IS GOING TO HAPPEN REAL VOTE
BASED ON WHAT WE SAW IN THE CLOTURE VOTE.
MORE SENATORS VOTED FOR THIS WITH THE TIKTOK ADDITIVE THEN
THEY DID WITH JUST THE FUNDING FOR OUR ALLIES.
-- FOR OUR ALLIES IN THE BUILDER PASSED IN FEBRUARY.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? IT TELLS ME THEY ARE SENSING
THE URGENCY IN THE MOMENT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE
SITUATION ACROSS UKRAINE WITH INCREASED CONCERN, AND THEY ARE
REALIZING THAT IF THEY DO NOT ACT NOW, IT MAY AT SOME POINT
BECOME TOO LATE, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE GETTING AHEAD OF WHATEVER MAY AWAIT UKRAINE. >> OF COURSE, IT SEEMS HOUSE
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON ALSO FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY
OF THE SITUATION, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE SIGNALED, WHICH
HE HAD SEEN INTELLIGENCE, THIS IS WHAT PUSHED HIM TO FINALLY
GET THIS ACROSS THE HOUSE, BUT WE KNOW HE COULD POTENTIALLY
FACE CONSEQUENCE FOR THAT IN TERMS OF THE MOTION TO VACATE
THAT COULD BE BROUGHT RAIN. -- THAT COULD BE BROUGHT BY
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
REITERATED HIS SUPPORT FOR JOHNSON ON A RADIO SHOW ON
WEDNESDAY. PRES. TRUMP: WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF ONE, OK?
IT'S NOT LIKE HE CAN GO AND DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO.
I THINK HE IS A VERY GOOD PERSON.
IT IS A TOUGH SITUATION WHEN YOU HAVE ONE.
I THINK HE IS A VERY GOOD MAN. I THINK HE IS TRYING HARD.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A BIG ELECTION.
WE'VE GOT TO ELECT SOME PEOPLE IN CONGRESS, MORE THAN WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW. >> DOES IT SEEM THE FORMER
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SAVE THE CURRENT SPEAKER? MIKE:
HE IS SENDING A SIGNAL TO THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WISH HARM ON
MIKE JOHNSON IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A
GOOD IDEA TO GO THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE THEY WENT THROUGH
AT SOME POLITICAL COST LAST YEAR. YOU WILL REMEMBER THE SAME
PROCEDURE, THE MOTION TO VACATE WAS USED TO OUST KEVIN MCCARTHY.
JOHNSON HAD STRUGGLED FOR MONTHS SINCE TAKING OVER,
TAKING THE SPEAKER'S GAVEL, AND HE WAS DEALING WITH THIS
RESTLESS GROUP OF HARDLINERS LED BY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
WHO, AT ANY MOMENT'S NOTICE, SIGNALED THEY COULD PULL THE
TRIGGER ON HIM TOO, THE SAME MOTION TO VACATE.
BY LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT MAY NOT BE IN THEIR BEST
INTEREST, TRUMP IS ALSO LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE LAST
THING WE NEED HEADING INTO THE ELECTION IS ANOTHER SPEAKER
FIGHT THAT COULD REFLECT POORLY ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> BLOOMBERG'S MICHAEL SHEPARD,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
SPEAKING OF TRUMP, HE IS STILL TRYING TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND
TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT HE SPENT MOST OF HIS DAY IN A
COURTROOM IT -- IN NEW YORK. HERE IS RESPONSE IN A COURTROOM
ON WHETHER HE FILED A GAG ORDER TO PREVENT HIM FROM DISPARAGING
WITNESSES. PRES. TRUMP: TO ME IT IS TOTALLY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO TALK, BUT
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT ME.
THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT. THEY CAN LIE.
BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING.
I'D LIKE TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT'S ON MY MIND, BUT I AM
RESTRICTED. BECAUSE I HAVE A GAG ORDER. >> MORE, WE GO TO OUR TEXAS
BUREAU CHIEF, JULIE, JOINING US FROM DALLAS.
HE DID NOT GET A DECISION FROM THE JUDGE AS TO WHETHER HE IS
GOING TO HOLD DONALD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR VIOLATING
THE GAG ORDER, BUT WE DO SEE A FORMER PRESIDENT THAT SEEMS
FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF CONTROL HE HAS. >> YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TELL AS
HE SITS IN THE COURT ROOM. HE HAD TO BE PRETTY FRUSTRATED
TODAY WHEN THE JUDGE SAID TO HIS ATTORNEYS YOU ARE LOSING
ALL CREDIBILITY WITH THE COURT WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING THIS
GAG ORDER, ASKING FOR SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM. HE HAS TO SIT THERE, SIT
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TRIAL. HE CANNOT BE ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL DURING THE DAYS WHEN ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON.
YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT
MICHAEL COHEN, HIS FORMER ATTORNEY.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT BASICALLY SAYING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE FACT THAT MICHAEL COHEN ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL,
SO CLEARLY HE IS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROCESS AS HE WAITS TO SEE IF THE JUDGE
DECIDES HE VIOLATED THIS GAG ORDER. >> THE CONTRAST IS REMARKABLE.
WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THE SPLIT SCREEN AS DONALD TRUMP IS
LOCKED UP IN THE COURTROOM. JOE BIDEN IS IN CONTRAST, IT
LOOKS LIKE HE IS ON A ROAD TRIP. TODAY HE GOT HIS WAY TO
FLORIDA, TAMPA, IN FACT, SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
MATTER OF ABORTION AHEAD OF THE STATE IMPLEMENTING THE SIX-WEEK
ABORTION DOWN THAT MADE SUCH HEADLINES WHEN IT WAS PASSED.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD ORGANIZERS. PRES. BIDEN:
I THINK FLORIDA IS IN PLAY NATIONALLY. THERE ARE MANY ISSUES.
CHOICE IS ONE OF THEM. >> OBVIOUSLY HE'S GOT A REAL
MESSAGE TO SEND, BUT FLORIDA? IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
NEWS OR ACTUALLY WIN ELECTORAL VOTES? JULIE:
I THINK AT THIS POINT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NEWS.
HE IS IN A STATE RIGHT NOW THAT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS
NOT WON IN YEARS, SO OBVIOUSLY HE IS GOING THERE AND DOING
THIS, LIKE YOU JUST REFERRED TO, WITH A SPLIT SCREEN OF THE
FORMER PRESIDENT SITTING IN A COURTROOM , AND THEN HE STARTS
TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT IS CLEARLY A WINNER WITH DEMOCRATS.
HE TALKS ABOUT ABORTION. YOU HAVE SEEN IT, JOE, AND BLUE
STATES, RED STATES, AND PURPLE STATES, HOW THAT HAS FARED WHEN
IT HAS BEEN ON THE PALLET. THIS HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM TO SAY I THINK THIS IS IN PLAY OR AT LEAST PORTRAY
THAT WHEN TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT HE KNOWS IS A WINNER
WITH SOME OF HIS VOTERS.
