that the midwest remits. alexi mccammond, thank you very much for joining us early, and thank you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe startis right now. we need to take this grief and turn it into action. i am a person of faith, i was raisin raised in the church if you are a person of faith and you want to give us your thoughts and prayers, we want them and we need them. our community is hurting, but we need policies in place that will keep this from happening again so that thoughts and prayers do not have to be offered to yet another community ripped apart by the savage violence coming from guns. that s democratic congressman morgan mcgarvy making a plea for action on gun violence after monday s mass shooting in louisville we re getting a look at the deadly confrontation between police and the gun nan we ll have that and the latest in the investigation ahead. trump on fox news making outlandish claims about his arraignment
about time that justice is served i guess he didn t see those people crying for joy outside. yeah, no other witnesses to the story of bailiffs weeping inside that courtroom, either. on a more serious note, the former president also praised authoritarian leaders like vladimir putin in that interview with fox news last night we ll get to those comments in just a moment. speaking of russia, the kremlin remaining defiant amid calls to release an american journalist we ll be joined by a biden administration official who is working to free him. also, democratic senator amy klobuchar is standing by to discuss efforts to protect abortion medication and much more katty kay, michael steele, michael barnicle still with us joining the conversation, professor of princeton university, eddie glaude jr., joe. you know, eddie, when we talk, we and when we americans, most americans i ve talked to my entire life talk about people who we idolize.
wanting to be heard and having mental issues and stuff like that. do you think he heard you on that? i think he started listening and we started connecting with that time. after about 15 minutes, tuff managed to calm hill down. if i walk out there with him, they so they won t shoot him or anything like that? he wants to give himself up and they won t shoot him? yes, ma am. he let her alert the school that they could evacuate. all the students were able to escape. no injuries, all the kids are safe, all the employees are safe. as helicopters and news crews captured the joy outside, antoinette was on the inside trying to save herself. you re gonna be okay. i thought the same thing. you know, i tried to commit suicide last year after my husband left me. but look at me now.
do you think he heard you on that? i think he started listening. and we started connecting within that time. after about 15 minutes, tuff managed to calm hill down. if i walk out there with him, they won t shoot him or anything like that? he wants to give himself up. is that okay? they won t shoot him? yes, ma am. he let her alert the school they could evacuate. all the students were able to escape. no injuries. all the kids are safe. all the employees are safe. as helicopters and news crews captured the joy outside, antioinette was on the inside trying to save herself. you will be okay. i thought the same thing. you know, i tried to commit suicide last year after my husband left me. but look at me now. i m still working and everything is okay.