very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
Man, hung him in a tree. Who would do something this hideous . In my vision, a brownskinned man in a gray casket, i couldnt tell who he was. And thats when i began to call all my children. When i think about the hurt my mom went through, i cant talk about it. The mobile Police Department just didnt want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. But they did. The fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the Police Officers found more to be a coincidence. Michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a thug. The likely suspects were identified. But we had the wrong people. We felt the cops and the klan working hand in hand. Were calling upon mobiles black community to be as cool as possible in response to this murder. Let there be no doubt, the klan is behind this. But you gotta prove it first. The body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. Lynching is a tool to control and oppress black peo
man, hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous? in my vision, a brown-skinned man in a gray casket, i couldn t tell who he was. and that s when i began to call all my children. when i think about the hurt my mom went through, i can t talk about it. the mobile police department just didn t want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. but they did. the fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the police officers found more to be a coincidence. michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a thug. the likely suspects were identified. but we had the wrong people. we felt the cops and the klan working hand in hand. we re calling upon mobile s black community to be as cool as possible in response to this murder. let there be no doubt, the klan is behind this. but you gotta prove it first. the body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. lynching is a
happy saturday. happy saturday. everybody. welcome to morning joe weekend, it was another busy week. crazy week. well, this week, on monday it felt like it should ve been friday. there was a major shake up. it felt like it should ve been thursday. on fox news, president biden officially launching his reelection campaign. we ll get into all of that, plus some of the week s other top stories, take a look. the new york times has new reporting on fox s firing of tucker carlson. two sources tell the times a day before the start of the dominion defamation trial against the network. the fox sport of directors and top executives learned about private messages sent by carlson that had been redacted in legal filings. according to the sources, the redacted material contained highly offensive and crude remarks that went beyond the inflammatory, often racist comments of his primetime show and anything disclosed in the lead up to the trial. well, go ahead. let s dissect what
guest. we look at biden s momentum today after the state of the union. later tonight we will go inside this quest to indict donald trump in new york with the lawyers who know the secret process. we have details, new information. that s tonight. as for the big story, though, president biden speaking today in wisconsin calling out some republicans on both style and substance. they seemed shocked when i raised the plans of some of their members and their caucus to cut social security, and marjorie taylor greene and others stood up and said liar, liar. i remind you that rick scott from florida, the guy who ran the u.s. senate campaign, has a. the president leaning into this exchange, which gave republican strategists all kinds of heartburn last night, some of their most divisive members basically disrespecting the office. this drew attention to how republicans, some of them in the party want to slash the safety net. instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some r