Willie, when he saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark, yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. And watching these people, the great people of this town, i couldnt imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Willie, i know you feel the same. Powerful words to open the program this morning. Yeah. Lifted straight from bill murray. Looks like an intense concert for 6 00 a. M. Is that smashmouth getting after it . What is that . Is this the movie . No. This is a live picture from punxsuitawney, mika. I dont know if it sees the shadow if it is more spring or less spring. I did research this morning, and it only made it worse. I dont understand. If its clear, he sees the shadow and goes back to the den for six more why would you go to the den . Its a beautiful day. Start spring early. Its the opposite. Im more confused than ever. Its a great movie. Lets listen for a second at the punxsutawney trio. Gobblers knob. The gobblers knob trio. That
putin felt like he had to invade ukraine because he felt very shy about nato. the nato alliance just had too many countries in it, too many countries that were too close to russia, and that all just gave putin this terrible feeling about nato being too close, and so therefore, he had to invade ukraine. i don t actually think that s it. i don t think we know all of the reasons he does what he does, who knows what s going on in his little short dictator heart of hearts. but if, in fact, the apologists are at least partially correct, if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invading ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less about nato, and somehow starting this war would make that happen, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine, there were 30 countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country, and now as of tonight, we
states, canada, and around the world, i m isa suarez, ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the idf investigates why its troops accidentally killed three israeli hostages in gaza. america s mayor gets hit with a staggering judgment in a defamation lawsuit. we ll find out how much the jury says rudy giuliani should pay. and ukraine s bid for the eu membership moves forward, but no agreement on aid. how this delay could prove costly for ukrainian troops as well as morale. but first this morning we begin with grief as well as outrage in israel after the israeli military says it mistakenly shot and killed three israeli hostages in gaza after misidentifying them as a threat. several dozen protesters gathered on the streets of tel aviv on friday. let s have a look at this. they re chanting everyone now, demanding the government take immediate action to bring the remaining hostages home safely. the idf has identified the three israeli citizens it killed in northern gaza, you re
hosted by joe scarborough. one of the guests, media mogul, actor and producer tyler perry will be on the show. alicia, alicia menendez with american voices starts right now on msnbc. thank you so much reverend sharpton. hello everyone. i am ali schuman undoes. we begin this hour with breaking news. seven people are dead after a driver crashed into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop at the border town of brownsville, texas. at least 12 others were injured in the crash era migrant center. senior law enforcement official tells cbs see news that the crash was a piece together a motive. this tragedy comes after a gunman killed eight people saturday afternoon at an outlet mall and allen, texas. that is a suburb of dallas. we have team coverage of the shooting over the next hour. but we begin with that crash in brownsville. just as an intelligence correspondent joins us now. can, what are your sources telling you about the crash? what the thing about the driver? alicia,
much, but they have, especiall paul and giuliani, remember the whole defense was going to be, yeah those other guys were lying, but we were just puttin it on very strong case cases against powell and giuliani in particular they are now set to go to tria and mid 2024, most cases lik this settle, and that s what was, there was this missed opportunity or possibility wit the trial itself with dominion but most cases settle, so yes, i suspect they would, bu dominion will have robus settlements. we ll see how big those umbrella policies are, right terry lippman, thank you ver much, i appreciate your time a always thank you in the next hour, congres woman reacts to the unthinkable. that we now have to think abou every day america s gun crisis later, the outburst of - reacts to her latest outrage it all starts now. and good day from msnbc world headquarters welcome to alex witt reports i m filling in for alex today, we will start with coach war front and center as the 202