the lives of americans and american families all over the country. and now she s being grilled by congress as she attempts to explain herself and her actions around what turned out to be very devastating choices around what happened to or school kids during covid. critics say the union pushed the cdc and the white house to keep kids at home longer who were in public schools. as you just heard from betsy devos, by this point, they re talking about private schools, catholic schools had gone back to school. so this move that they made on behalf of the public school kids put us into an education crisis according to all of the numbers that we see. also a lot of children in to deep emotional stress as well. we expect to hear questions that we ve been asking weingarten throughout the most heated times of the covid lockdown about why union leaders were dictating science and health advice at the white house. you can see why that would lead people to think that you all have a lot of
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g
as we await jim acosta s interview with mitt romney, there are important new developments in a search for a running mate. we re seeing reports that there is now a short list of possibilities and the biggest name on that so-called short list is the former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. let s bring in dana bash. she s working the story for us. the name has been floated out there for a while. but all of a sudden it s getting a bit more imptous. interesting you used the term floated. there s no question this is a trial balloon and a clever way for the romney campaign to change the sject from a whole bunch of things they would probably rather not talk about today. but since we do know that there are a few people, the romneys and one or two other staffers who really know what s going on with regard to him choosing a vice presidential running mate, we figured we d bite. condoleezza rice for veep? before we go a to z with pros and cons, let s start with why. why team romne
heat warning. we are 30 minutes from the start of the boston marathon. forecast high by afternoon, a sweltering 84 degrees. organizers telling some runners to come back next year. 18 hours of attacks. afghanistan military putting a end to weekend barrage bombings. the risk american troops are facing. the snl surge. mitt romney said to be considering a guest spot on the show but will it help or hurt his image? have you ever put in more than 40 hours a week and not paid for it? a new wave of lawsuits. this time workers are fighting back suing their employers. newsroom begins right now. we begin this hour with shocking new questions about the president s inner circle and the secret service agents entrusted with protecting his life. this morning, 11 agents and officers are on leave and under investigation. they are accused of hooking up with prostitutes at a hotel in colombia where they were praying security for the summit of the americas. the president say he will b
us. ted, how hard has it been this morning for kids and teachers to arrive at school? reporter: well, as you can imagine, fred, it s been a very tough day here. it was a tough day yesterday, too. students came with their parents yesterday to school. they had about 1.5 hours in the school cafeteria, the school classrooms where they could go. there were counselors on hand to talk to. they have changed the school taffe tear yeah. that s where the shooting took place. they changed it in a way that they ve painted it. they ve changed the way the cafeteria tables are arranged in the room for students. of course four students were shot sitting at one of those tables. they are really encouraging the community to be involved in this healing process. take a lis ento the superintendent yesterday at a press conference at the school. parents, be a model for your children. they watch and will embrace everything you do. send them off to school each day with a hug and a kiss and the mess