go basically around the clock until the x date. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning with us. morning joe starts right now. optimistic we may be able to make some progress because we both agreed default is not really on the table. we have to get something done here. and the consequence of failing to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in their economic well-being. as a matter of fact, the rest of the world would, too. president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy continue to take positive have that positive tone on the debt ceiling and how it is going, but there s still no deal with just over a week until the country could default completely. we ll look at the disagreements that are holding up a deal for now. also ahead, donald trump s comments about e. jean carroll during his town hall could cost him more money, as the writer takes new legal ac
not a lot of information coming from police in terms of that mass shooting. we are standing right outside of that crime scene. if i step out of the shot, you can see there is still a crime scene tape up. investigators are poking there investigation on the brick building over there. the alabama law enforcement agency confirms that four people were killed in a multitude of others injured. after a shooting at a birthday party at this location around 10:30 central time saturday night. there were a lot of reports out there that a lot of the victims involved in this shooting were teenagers. police have not confirmed that information just yet. we did speak with a witness a few minutes ago. he said he was a dj at what he describes as a sweet 16. out of nowhere, everyone was startled by gunshots. he says that he does not recall altercation before hearing these gunshots. once the lights went up he saw a lot of bodies on the ground and he says he waited around as police were being cal
nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. good afternoon. police say the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right wing terrorist ideology. 66 year old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. joining me now is our correspondentjon donnison. we correspondentjon donnison. are hearing more det what we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what have the olice what happened in dover. what have the police said? what happened in dover. what have the police said? this what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was an - what happened in dover. what have the police said? t
we ll speak with the chair of the house armed services committee adam smith. a final verdict is expected at any moment from moscow. brittney griner s cannabis possession case. the wnba star addressing the court during closing arguments just moments ago. let s go ahead and listen to part of her statement. russian translators have been edited out. my parents taught me two important things. one, take ownership for your responsibilities and, two, work hard for everything that you have. that s why i pled guilty to my charges. i understand everything that s being said against me, the charges that are against me. and that is why i pled guilty. but i had no intent to break any russian laws. i want the court to understand that it was an honest mistake that i made while in russia, under stress, trying to recover from post-covid and just trying to get back to my team. griner pleaded guilty after her arrest nearly six months ago at moscow s airport, and prosecutors are asking for 9
as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured and pr