policy both at state, city, federal i simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing, which is what we ve been doing, is not working. we have to do something because this is just getting out of hand across our city and across this great nation of ours the louisville doctor who treated victims of monday s mass shooting is among the growing voices calling for action on gun violence we ll have the latest on the survivors and the investigation straight ahead plus the manhattan district attorney is now suing one of donald trump s top allies in the house. it s the latest escalation in the political fight over the former president s indictment. and we ll have a break down of what to expect today during president joe biden s visit to northern ireland all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 12th i am sam stein in for jonathan lemire the manhattan district attorney leading the prosecution of donald trump is suing a top house republi
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
yourself in chicago? obviously the city is the subject of intense republican attacks over issues of crime predominantly. also not much of an electoral lift from winning chicago or the state of illinois, which are firmly democratic. do those factors come into play at all you know, of course the chicago mayor s race with brandon johnson s victory gives democrats a tune on how they can approach crime not just in that city but other cities across the country, and politics in big cities has been changing significantly. democrats will use this as a moment to celebrate that victory and try to reclaim or continue to reclaim that narrative from republicans about what the cities are like and about what the midwest represents which is more than just a big city like chicago. those other states with working class voters, maybe more rural voters as well while it s in chicago, it s supposed to highlight the state of illinois and everything else