good morning and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, november 22nd. we ll start with the breaking news. at least five people are dead and 40 injured after an suv drove through a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin. yesterday afternoon an suv ran through a barricade, hitting dozens of people in attendance. the moment was caught on camera. we want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. law officials tell nbc news the police are questioning a person of interest who may have a long personal history. the person of interest may have been fleeing from an earlier incident involving a knife when the vehicle reached the parade. police are still getting. the vehicle struck more than 20 individuals. some of the individuals were children and there were some fatalities as a result of this incident. we will not be releasing information on fatalities at this time while we are working on notifying the family members of the deceased. strategy which
running again from president, reminding trump he could be the biggest loser in american politics. as many experts producted, kyle rittenhouse white house found not guilty of all charges, still, one of his attorneys is striking out at extreme republican members of congress and donald trump jr. will tell you why. good morning, it s a busy morning. welcome to morning joe, monday, november 22nd, we ll begin in wisconsin where at least five people are dead and many are injured after an suv drove into a christmas parade in wisconsin. a red suv crashed into barricades hitting dozens of people in attendance. the moment of impact was caught on camera. oh! law enforcement officials tell nbc news police are questioning a person of interest who may have a long criminal history. the person of interest may have been fleeing from an earlier incident involving a knife when the vehicle reached a parade. we ll speak with tom winter. their public schools are closed today. police will h
the one truly unanimous thing is the jury s decision. by most accounts, the right verdict under wisconsin law. to which adam swerver of the atlantic said it is one thing to argue the jury reached a reasonable verdict based on the law and another entirely to celebrate rittenhouse s actions. that celebration is under way, however, among right wing content crusaders. it s been under way since friday afternoon. they re lionizing the 18-year-old, lifting him up for promoting a pro-gun culture. can you see fox is in bed with rittenhouse, filming it late at night for a documentary for tucker carlson s unit. he had a crew embedded behind the scenes with rittenhouse throughout the trial. and a portion of the interview with the 18-year-old will air on monday. so fox is using the rittenhouse story to drive subscription for its streaming service, and the right wing media has also seized on this moment to slam the rest of the media for the trial coverage. i do think there s an important c
that s it for us tonight. don lemon tonight starts right now with the big star d. lemon. i don t care if people get access. i said to my team, look, if they want to give me access to it, i would film someone s defense in a high-profile case like this. i don t know why anyone would allow this. the guys on tv at night saying the kid is innocent and at the same time he s embedded because the money guys paying for the defense want his cameras there? chris, you re not shocked by that, are you? i m shocked people that sup supposedly care for this kid would allow him and his future to be framed this way. yes, because it s about money. it s not just the advisers and whatever. it s the attorneys, as well. he s a great lawyer. he has a great demeanor. i agree with most everything he said. what he said about guns. it s what most americans agree. common sense, i believe in the second amendment and speaking for myself. he says the same thing. do i want to carry a gun? not necessaril
what does it mean when somebody s defense is bankrolled by righty-fringe political zealots? and they allow a righty-fringe political zealot to embed, to document the process while they go on tv every night advocating for the defendant? listen to what the lawyer told us for kyle rittenhouse about the reality of what was done in this case. the people who were raising money it this defense was crowd funded through donations. but who were the people making the calls act who got to have access to the process? kyle s family and his adviser. the lin woods, the john pierces, who basically, you know, i think were trying to whore this kid out for money, for their own causes. fox pay for that access? did the money guys have a deal with them? this is a problem. that s it for us tonight. don lemon tonight starts right now with its big star, d lemon. i don t care if people get access. you know, i was saying to my team, hey, look. if they wanted to give me access to it, i wo