Sam stein, thank you so much. And thank you to sean patrick maloney, a good friend of this show. He s a great guy. We love having him on. Just trying to push him to make sure democrats are ready for all of the lies that come their way. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle is coming. Thank you for your patience. Have a good weekend. See you monday. Hi, there, i m stephanie ruhle. It s friday, april 16th and this morning we are waking up to news of another mass shooting. This one in indianapolis, where a gunman opened fire at a federal express facility overnight, killing eight people and injuring multiple others before he killed himself. This morning as some families are waiting to hear whether their own loved ones are safe, an investigation is under way. Police trying to determine if the shooter worked at the facility. They will be holding a press conference in the next hour. Nbc s antonia hylton is in indianapolis with the latest. Antonia, what do we know at this point? go
But we do begin with president biden s meeting with japan s prime minister, joining us now, shannon pettypiece, former white house correspondent for nbc news digital. Nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley in london, and anne gearan, white house correspondent for the washington post and an msnbc contributor. Great to have all three of you to start us off this hour. Shannon, let s talk about foreign policy here for a moment. Because people are looking at the importance of japan s prime minister being the first foreign leader invited to the biden white house. What does this signal, if anything? i ll give you one word, amin, china and the importance that china will play in the biden administration. Administration officials told us they expect issues ranging from chinese aggression in the taiwan strait to human rights abuses and the aggressive posture towards hong kong, to be among the issues that come up in this meeting. And of course, the japanese prime minister is going to be tryi
26-year police veteran kim potter who says she mistook her handgun for a taser. the now former officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. despite a curfew instituted for 11:00 p.m., there was another night of demonstrations overnight outside the brooklyn center police station. california congresswoman maxine waters joined the protest yesterday in minnesota. this is a very difficult time in the history of this country. we have to persist in calling for justice. we have to let people know that we are not going to be satisfied unless we get justice in these cases. last night was the seventh night in a row for the protests which have remained peaceful. at times there has been tension. 136 people were arrested on friday as the situation deteriorated late with some people reportedly throwing bottles and other objects at police and others attempted to breach the security fence outside the station. police responded with tear gas, pepper balls and other projectiles
particular that she wanted to dismiss, really, to kind of completely put to bed. her argument very strongly in terms of the phone call when she called him up to sack him last month, this idea that she told him that someone had to take the rap for the delays in getting compensation to the sub postmaster is an postmistress is just wasn t true, she said she was going to put on record the minutes from that phone call in the library, presumably we will see that posted online in the next few minutes or so. he says that he has his own recording, he took notes and insists that what he said to the sunday times was true. it is very much a he said, she said. as the shadow business secretary pointed out, there are two separate accounts and it is hard to work out what the truth is. but she insisted that this idea that the government was trying to stall the process of compensation couldn t be further of the truth. she pointed to a letter sent to him when he first got the job, making clear
during training on thursday last week amid reports he was going to be sacked. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at goodison park for us ahead of the match. not surprising news necessarily and also that it released his new person who will take over as boss. yes. who will take over as boss. yes, that s right. who will take over as boss. yes, that s right, betty. who will take over as boss. yes, that s right, betty. in who will take over as boss. yes, that s right, betty. in the - who will take over as boss. yes, that s right, betty. in the last i that s right, betty. in the last few minutes, confirmation that oliver glasner, the austrian, will be the new manager at crystal palace. he signed a contract until 2026 and if the former eintracht frankfurt manager who led them to europa league success in 2022. described by the club at the right man with an outstanding record to take charge of the club at a bevel stage in their season. he will not be put in the dugout for