how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
government which lies at the heart of our nation. this vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion. she sent an example of selfless duty, which with god s help and your counsels, i am resolved faithfully to follow. king charles makes his first address to parliament since taking the throne. we re looking at live pictures now of his motorcade headed to eden burgh. we ll have more of the comments and funeral arrangements just ahead. ukraine raises its flag following a major victory in the second largest city. some experts are calling it the worst loss for russian forces since the kyiv retreat began back in march, and the latest in a legal fight over documents seized at mar-a-lago. we will have the latest on the legal developments. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, september 12th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, the host of way too early white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan le mere, and president on the council
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. Us Media Reports say he is now in china. Hours earlier north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the Demilitarized Zone injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military Disciplinary Proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered north korean territory. They said they would expel the soldier and he was taken to china, placed in us custody and is now on his way to an American Military base. The adviserjack Sullivan Bank sweden and china because of their assistance in gaining his release. Going straight back and terry odonohue, dustin the last half hour, fascinating new details about how this release came about stability look like north korea were prepared to Start Talking some weeks ago and this process has to Start Talking so
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he wants him because he s making a fool of himself saying we ain t got nothing but a squirrel fire and a hound dog says something like that. what was the first one? squirrel fryer. oh, fryer. right. by the way, speaking of eating fried squirrel, did you hear about the new liz cheney book that came out, willie? yes. there s a lot there. but here s my what a jump around, joe. here s my favorite line from it, though. kevin mccarthy oh, no. justifying his trip to mar-a-lago by saying three words that nobody has ever said about donald trump. he s not eating. now all i can say no! is this: if kevin mccarthy s job was to go down to mar-a-lago to get donald eating again, well, he did a hell of a job. yeah. because that ain t been a problem since. wasn t really a problem before. you know, maybe if he said, i got to go down to mar-a-lago because donald is cheating on his wind sprints we d believe that. but he s not eating, i don t believe it,