alabama, killing everyone onboard. growing concern tonight about airline safety. the head of the faa testifying before congress about the cause behind a nationwide groundstop last month. the faa promising action following a series of dangerous close calls, including a fourth incident we re just learning about in honolulu. gio benitez standing by. days of mourning on the campus of michigan state university. vigils honoring three classmates shot and killed during a shooting rampage. students protesting at the state capitol, demanding gun reform. dramatic testimony in the alex murdaugh murder trial. for the first time, jurors seeing the moment he denies killing his wife and son. detectives asking, did you kill maggie? did you call paul? murdaugh asking if he s now a suspect. the cat strofic earthquake in turkey and syria. at least six survivors pulled from the rubble today, buried for roughly 200 hours. heartbreak over the more than 41,000 dead. many of the in mass grave
case, he said. why should someone die? if they didn t do it, like you know what that should be reserved for people who you know other crimes? i should say and thank you very much. you know, this morning continues right now. president biden s announcement to run for a second term. now, maybe days away, there s clearly a desire in the american public to see a generational change, but voters are willing to put that aside if they feel like the alternative is a much bigger problem plan on running out, but we re not prepared to announce it yet didn t know when the wind appears to be next week. criminal charges will be dropped . 2021 fatal shooting the cinematographer on the western film, rust can t convince jurors beyond reasonable doubt that alec baldwin is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, prosecute people you change and affect their lives. someone is responsible for what happened, but i know it s not me the idea that the person holding the gun is not responsible is absurd. a n
it s a family s worst nightmare. it s happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information there s one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. we ll bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and now thousands of dead fish. a train derailment in north eastern ohio has a community still on edge nearly two weeks after the crash and massive fire. and the white house says it s not aliens, so just what are the three objects that were shot down by the u.s. military over the past several days? well, a possible explanation from the intelligence community just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your
msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a
[ cheers and applause ] [ chanting nikki ] when i look to the future, i see america strong once more. we will end inflation and build an economy that works for all, just like we did in south carolina. [ cheers and applause ] in the america i see every child gets a world class education because every parent gets to pick their child s school. [ cheers and applause ] and no politician will be able to close those schools ever again. [ cheers and applause ] in the america i see police know we have their backs. [ cheers and applause ] and criminals know we have their number. [ cheers and applause ] and our states will be safe again. in the america i see we stop the surge of drugs and illegal immigration. that means having a real border and mandatory e-verify like we got done in south carolina. [ cheers and applause ] businesses must hire americans, not illegals. in the america i see everyone has full confidence in our elections. voter i.d. will be the law of the land, just like we