president joe biden will finally hear directly from the families of brittney griner and paul whelan two families being unfairly detained in russia. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and start in our politics lead with stark moves by two republican governors. ron desantis and texas governor greg abbott sending planes and buses full of migrants to two specific places, selected, it seems to get a reaction. the liberal enclave of martha s vineyard in massachusetts and outside vice president kamala harris official residence in washington, d.c. volunteers say the migrants seem to be mostly from venezuela. you can see some standing outside the naval observatory in the nation s capital earlier today. the immigrants were dropped off by two buses by texas. no heads-up was given to leaders of washington, d.c. that they were coming. in addition, overnight florida governor ron desantis shipped two plane fulls of immigrants to martha s vineyard. it is a vacation destination for many
released from prison. we re going to play that tape and vet him tonight. first, the countdown continues. we are only 55 short days away from these pivotal midterm elections and democrats have lost all touch with reality. now, yesterday we showed you the new devastating economic numbers, inflation went up, food, rent, energy, all the way pick up. the stock market plummeted. it dropped significantly. the biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. this but one month after the democrats passed their so-called inflation redux act or as i reduction act. it doesn t actually do anything to reduce inflation. it will increase inflation. it is just a massive green new deal spending bill that, as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making everything more expensive than ever. and now, by the way, to add insult to injury r biden s competent transportation secretary has been unable to hammer out a deal with america s railroad unions. so now in the wake of a looming strike, man
violent criminals to be released from prison. we re we re going to play that and vet him tonight. but first, our countdowns. continues. y five shortwe aaway days away from these pivotalve midterm elections. and democrats have lost all touch with reality now. yesterday, we showed you the new devastating economic numbers.t inflation went up coreup inflation going up, food, rent, energy all the way up. the stock market, meanwhile, plummeted. it tanked. it dropped significantly. itignificathe biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. this but one month after the democrats passed their so-called inflation reduction ac t, or as i call it,reduct the tax, the poor, middle class and people on fixed income act t of twenty , twenty two . it doesn t actually do anything to reduce inflation. it will increase inflation. it. a is just a massive green n, deal spending bill that, wors as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making everythingg evensive more expenn ever. and now, by
pence as the rioters approached. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday. big day, morning joe starts right now. tonight i come to you with a spring in my step, a song in my heart, emotionally and spiritually refreshed because you know how as humans we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people. well, by the grace of god, sometimes bad things happen to alex jones, and that s a good thing. oh, yes, conspiracy theorist alex jones ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to sandy hook families for lying about the 2012 massacre being a hoax. we will speak with one of the plaintiffs in the case, a sandy hook mother. and you know, mika, we were watching this live, got breaking news. and as the verdicts were coming in, it was so painful. it was so painful. looking at the parents. you know, they re talking about, you know, basically a billion dollars in civic awards, and you just couldn t, you still looked at
really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. yeah. and it s interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative media after yesterday s hearing. i m not talking about the dead enders on the other chandal, but people in conservative editorial boards and such. tell us more about that. really tough headlines for trump. i want to tick through a few of them. the wall street journal editorial board said, republicans should not look away from the compelling evidence. the conservative washington examiner called tru