i was worried to kill him herself? and then a revelation, the dead man had a dangerous dream. we ended up finding a lot of paperwork, relating to the oil business. i remember telling, us i m going to make millions of dollars. a big money bencher, oozing with outlaws. a violent individual, in prison for robbery. a big man, probably 250 pounds. steroid, rock muscle. significant criminal history. greed as would kill my dad. what caused all of. this a thirst for oil, it lost for blood. i trusted a con artist. i trusted a sociopath. what is going to happen to the quiet little prairie town, when oil comes along? among the green and pleasant landscapes of american privilege, is a fine historic rise of land, called the south hill. here, for 100 years, it is been the home of spokane s washington elites, in their queen and craftsman manage, it s quiet, rectitude, and certainly not the kind of story we are about to tell. the kind of story with ambitious men, dark plo
Well get the very latest on the escalating conflict with a live report from near the gaza border in just a moment. Meanwhile, some republican president ial candidates are already spreading misinformation about the attack, blaming a deal between the Biden Administration and iran. Plus, well bring you a look at how the chaos in the house with republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact military and Security Assistance for israel. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Im Jonathan Lemire. Alongside u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. Were in for joe, mika and willie on this holiday monday. With us on this busy monday, we have president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, Richard Haass, and columnist and Associate Editor for the washington post, David Ignatius. Katty, an extraordinary weekend, a tragic weekend, now we deal with the unfolding story on this monday morning. Yes. Lucky we have richard and david with us this morning, john, to get us th
Get to languish, which military families are able to settle in their new posts and which must remain in limbo. Thats Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer calling on his republican colleagues to put pressure on senator Tommy Tuberville to end his months long blockade of Military Promotions it comes as the chamber finally confirmed a top officer yesterday. Also on capitol hill House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy will again try to pass a defense spending bill, a measure that typically sails through easily after far right members blocked it from moving forward and ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy who will also be on capitol hill today hoping to secure more military aid from congress. Hell also meet with President Biden at the White House Well have much more on all that straight ahead good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 21st im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. We have a very busy morning and a lot of news to get to. Lets start her
that will do it for me on this addition of alex witt reports, who is enjoying some well- deserved time off . thank you for watching. we will see you again tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern. next, the beat: weekend peer hello, i m ari melber covering the first conviction of a former president in american history. thursday, may 30, 2024 , is now etched in all of our collective experiences. the day a jury found donald trump guilty. the date a man who spent his life outrunning lawsuits from fellow citizens, civil cases from government officials, regulatory probes, federal probes, congressional inquiries, a record-breaking two impeachments and one presidential term, historic rico charge in an unprecedented two federal indictments, the defendant outran or punted accountability and all of those cases over many years which involved all kinds of evidence of wrongdoing found he could not outrun a jury of his peers. after two days and nine hours of deliberation as they unanimously found h
it s another step in new york attorney general leticia james. it includes donald trump and his family, and don junior his oldest son. he came to the courthouse today flanked by police officers as we showed you there first time this has happened. he took no questions outside, but he was on the stand where he took many questions because he had to. experts weighing in that some soft testimony did yield material that attorney general wants to use, including who was responsible for a long-running multiyear fraud. they cot got him talking. at one point a judge asked don junior to slow down his speed. that could happen to anybody. and don junior quipped, i apologize, your honor, i moved to florida but kept the new york pace. if you ve ever been near new york or seen a movie about new york, we do talk a little faster. that s fair enough. fast or slow, the answers that will matter here today in the coming days are about truth, lies and numbers. but in this case, legally that boils dow