know, we don t have any gun violence here. we re going to have to really be a family now, have counseling for kids it s going to take a while to recover from this. that s a high school football coach from dadeville, alabama, the latest american town rocked by a deadly mass shooting, this one at a 16-year-old s birthday party. we ll have the latest on the shooting and the reaction to more gun violence straight a ahead. plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court we ll break down the new developments in the case. and also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors that are now backing away from ron desantis and why they re ditching the florida governor before he even gets in to the 2024 presidential race good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 17th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with another american community in mourning following a deadly mass shooting four pe
much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
the hospital tells me the russell medical center in alexander city, alabama, that they treated several victims that have been treated and released which is good news. but there are several victims that have suffered that are gunshot victims, that suffered wounds that had to be transferred to other hospitals. now, this is a rural hospital, russell medical center be alexander city, alabama. they have 81 beds. it s not unusual that they have to transfer patients sometimes that need to see specialists or certain wounds, especially like gunshot wounds. they wouldn t get into specifics about numbers or the ages of the victims, all we know is there are several gunshot victims from dadeville, alabama, that were treated at this hospital, near by alexander city that have been transferred to other hospitals. that s what we ve been able to glean in the last 30 minutes. fox news can confirm there was a mass shooting in dadeville, alabama. there is a scene outside of the mahogany masterpie