And a very good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, it is thursday, may 5th. i m alex marquardt with brianna keilar this morning. john berman is off. thank you so much for having me. great to have you here. good to be back. if there is hell in the world, right now it is inside the last ukrainian stronghold in the southeastern ukrainian city of mariupol. that is from a ukrainian official as battles rage inside the azovstal plant after the russian forces breached the compound. you see the extraordinary images, they reveal what hundreds of women, children and the elderly have had to endure for the past two months. a terrifying nonstop russian bombardment. you re listening there to ukrainian forces singing the battle hymn of ukrainian army,
Good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 5th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. president biden using the issue of abortion as an example of what he calls the, quote, ultra maga agenda. sharpening his midterm message against the trump wing of the republican party. calling it the most extreme in recent american history. you can actually make it more simple. just call them trump crazies. say they re crazy as well, we ll fill in that blank later. we have a lot of examples. we re following the latest developments from ukraine. new reporting that intelligence given to ukraine by the united states has led to the deaths of many russian generals killed in action. plus, more civilians evacuated from war-torn
Ira and kelly we re in. and the date was set. they believed susan would be run over four days later. on thursday, may 5th, cinco de mayo. the prosecutor was now satisfied they had enough to arrest. them once kelly says yes and agrees to give him money, the investigation is for the most part complete. the police made plans for kelly s arrest in the walmart parking lot. and how did this go down? was it like a swathe suited situation? a couple of officers? well, there were several officers in plain clothes surrounding the area. but in just two officers who approached her. she was shocked. yes, she was shocked. i went to the door and i said, i believe you know what this is going to be about. when they brought kelly into the police station, there was another staged hollywood moment. they had handcuffed marckensy and put him in a holding room. she saw him in there. i saw her eyes meet his ice. all right, now she knows it. suppose it hit her. they were hoping she would
no, that maybe this is just like a setup or something? come on now. reporter: then despite all of her reservations, kelly finally gave an answer about the hit on susan bernstein. okay. so the answer is this. we don t hear any answer. because she s holding up the phone. she had typed the word yes inside the phone. so she wasn t going to verbally say it. reporter: but it didn t matter. detectives now had confirmation ira and kelly were in and the date was set. they believed susan would be run over four days later on thursday may 5th, cinco de mayo. the prosecutor was now satisfied they had enough to arrest them. once kelly says yes and agrees to give him money, the the investigation is for the most part complete. reporter: the police made plans for kelly s arrest at the walmart parking lot. and how did this go down? was it like a s.w.a.t. situation? was it just a couple of officers? it was, well, there were
What, now? the guys didn t get beat up? no, that maybe this is just like a setup or something? come on now. reporter: then despite all of her reservations, kelly finally gave an answer about the hit on susan bernstein. okay. so the answer is this. we don t hear any answer. because she s holding up the phone. she had typed the word yes inside the phone. so she wasn t going to verbally say it. reporter: but it didn t matter. detectives now had confirmation ira and kelly were in and the date was set. they believed susan would be run over four days later on thursday may 5th, cinco de mayo. the prosecutor was now satisfied they had enough to arrest them. once kelly says yes and agrees to give him money, the the investigation is for the most part complete. reporter: the police made plans for kelly s arrest at the walmart parking lot. and how did this go down? was it like a s.w.a.t. situation?