he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
wednesday, hugged an insurrectionist on thursday, and yet still, still the republican front runner for president in 2024. we will walk you down that hall of shame, also the senate judiciary committee wants to speak to supreme court justice john roberts about ethics. he declined, i wonder why. and what the dems do now? plus, just how a racist was tucker carlson. tonight, we ve got the receipts, and david mandela s here, the director and executive producer of hbo s new political comedy drove a white house plummer. behind the scenes, the watergate scandal. te rgate scandal. but first, we begin with breaking news. manhunt is ramping up for a mass shooter accused of killing five including an eight-year-old child on friday. authorities say they have run into dead ends and they are offering an 80,000 dollar reward for the information. nbc s priscilla thompson has the details. there is now an 80,000 dollar reward being offered for anyone who can come forward with informatio
jesse: he still says he didn t do it but a jury of his peers disagree, alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his son, paul and wife, maggie and sentenced to life in prison. a stunning fall from disgraced attorney and only practiced law in tiny south carolina but they were the law. that is until alex went from lawyer to defend her. the judge tearing down that dynasty. your family, including you have been prosecuting people here in this courtroom and many have received the death penalty. probably for lesser conduct and the question is, when will it end? when will it end? and it has ended already for the jury because they have concluded that you continue to lie and lie throughout your testimony. jesse: the judge had this chilling, actually warning for the convicted murderer. i know you have to see see pl and maggie during the nighttime when you sleep. i am sure they come to visit you. and i m sure all day and every night. jesse: na in the end it was the team that
conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
tonight with some breaking news out of texas, it has been almost 48 hours, in the man hunt for francisco are a case is still ongoing, our apace a has been accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a child, in a short time ago authorities offered an 80,000 dollar reward for information leading to his capture. nbc s priscilla thompson has the latest there is now an 80,000 dollar reward being offered for anyone who can come forward with information about where this suspect might be, investigators say they have no leads right now, and they are looking for tips, they say they believe it is possible that the suspect has reached out to friends and try to contact people, so they are urging anyone, with any information to come forward. we heard the sheriff earlier today getting a motion as he described what the impact that this has had on him talking about the eight year old boy who was murdered, and saying that he will not rest until this suspect is brought to justice. we