as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
civil rights movement, josea williams reacting to the death of martin luther king jr. king and williams were two of the first leaders at the southern christian leadership conference, a civil rights organization which among other things taught recruits how to effectively protest in a nonviolent manner. joining us now, pulitzer prize winning journalist tom ricks. tom is back with us for day two of his morning joe book residency. his book is officially out today entitled waging a good war, a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968. also with us this morning for this conversation is member of the editorial advisory board at washington monthly magazine, deborah dickerson. she reviewed tom s book in a recent piece entitled how to get from bravery to victory , and tom, today we look at the supreme discipline and organization of the movement.