united states and all around the are learning more about the victims and the gunman in the mass shooting in allen, texas, including possible ties he may have had to the far right. a tragedy as well in brownsville. what we know about a car crash that killed eight outside a migrant center near the mexican border. plus, deadly ethnic clashes in northeastern india. we re live in new delhi with a look at what s fueling that violence. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. we begin in allen, texas, where residents are mourning the eight people killed in a mass shooting on saturday. many have been honoring the victims by placing flowers on this makeshift memorial. it was set up at the outlet mall where the gunman fired on crowds of shoppers. the victims were also remembered at this church vigil on sunday. several people there delivered remarks, including the mayor-elect who called for prayers and expressed condolences for ev
starts now. tonight on the reidout when honest people say what s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. at the same time, the liars who have been trying to silence them, shrink and they become weaker. that s the iron law of the universe. true things prevail. yes, indeed. true things do prevail, tuck ems. you are repulsively racist as the guy you once played on tv. now, add hospital waiting room to the ever-expanding list of places where you can be shot and killed in gun-crazy america. senator raphael warnock is here to talk about today s deadly shooting in atlanta. and we ve got the latest on texas republicans unprecedented push to give one hand picked official the power to overturn election results in the state s largest democratic-leaning county. we begin tonight with how white nationalist receipts can get you fired. even from fox. the new york times reports, damning text messages tucker carlson sent to a producer after he watc
another week of shows. we re so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you re seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controversial activist wife. new evidence about her secret payments provided from a republican kecked insider. so we re going to get into that and what has become basically a pile of questions for not only clarence thomas but his colleagues on the court. what are they going to do about it. we ll get into that later tonight. it is one of those very newsy fridays. from the supreme court all the way over to the
fight over the debt ceiling and a possible plan b for house democrats. meanwhile, the biden administration has plans to send active duty troops to the southern border as soon as next week. we will explain what the military personnel will be doing down there. also ahead, new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. new reporting this morning on text messages that ultimately led to tucker carlson s firing. we also will have a look at the latest aid package headed to ukraine as its forces prepare for a spring offensive against russia s army. and writers expected back on the picket lines today as the wga strike is already impacting several shows, late night going dark for starters. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, may 3rd, with us we have the host of way too early, white house, jen palmieri, cohost of the circus and former chairman o. of the republican committe
blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of the missing link in a story that has rocked american politics and media. for weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host tucker carlson. why did the murdochs fire one of their biggest stars? the architect of a platform that unself-consciously peddles conspiracy theories. why did they fire him based on something that didn t happen on air? what was that missing link? and what if anything did tucker carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of $787.5 million in the defamation case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. the new york times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. the message was reportedly unearthed during the discovery process with dominion. here s how the times reports that out. quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after vi