Murder sank in. It was the first time since at least the early 1900s that a white had been sentenced to death for a crime committed against a black person in the state of alabama. Beulah Mae Donald is grieving, but also seeking justice for her child. This is a black woman who has just lost her son to lynching, finds the strength to move forward in a several suit against the klan in alabama. The stakes could not be higher. The body of a Black Man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. Lynching is a tool to control and oppress black people. Racial violence is as old as the constitution. Klans are not running around with white sheets over their head, but its still happening. Today people are horrified of the police. It is the modern day lynching. What are we going to do about it. We move forward with people deciding im bold enough, and im going to make it change. Beulah Mae Donald took on one of the most violent criminal organizations in the United States. This was an incr
he was only 50-years-old, for him to die with long time wit addiction has to be mentioned. his legacy is rich. i hope part of his legacy is to remind people that this sicknick is killing us, affects everywhere and no one is immune and it is a life sentence. people think it is just kids but it is not. people have it their whole lives. a lot of people get it in mid-life. think of what happened in minneapolis, we talk about george floyd and what his girlfriend said about how they both had pain issues and became addicted. you think of so many artists, artists of all different genres of music who lost their lives and struggled with addiction and some of them we didn t know. did we know about prince having an addiction? i never heard of it. so many people do and that s the reason why we keep on saying, people needed to see the humanity of george floyd. it is not a perfect person but nobody is a perfect person. the reason i was smiling when you were saying that because i don t t
feel for his wife and his kids, and i wish them well. yeah. and i just hope, part of his legacy is to remind people that this sickness is killing us. it affects everyone, everywhere. no one is immune, and it is a life sentence. yeah. we just lost so much of our talent and greatness. people think it s just kids. it isn t. people have it their whole lives, they struggle with addiction. a lot of people get it, in mid-life. think about what happened in minneapolis, right? yeah. we talk about george floyd and and what his girlfriend said about about how they, both, had pain issues. and then, became addicted. you think about so many artists. i mean, you know, artists of all different genres of music who lost their lives and who who struggle with addiction. some of them, you didn t even know. did we know that prince had an addiction issue? i never heard it. no, i never heard it. but so many people do, and that s the reason why, you know, we keep saying people
mask on. the whole point of the vaccine, cdc guidance is what we re following. republican senator ted cruz refusing to wear a mask while speaking to the press yesterday. official guidance from the cdc advises to continue regular precautions in public places, like wearing a mask, even when fully vaccinated. thanks, ted cruz, for guiding us. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, march 25th. with us, we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, and president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book, the world, a brief introduction, richard haass is with us this morning. jonathan, you heard kasie just talk about it, president biden holding that press conference today. what can we expect? it s president biden s first press conference. it s 60-some odd days into the this administration. he s gone the longest without having one of these events, and there s some talk among west wing aids that this matters more insid