over tying itself to trump. what happened this week was a cementing of who the gop is. and now more than 100 prominent republicans have signed onto an effort to create a third party if the gop does not change course. a great statement, but does it stand a chance of becoming a movement? joining me, msnbc contributor and washington post opinion writer, jennifer reuben, elise jordan, msnbc political analyst and former aide to the bush/cheney white house and state departments, and megan malloy, foundering of republican women for progress. jennifer in one of our latest opinion columns, you write, cheney might simply be a victim of wishful thinking, but there s a republican party to be rescued. the chance that non-maga republicans will institute a majority of the house or senate republican membership is virtually nonexistent. the more realistic option from the point of view of pro-democracy, pro-sanity americans in the center-right may be to flee the party. my question is flee th
shooti shooting. this shot by a neighbor. brian todd is in elizabeth city, north carolina. brian, what does this other video shows if anything? well, jim and poppy, we are familiar with this video. we have spoken to that neighbor and several other neighbors:. some of whom who witnessed what happened a week ago tomorrow. it shows the aftermath, the immediate aftermath of the shooting of andrew brown. you can see andrew brown s car, a distance away. it s across a grassy area and then across the street, roanoke avenue. he drove across that grassy area. you see his car crashed against a tree. we spoke to the gentleman who owns that white house next to that tree. that gentleman told us that a bullet from the shooting ripped through his house and thankfully no one was there. witnesses told us that at about that time you are looking at this video, sheriff s deputies pulled andrew brown out of the vehicle and attempted life saving measures on him. obviously, the measures did not wo
deadly capitol insurrection and we have new details on that glaring warning signs that were ignored by capitol police days before the riot broke out. we will have the very latest from minnesota where the former officer charged in the death of daunte wright made her first court appearance yesterday. and the defense rests in the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin. yes, first we re following news of yet another mass shooting in america. eight people are dead and several others are injured after a gunman opened fire at a fedex warehouse mere the indianapolis airport. police also say the suspected gunman took his own life. officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 11:00 p.m. local time. at this point, police have not said whether the shooter was an employee of the facility, but an investigation is underway. we will have all the developments in this story as they come in, mika. this is just breaking to us over the last few hours. we re sifting through the
rockets take off. for people just joining us and just waking up, what happened about 12 minutes ago? 5:49 a.m. eastern time, we had a spacex crew 2, their rocket with dragon on top, that s the space capsule, lifting off from the kennedy space center in yet another picture-perfect launch here. and then within 11, 12 minutes, they have already reached orbit. 17,000 miles per hour on their way towards the international space station. what is amazing here, guys is, as we have reported, time and again, the spacex track record on putting people into orbit has been perfect. every single launch so far has gone without a hitch, same thing again today. onboard, we have four astronauts. commander shane kimbro. i m listening to mission control as we go here. commander shane kimbrough. pilot megan mcarthur. say hi to the crew, let them know. they re congratulating the crew and each other for a great orbital insertion. i wanted to mention the pilot, megan mcarthur. if you missed it e
this one infectious disease doc told me last week, right to stop this virus with social distancing is like trying to drive a nail through jell-o. great one, laura. what else? there s more than ample evidence that hydroxychloroquine savvis lives. now they re saying that 120,000 to 130,000 could die from covid by august. what?! yeah, what?! we re not going to hit those numbers until june. but in the meantime, it s trying to get back to what really matters. i would hope that within maybe the last couple of months, we ll be able to do rallies. yes, rallies! let s get out there and spread until we re dead! this has been this week in covid history. all right. we re going to let that one speak for itself. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s friday, may 7th. it s friday! with us, we have professor at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, msnbc contributor victoria defrancesco soto. white house correspondent for politico a