Life was cheap that night in new york. Two brutal murders just a half mile apart. Here for a homicide crime scene. Six people were convicted, including eric glisson. You actually think they read the wrong verdict. Then divine intervention through a nun he called grandma. Eric would say, grandma, i think this all happening for a reason. Maybe a nun could help him get into heaven, but could she help him get out of prison? what she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. This is the one case that has kept me up at night for six years. He says i know you re innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. Will justice finally arrive? hello and welcome to dateline. Eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent shockwaves through his neighborhood. A crime he insisted he did not commit. To clear his name eric would have to find the real killers, following clues from the confines of his cell. It would take years for the truth
Talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms we have heard him use. Not even during the civil wae did insurrectionists breach the capitol of the united states of america, the citadel of our democracy. Not even then. But on january 6th, 2021, they did. They did. A mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people s house, on the sacred ritual to certify free and fair election. It wasn t dissent. It wasn t debate. It wasn t democracy. It was insurrection. My fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. We cannot allow history to be rewritten. We cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. We have to understand what happened, the honest and unvarnished truth. Tod we have to face it. We have to face it. The president s determination there not to let history be rewritten, to face what happened that day. That s a determination shared by officers who have spoken out publicly in the aftermath of
But they believed it was worth it. They were serving a cause bigger than themselves. So they set out on the journey of a lifetime with just thee clothes on their backs. They took nothing apart from a private jet, iphones for selfies and regular social media updates, and a case of miller lite for sustenance. They forwent even their paperle obedience masks, the ones that federal laws require the rest of us to wear when we travel by air. Not these people. They traveled light. T. They were like the vietcong marching 50 miles and sleeping in trees. They were only about their mission. Finally after a grueling refueling stop at an fbo en route, they arrived in washington as conquering heroes. One of the pilgrims, an enthusiastic if not especially bright legislator called jean wu posted that fans were all but throwing themselves at them as they arrived at a national airport in d. C. Virtue has its benefits. The group then even met with the president of the united states, kamala harris, who com
Performance for phil mickelson. We ll talk about that in a little bit. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It s monday, may 24th. With us to kick things off, we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire and u. S. National editor at the financial times, ed luce joins us early this morning. So guess what, everybody. The pandemic outlook is improving nationwide as new coronavirus cases drop to rates not seen in nearly a year. Death rates are also as low as they ve been since last summer, according to the cdc, 60% of people over 18 have received at least one shot and are almost half almost half are fully vaccinated, contributing to the sharp decline in covid19 cases. The vaccine makes a huge difference. Health experts do caution that the virus remains dangerous in communities with low vaccination rates. And that s that not enough americans have vaccinated to completely extinguish the virus, leaving the potential for new variants that could extend the outbreak
Italy has announced that from monday any british bidders will have two quarantine for five days. So what does that mean for one of the big holiday destinations for uk tourists? all travellers coming from the uk, whether or not they are fully vaccinated will have two quarantine for five days and be tested, amid growing fears of the spread of delta variant in the spread of delta variant in the uk, and even the fact that even with two doses of the vaccine you could potentially carry out. Italy s covid infection rate is currently one fifth of that of the uk, and is taking chances. While football fans coming here to rome for sunday s italy wales euro 2020 march don t need to worry, because the quarantine rule is coming in on monday. We don t yet know how long it will last but asked quarantine decisions have tended to last a good few weeks. Italy is still on the uk s amber list so even if british tourists do come here they would have to quarantine for ten days on their return to the uk. Las