Im lauren taylor. Todays other stories. The ugandan marathon runner, rebecca cheptegei, has died four days after being set on fire in an alleged attack by herformer boyfriend. Welcome back to the position we are talking from very close to gren fell in itself. A day after the publication of that second and final part of the public Inquiry Yesterday, poring over the details of that, considering what the impact of the recommendations from the Public Inquiry will be. Survivors and relatives of those who died as a result of the Grenfell Tower Disaster say theyre still waiting forJustice, after a damning report set out a catalogue of failures. The six year Public Inquiry s final report laid the blame on successive governments, Systematic Dishonesty from Cladding Companies and the indifference of the local council. Our Correspondent Ellie Price has more. They may not have come to terms with their loss, but they have, finally, got some answers. We didnt have the right treatment. We were discri
first of all, we expect schools to prioritize what is in a student s head over what is on it. but a school district in texas has kept a student out of the classroom since august because it says his locks are too long. the superintendent now says that being an american requires conformity. now, this case is heading to court. today that student and his attorney are with us. plus, president biden likely needs michigan to win reelection. the city of dearborn has one of the largest arab american populations in the country, and its mayor says he turned down a meeting with the president s campaign manager. he s here to explain why. and dante wright s mother is with us. he was killed during a traffic stop in 2021 when an officer said she accidentally pulled her gun instead of her taser. well, that city just rejected a proposal to change rules for when police can pull someone over, and dante s mother says more people will die. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. i
which reportedly captured donald trump telling michigan officials not to certify the 2020 election results. we re going to dig into that explosive, new reporting. plus, as trump continues to double down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric, a recent poll shows republican voters say that his racist language makes them more likely to vote for him. also ahead, america s mayor is broke. rudy giuliani filed for bankruptcy just days after being ordered to pay $146 million in his defamation case. and regrets, he s had a few. what republican presidential candidate ron desantis is saying is the one thing he wishes he could change about the gop primary. here s a hint, it s not anything that he did. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m jonathan lemire, along with the bbc s katty kay, in for joe, mika, and willie. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, our friend, jennifer palmieri. also the co-host of the podcast, how to win 2024. y
supreme court and the gop continuing to infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israel s indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, loyalty s inhumanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and let s face it, a lot of levity. let s get started. we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two, but rather, 13 presidential libraries dating back to herbert hoover, all of which on thursday released a joint statement calling for every commitment to the country s bedrock principles, including the rule of law, and respecting a diversity of beliefs. i can t say this enough. this is an unprecedented move, never before had the presidential libraries engaged so directly in political affairs. while their joint message stopped short of calling out individuals by name, the subject of the warning wa