it was a man who lit himself on fire feet away from me and a public park and i say i was shocked, would be an understatement. you must remember. i didn t come to this anchor desk in a traditional way. i was a federal prosecutor who was gone in and out of a courthouse more times and i can remember inside those courtrooms, you get witnesses to recount truly horrific details and stories to a jury who will decide the fate of the accused well, today it was us who bore witness and my instinct told me to tell you what i was seeing my mouth narrated my eyes but my eyes i wish i could unsee it my nose wishes to smell it my heart breaks for that man and his family and my mind what has the same questions you have? who is this man? well, he happened to be someone that we think we saw milling around earlier and throughout the week near the courthouse where we were and tonight, we know a little more police say that he was a conspiracy theorists and while his theories run the gamut, the
onth the solar eclipse dazzled the country as americans took in once in a lifetime experience. did you see it? unbelievable. like life changing. the moon is covering the sun. i would totally do it again if i could. ainsley: and, oh the irony, former chicago mayor lori lightfoot is hired for $400 an hour to investigate the self-proclaimed super mayor over alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars. brian: good pick. how our money is being spent. and slam dunk. uconn takes down purdue to win march madness while women s basketball scores record viewers. brian: back off, lawrence. i will take it from here. remember, mornings are better with friends. steve: we talked about it yesterday. everybody around the world talked about it yesterday. did you see it? well, if you were in the path, you probably did. i was actually on an airplane traveling back to be here on the curvey couch. and as it turns out, your hometown was pretty much ground zero for a great moment of tota
force in gaza. the israeli saying they ve launched hundreds of missile attacks. hamas is reporting hundreds killed already. and bombshell new reporting nbc news in the new york times that israelis dismissed warning signs of the october 7th attacks for up to a year ahead of time. the times reported broke that story. we ll also speak with the family of a teenager taken hostage in the october 7th attacks. freed this week. in what is to come. who are following other news this hour as well, former president on the campaign trail right now and iowa after suffering a double dose of defeat to his claim that is one term presidency should be a lifetime get out of jail free card. plus, we re live in the district net representative george santos after he was officially kicked out of congress. making history with his expulsion. and we re keeping an eye on an earthquake off the coast of the philippines. that sparked a tsunami warning, the latest on what is going on. that s coming up as wel
the secretary of homeland security called it a, quote, difficult situation. question is, why won t he call it a crisis? and democrats press forward with key agenda items like immigration and voting rights but with a slim majority in the senate and the filibuster getting in their way, the question remains, what are they going to do about it? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that s really wondering if we could just spring forward to friday? i am kasie hunt on this thursday, march 18th. we ll start with the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at three spas in the atlanta area has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another and one person inside a third spa. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida, possibly to carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims we