in a multitude of legal troubles. all of this on full display for the public over the past week. on tuesday, a jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and former magazine columnist ej carroll, who accused trump of raping her inside a bergdorf goodman dressing room back in the mid 1990s. yet just one day later, trump appeared on a nationally televised town hall event and mocked carroll again, and continue to claim that her allegations were quote, a fake story. now this is not an isolated incident for donald trump either. it s a pattern of behavior, he has a long history going back decades of weaponizing the legal system to his advantage. in just the last few years, we ve repeatedly witnessed
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
Fight maybe in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. Ill have the Conference Pick Somebody Else. All right. What a difference nine months makes. Kevin mccarthys speakership is over after a small group of far right republicans joined all democrats in voting to remove him. Well go through what led to his undoing and whats next for the house after a truly chaotic, historic day on capitol hill. Plus, the other big story we are following this morning, donald trump now under a gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial for what he posted on social media. Well go through what the consequences could be if he violates the judges ruling. A bad day in court for the former president. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, october 4th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, Senior Writer for the dispatch, David Drucker and cohost of showtimes the circus jennifer palmiary. And nbc News National Affairs Analyst John Heilemann. Willie, o
Most basic of legislative tasks. Because thats what he did, he turned to an Impeachment Inquiry to change and narrative. And, it has happened again, fox, sued, this time by its own shareholders. New york city controller brad lander, who is leading the lawsuit, hes gonna join me live this hour. Im ayman , lets get started. A very large portion of the Republican Party, really doesnt believe in the constitution. And before you say anything, those are not my words, those arent the words of joe biden, or nancy pelosi, or some democratic pendant. No, those are the words of a former gop standard bearer, in fact, a former president ial nominee, mitt romney. The Junior Senator from utah announced this week that he wont seek reelection, meaning the senate gop is losing its most highprofile moderate, and yes, trump critic, a move that could end up shifting the caucus even further to the extreme right. Look, my wing of the party talks about policy, and about issues that will make a difference in t
that in the body camera that was released in january, and this is when pelosi said that depape pushed him aside and hit him on the head. the next thing he remembered was to wake up in a pool of his own blood. we expect this to wrap up this week, and david depape is facing decades in prison if he is convicted of the federal and state charges. veronica miracle, thank you so much. of collapse. and under investigation, the mayor is under scrutiny. moments from now, president biden is said to leave the white house and he is headed to san francisco for a summit, but the main event is a much discussed and much anticipated meeting with china s president xi jinping and the first time that xi has been back in the united states since 2017, and david culver is in san francisco, and if i could only say it, david. a lot has happened since the last two leaders met face-to-face, and what are you expecting from the meeting? yeah, kate. there is a lot over the past year, and you know,