pence as the rioters approached. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday. big day, morning joe starts right now. tonight i come to you with a spring in my step, a song in my heart, emotionally and spiritually refreshed because you know how as humans we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people. well, by the grace of god, sometimes bad things happen to alex jones, and that s a good thing. oh, yes, conspiracy theorist alex jones ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to sandy hook families for lying about the 2012 massacre being a hoax. we will speak with one of the plaintiffs in the case, a sandy hook mother. and you know, mika, we were watching this live, got breaking news. and as the verdicts were coming in, it was so painful. it was so painful. looking at the parents. you know, they re talking about, you know, basically a billion dollars in civic awards, and you just couldn t, you still looked at
really telling, jake, because it shows that trump is still in command of this party. republicans were afraid to speak up against him. and meanwhile, gop leaders have been absolutely silent, even though they had quite a lot to say in the immediate aftermath of january 6th, and that includes kevin mccarthy, the house gop leader who was cited yesterday in the testimony as being one of the people who was deeply concerned by the idea of trump coming to the capitol on january 6th. yeah. and it s interesting because donald trump has really been taking it on the chin from conservative media after yesterday s hearing. i m not talking about the dead enders on the other chandal, but people in conservative editorial boards and such. tell us more about that. really tough headlines for trump. i want to tick through a few of them. the wall street journal editorial board said, republicans should not look away from the compelling evidence. the conservative washington examiner called tru
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn
Eileen good morning, and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im eileen oreilly, the president of the National Press club and the managing editor of standards training at axios. This morning we have a special headliners newsmaker event, featuring diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered by isis in 2014. The Foley Foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force and will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as a journalists remain in harms way all around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporter evan gershkovich, who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. We continue to advocate for the release of austin tice, who has been held captive in syria for more than 11 years. We have a hugely active press team here that works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the pr