that had couldn t even get an abortion after being raped. and then went to indiana, brought to indiana, and got her health care there, and then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didn t really get in trouble, didn t do one thing wrong, but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters here it, regular people hear it. and i think that s what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions on reproductive health care. and i don t think we can put in their minds what they thought of restrictions or not, i just think that the views that we re seeing is what they voted on, right? we ve got people, including senator mcconnell, who said that they want to put a ban into law, of an outright ban. we have governors in states like texas who have talked about putting even more restrictions, states like missouri, where someone proposed criminalizing it, people have proposed suing people wh
blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a
were coming in to make a citizens arrest. hearing number four, the attack on the capitol. mika, we ve been talking about it this week, it s been a theme of violence in american politics. one side promoting violence, that is, of course, the trump wing of the republican party, where there s a consequence starting in 2015 where donald trump in 2016 was saying beat up protesters. i remember the time when they used to go out an a stretcher. right. if you beat them up, i ll pay for your defense. praising a member of a republican member of congress. for being up a reporter for asking a question about health care policy. talking about violence, having violent imagery. this leads to one threat after another threat after another threat. to ultimately an attempt to overturn the election. the hearing was marked by testimony of threats of violence and in some cases actual violence. and against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the 2020 election. and aga
friends. i know everybody has been hearing from loved ones. just shock. i got a note this morning from a friend in mississippi. his pastor wrote the congregation yesterday and said, as i write these words, the sun is rising on may 25th, 2022. another day of mourning in america after another mass shooting at another elementary school. as we pray yet again for those whose lives have been torn us under by a troubled soul wielding a deadly weapon, it seems important and necessary to me to say as a christian pastor that we try to find reasonable ways to reduce gun violence, and that is not political. it is moral. the church needs to have a moral compass which can tell the difference between that which is politically partisan and that which is moral. otherwise, our fear of being political may, at times, make us fall silent concerning matters which we should not be silent. as martin luther king jr. once widely said, the day we fall silent about the things that matter is the day our
we ll tell you where that legislation stands right now. a key component of russia s propaganda machine is at risk as bloggers embedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concern. good morning. welcome to with the morn mornin it is monday, may 16th. we start with the very latest on that deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and the first lady will visit the city tomorrow to, quote, grieve with the community. speak at the national peace officers memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed what the department of justice is investigating as an act of racially motivated domestic extremism. a lone gunman, armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul, shot and killed ten innocent people in cold blood. we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waiver. w