it. i love it. happy valentine s day, buddy. you,s too. and thank you for joining us at home. happy valentine s day to all of you outle there. we have lots of news this evening regarding the special counsel s investigations into both trump s efforts to overturn theor 2020 election and into whether trump unlawfully obtained classified documents and obstructed efforts to uncover them. first the breaking news tonight in the mar-a-lago documents investigation. it concerns trump lawyer evan corcoran, who s been representing the former president in negotiations with the justice department over documents foundst at mar-a-lago. corcoran has already appeared before a grand jury but tonight nbc news confirms special counsel jack smith isrm invokin the crime fraud exception in seeking more of corcoran s testimony. in a sealed filing of a judge overseeing the grand jury nbc reports that doj prosecutors say they have evidence of some of trump sso conversations with corcoranti were in
it s a family s worst nightmare. it s happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information there s one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. we ll bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and now thousands of dead fish. a train derailment in north eastern ohio has a community still on edge nearly two weeks after the crash and massive fire. and the white house says it s not aliens, so just what are the three objects that were shot down by the u.s. military over the past several days? well, a possible explanation from the intelligence community just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your
msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a
health and safety after that fiery train derailment triggered a major chemical spill. officials now telling some people there not to drink the water. we begin this hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at michigan state university. we re learning new details about the three students murdered in this tragedy. three bright futures cut short. arielle anderson was a sophomore at msu, her family described her to local media as kind hearted, driven, straight-a student. they say she was always helpful to others and aspired to become a pediatrician. alexandria verner was a junior at msu. her hometown superintendent says she was a tremendous leader and athlete and that if you knew her, you loved her. alexandria s father described her as a beautiful soul. brian fraser was an msu sophomore, his family described him as a good kid, loved by everyone. he served as his fraternity s president, which called him a great friend. his high school swim team said brian had an infectious smi
far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe