welcome to morning joe. 6:00 on the east coast. it is tuesday, august 24th. that was good. and my coffee came early and the new page did not mess it up. yes. arianna, good job. joe is a little under the weather or just beat by these trips to l.a. msnbc and time magazine s political analyst mark halperin with us. we also have the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas, great day to have you on. talk about biden s speech yesterday and the president s speech a week away and all the other foreign news going on. and willie? yes, ma am. i happen to watch way too early. i don t like divorce especially when there are two little kids involved. really? did you notice he used the phrase lord of the flysy? how did you come up with that? did you stay up all night thinking about that? political analyst charlie cook will be here with us as well as robert reich. this story i have to say, i don t know why but i get increasingly more i don t w
marine, caesar laurean, guilty of first-degree murder, in the 2003 death of his former colleague, lance corporal lauterbach. in the north carolina department of correction, for the remainder of his natural life. a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. reporter: lauterbach was eight months along, when laurean, who feared his professional life would be destroyed, lured her to his home. he confronted her, hit her on the head with a crowbar. and buried her remains in a fire pit in his backyard. blood was found throughout laurean s garage and a crowbar he gave to a marine buddy was lauterbaches. he con conducted a ruse, making it appear as if she was alive. he eventually fled his home and was on the run until police arrested him months later in mexico. defense attorneys tried to paint lauterbach as a troubled, distraught, young woman. but the judge limited testimony about her credibility. jurors never heard from the defendant nor his wife. this case has been a traged
good morning, everyone. george is off. we re delighted to have david muir back with us. i told you we d give you the keys again. and they worked. that s another thing. yes. great to be back with you this morning. we so often talk about racing against time in situations like these. but this is a time when it could be months in chile. it could be. that s why the celebrations there have been replaced by prayers. rescue workers fry to free the miners stuck nearly half a mile under ground. crews have drilled another hole in the dham per for communication. and microphones have been lowered to the men so they can speak with their families. they have made another request. toothbrushes. also, a big day in politics, robin. we re watching primaries in several states. a real test for sarah palin. not because she s on the ballot. but because of something else. jon karl is in washington. we ll break it down for us. we begin in chile, where jeffrey kofman has reached the scene o
him of rape. and now, cesar laurean, faces life in prison without the possibility of patrol, of a north carolina jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. steven portnoy reports. reporter: it took jurors a mere three hours to find former marine, caesar laurean, guilty of first-degree murder, in the 2003 death of his former colleague, lance corporal lauterbach. in the north carolina department of correction, for the remainder of his natural life. a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. reporter: lauterbach was eight months along, when laurean, who feared his professional life would be destroyed, lured her to his home. he confronted her, hit her on the head with a crowbar. and buried her remains in a fire pit in his backyard. blood was found throughout laurean s garage and a crowbar he gave to a marine buddy was lauterbaches. he con conducted a ruse, making it appear as if she was alive. he eventually fled his home and was on the run until police arrested hi
shepard: this time the president is different but the goal is the same, bring an american home. tonight, new details of jimmy carter s high stakes trip to a nuclear nation. plus the battle over students living in mexico and commuting to school in the united states. i am paying taxes for my kids to go to school. i don t think it hurts for them to get an education here. now arizona s new crackdown on illegals. but, first from fox this tuesday night, new evidence now that the housing market is falling into a world of hurt and that could mean a whole lot of pain for our economy. we learn today that sales of existing homes dropped last month to the lowest level in 15 years. and the reports of sharp declines come in from every section of this country. all tolled, july sales fell by more than 27%. that s the steepest monthly drop ever recorded. it s especially troubling because you remember the housing market is where this nation s economic crisis really began. and just hour