next in the very consequential case plus, more brazen acts of gun violence in america. this time, in maine. a man just released from prison went on a deadly shooting spree. for the third time in a week at least, a simple mistake led to a shooting this time in texas a cheerleader is in the icu after a man opened fire on her and her friends when they approached the wrong car the wrong house, the wrong car good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, april 20th along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire we have former u.s. attorney, now msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. and the host of msnbc s inside with jen psaki, jen psaki she s former white house press secretary. great group this morning. huge show. lot to get to. huge show a lot of news. it s massive.
teen shot for going to the wrong house. the issue of gun violence is one of many topics to discuss in a moment also ahead, we ll dig into fox news defiant statement on another lawsuit doubling down on the defense that just caused cost them $787 million and a little later looking at the growing concerns big donors have about a potential presidential campaign for ron desantis welcome back to morning joe. it is thursday, april 20th jonathan lemire and jen psaki with still with willie, joe and me. we talked about it but all of these incidents aend tragedies, teenager with friends that go up the wrong driveway and as they re pulling out they are shot and the girl the killed you have the terrible story out of kansas city where a young man
nearly half a million syrians. iran conducted cyberattacks against the united states and our gulf partners. iran continues to have one of the world s worst human rights records. the evidence is clear, their provocative actions threaten the united states, the region and the world. two months after then national security adviser michael flynn dramatically put iran on notice, secretary of state rex tillerson yesterday with more targeted rhetoric against that country. we ll have what it means for the nuclear deal and the implications for the tense standoff with north korea. plus, one of the biggest names in cable news is out. we ll break down the media and economic implications of fox news parting ways with bill o reilly. good morning. it s thursday, april 20th. with us here in washington, we have washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, new york times reporter jeremy pete e, political commentator
media and economic implications of fox news parting ways with bill o reilly. good morning, it s thursday, april 20th. with us here in washington we have washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. new york times reporter jeremy peters, political commentator cokie roberts and chief white house correspondent for the new york times peter baker. and in new york, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book a world in disarr disarray, richard haas. secretary of state rex tillerson announced that the trump administration is pursuing a comprehensive review of the obama-era policy in iran. he admitted that the country is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal struck with the obama administration, but also said the deal was a failure and that iran is still a threat to
destruction cannot go unanswered. secretary tillerson was in russia yesterday to meet with his counterpart and ensure that they are made fully aware of the united states position says in both areas of practical cooperation such as defeating isis and areas where russia does not share our interest in values. as you know the vice president will be departing for his ten day trip. his office will be providing more information later today. finally i m glad to announce the president will host the prime minister of italy for an official working visit to the white house next thursday, april 20th. the leaders will discuss the upcoming g7 which will be hosted in italy and a range of issues of mutual concern. with that i m glad to take some of your questions. sean, where is the administration in cost sharing stuff with. [inaudible] that is an area that is being internally discussed at this