A tense situation unfolding in north philadelphia as a gunman opens fire on police. One of the cops was running past me. He had blood all on his head. I think he might have got hit. Reporter wednesday afternoon, philadelphia officers were serving a narcotics warrant searching the house when shots began. There are reports of more than 100 rounds fired. Many of the responding officers escaping through windows and doors to escape the hail of bullets. But two became trapped inside for about five hours during the standoff. Swat was able to successfully extract the two Police Officers that were trapped upstairs as well as three prisoners. They were all taken out safely. Reporter the situation shifting from hostage to barricade with the armed suspect remaining inside the house. Both federal and local authorities on the scene pleading with the gunman to surrender eventually making contact. Six officers were injured by gunfire and by wednesday night, all of the wounded were released from the ho
despicable. we shall respond. we ll have the very latest. also tonight, border battle. it s been the simple request of americans, whether you re republican, democrat, or independent, people just want a secure border. senators zero in on a bipartisan deal aimed at curbing illegal migrant crossings and expediting the asylum process. look, this is a painful compromise. this is a tough bill. weather whiplash. after a sudden thaw, snow returns to the northeast, and the west coast set for a new soaking. the full forecast straight ahead. deepening mystery. what happened to three kansas city men found dead, frozen in their friend s backyard? in california, a retired space shuttle is ready for a final lift. i m elise preston in los angeles, where endeavour is set to soar again after a big move. and later we head to route 66 to meet a man with a history lesson and drawing crowds with something sweet donuts. i m just thankful that we were given the opportunit
senate on the china spy craft that flew over u.s. airspace or into it last week. all house members got a briefing about two hours ago. they have had a chance to go through some of that material more in detail. it is the senate s chance now. not until 12 days after the first flight crossed into our airspace republicans say the lack of transparency all around is abyss mall. i think the president should have gone before country and explained. here is what it is and what i decided to do about it and why. people would have understood it. they didn t tell congress until one of the news outlets ran with the story and it cut a diagonal path across the middle of the country and never explained to us it was coming or why. i mean to us the american public. harris: right now the senate subcommittee on defense is looking at why the military let it happen in the first place. since they say it happened before why couldn t they keep it away from montana for example? armed services and fo
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
Im joie chen. Our criminal Justice System depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. What happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. It may surprise you its the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. Our investigation found that juries almost always convict if theres an eye witness, even when theres proof the suspect couldnt have done the crime. When the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. The courtroom erupted in applause. Give him the gas. I heard them sniggering and lawyering. Everyone thought they had the right men. Police department. Prosecutors office, most of the people thought they had the man. Reporter before prison changed everything. Kurts story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his fathers father before him. Bloodsworth left to join the marines. He