continue this travesty and darkness and i want sunlight. that s a nice way of saying it. isn t that pretty. i want sunlight. i want everything exposed to the public. and let s let the public decide because i want cameras at every inch of that courthouse. careful what you wish for? no, he doesn t. we got a lot to cover from that speech on saturday, including some frightening comments from the front-runner in the republican primary. meanwhile, donald trump s defense team will present its case in the civil fraud trial. we ll tell you who is taking the stand later today in new york. also ahead, it appears the new house speaker is not ready to move forward with the impeachment inquiry into president biden. we ll go through that new reporting. plus, we ll play for you the surprise announcement from republican senator tim scott, one of the five candidates who was just on the debate stage last week. we ll also bring to you the very latest out of israel and gaza. good mond
the secretary of homeland security called it a, quote, difficult situation. question is, why won t he call it a crisis? and democrats press forward with key agenda items like immigration and voting rights but with a slim majority in the senate and the filibuster getting in their way, the question remains, what are they going to do about it? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that s really wondering if we could just spring forward to friday? i am kasie hunt on this thursday, march 18th. we ll start with the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at three spas in the atlanta area has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another and one person inside a third spa. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida, possibly to carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims we
to sell the american rescue plan to the american public. see, willie, he s still got it. he can sing! he s still got it. he s you know, mind s working great there. that s a great cover of johnny cash. i would like to see some of his others, maybe. maybe go all the way toward the end of johnny s career. do the full catalog. i like it a lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, march 18th. let s get straight to the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at the three spas in atlanta has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another, and one person inside a third. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida to possibly carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims were asian women, leading to speculation that the spree may have been part of a rise in anti-asian hate since the coronavirus p
things will get worse than they are right now. bottom line, it s going to get worse. we have the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. we have already lost 24 of our citizens. . we re heading towards an epidemic in the united states. the question is what the scope is going to be. tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus. . to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. all right. exactly one year ago today when the country began to feel the full effects of the coronavirus. march 11th, 2020 was the day the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. and in the u.s., shutdowns kicked in, cities began limiting gatherings. schools began to close. and major sports leagues started to halt play. everything seemed to stop. can you believe it s been a year, joe? i know. willie, it seems so much longer than a y
if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. so kavanaugh is a graduate of yale law school and clerked for justice kennedy. in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush s white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh s nomination sets up an extremely
consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump s announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out a sayi