good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
all. thank you for watching morning joe weekend. happy weekend everybody. it was a busy week, especially in maryland where republicans are wrapping up their annual conservative political action conference. donald trump is expected to be the big headline for the final day today, but many of the party s biggest names opted out of just it means there is a change including, not, they re a florida governor ron desantis senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker kevin mccarthy, pretty big names. the conference was, once one of the biggest events for conservatives. so, what happened? we are happy. and here s what our panel had to say earlier this week. there is a way regan would always go, this is where every sort of conservative used to go, then at some point it became obvious that it was going forth and you would have it became a libertarian gathering, not republican or conservative, that is when you have ron paul and rand paul start winnin
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it
what is the latest? well, certainly a significant, significant development here, something that the families have been wanting. and this is the most important thing really in this story. this community, the parents here, they have suspended, the school district now, moments ago in a press release, announcing they are sus ppending their schl police department. several officers at this police department. of course they have faced an enormous amount of scrutiny in their response for taking no action at all. they were there, had knowledge of the school, stood around and did nothing. so now comes word that this is something the families have wanted. also significant because of our reporting, we discovered they are announcing they are placing the lieutenant, miguel hernandez, the lieutenant he was the commander of this police department after they fired the former chief pete arredondo. what s important about miguel hernandez, he was responsible for vetting officer alejandro. he