Case. What her plea means for her and the 18 codefendants. And were following the latest developments in the israelhamas war. Israel intensifying air strikes in gaza. Wounded palestinians being rushed to some of the few remaining hospitals. Also happening, President Biden back in the u. S. With a primetime address to the nation tonight after his brief but historic trip to israel where he announced limited humanitarian aid will be getting into gaza from egypt. The big question is when will that aid get in. And this hour, the House Republican conference expected to meet ahead of a potential third round of voting to decide who will be the next House Speaker. But can congressman jim jordan suppress a republican rebellion against him . And we start with a Breaking News out of georgia, where Sidney Powell, one of former president Donald Trumps 18 codefendants in the Election Interference Case there has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. How do you plead to the six counts of conspiracy to com
Says it will consider trumps appeal of a ruling rejecting Fulton County District Attorney fani willis disqualification from the Georgia Election interference case. This news comes as testimony is set to resume tomorrow in trumps new york Hush Money Trial, Where Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels will be back on the stand for more Cross Examination by trumps attorneys. Those attorneys moved for a mistrial, but the judge denied that motion. The judge, however, agreed with them that some of daniels testimony was probably, quote, better left unsaid. With us now, nbc news correspondent blayne alexander in atlanta. Msnbc National Correspondent yasmin vossoughian. Msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, who is an msnbc legal analyst. So, blayne, what can you tell us about the move by the Georgia Court of appeals this morning . Well, jose, i think the bottom line of this is that this kind of long almost side show that has been taking ov
office. and in the midst of all of this, president biden will meet with stacey abrams, the woman widely credited helping flip the state of georgia and hand democrats control of the house. it comes at a critical time for voting rights in the peach state. sweeping new voting restrictions could be voted on as soon as monday. more on all of that coming up but first i want to bring in my colleague kelly o donnell at the white house and blayne alexander in atlanta. kelly, this trip has taken a whole different meeting since the shooting. what is the focus going to be? there are definitely dimensions to this day. it s the first time the president and vice president are traveling together. given the tragedy that unfolded in atlanta and wider reaction, especially in the u.s. asian american community, the white house decided to add a component to speak to those issues and the president and vice president will have a private leader with the leaders of the asian community and be makin
of massachusetts and utah and they did a study looking at half a million kids in massachusetts comparing students three and six feet apart. there are a lot of caveats. in areas of high transmission, they want to keep the high school and junior high school at six feet apart. let s say where there is a choir or singing, you want to increase that. the most important part to mention about these guidelines it depends on a lot of things. first of all, the amount of ventilation in a classroom. if you have a poorly ventilated classroom, even six feet may not be enough, certainly not if you are not wearing masks. also, in terms of getting teachers vaccinated, there is also the issue around level of community transmission as well. we have to be careful not to stick everything at the boiler plate of three feet or six feet. we will be talking to you later, but we wanted to start out with the breaking news and we will update that through the hour. president biden and vice president
to sell the american rescue plan to the american public. see, willie, he s still got it. he can sing! he s still got it. he s you know, mind s working great there. that s a great cover of johnny cash. i would like to see some of his others, maybe. maybe go all the way toward the end of johnny s career. do the full catalog. i like it a lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, march 18th. let s get straight to the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at the three spas in atlanta has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another, and one person inside a third. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida to possibly carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims were asian women, leading to speculation that the spree may have been part of a rise in anti-asian hate since the coronavirus p