parkland school shooting now plans to plead guilty in that. we re joined live by one parkland father and get his reaction. and one bitter battle raging on as the police union squares off against the mayor on vaccine mandates. we re joined live by the one leader urging everyone to take a breath, even as the war of words heats up. thank you so much for waking up with us, this saturday, august 16th. another hour, christi. another hour in the books. uh-huh. i know. just a couple more to go for this saturday. listen, we are following developments out of texas this morning, too, right, boris? yeah, authorities say that one deputy was killed and two others wounded this morning outside of a houston sports bar. police officials say the constable deputies w quote, ambushed and shot from behind, by a suspect with a rifle while working a police-related job this morning. cnn s jean casarez has the latest. jean, what do we know about the suspect here? reporter: well, we know th
doesn t really apply, because those who got into the capitol, like the qanon guy with the horns were clueless. whether by design or happenstance, this was just one piece of the puzzle. as evidenced by the senate judiciary committee s interim report. there were at least five moves parts. first, you had efforts on the ground in various states including georgia, michigan, arizona and pennsylvania to challenge the election results. at the same time, you had president trump getting advice from a lawyer first seen on tv as to how he can block certification of the election. additionally, trump was leaning on the justice department to release a led for the credibility to overturn the georgia election. kind of like nixon trying to get the cia to back off on its watergate investigation. from the new book peril from costa and woodward, we now know that trump was trying to get vice president pence to reject votes from states. their role, whether they explicitly understood it or not was
money. he has a long history of allegedly not paying officials where trump holds he rallies. to quote wall street journal, he s left a trail of unpaid bills in his wake, but there s just some you can t weasel out, at least without posting a massive bond first. that s a lesson donald trump is learning the hard way, when it comes to the $464 million judgment in the civil fraud case brought by tish james. with a deadline looming, today trump s lawyers said it s not going to happen. they claim are feigneding insurmount appear difficulties, calling it a, quote, practical impossibility to get a bond for that amount, says trump went to four brokers, and everybody turned him down. it s a scenario new york attorney general tish james saw coming, and she s absolutely clear on what she s prepared to do if and when trump comes up empty. if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, a judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will have the judg
connected you are. everyone must play by the same rules. this is a victory for america that believes in the simple but fundamental pillar of our democracy, that the rule of law applies to all of us equally, fairly, and justly. that was new york attorney general letitia james speaking friday after the financially devastating civil fraud ruling against donald trump. we ll go through that judgment and the what it means for trump s finances. also ahead, the latest fallout following the death of alexei navalny as russia cracks down on any show of support for the opposition leader. plus, the israeli government is rejecting any recognition of a potential palestinian state while its forces move forward with an offensive in southern gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 19th. i m ali vitali in for john nan lemaire. we start this morning with the $350 million fraud ruling against donald trump. he was ordered on friday to pay the massive
victory for every american who believes in that simple but fundamental pillar of our democracy. the rule of law applies to all of us equally, fairly, and justly. that was new york attorney general letitia james speaking friday after the financially devastating civil fraud ruling against donald trump. we ll explain that judgment and what it means for trump s finances. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest fallout following the death of alexei navalny, as russia cracks down on any show of support for the now deceased opposition leader. plus, the israeli government is rejecting any recognition of the potential palestinian state while its forces move forward with an offensive near the city of rafah, the last refuge for palestinians in gaza. we ll go through all of those major developments out of the middle east. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 19th. presidents day. i m jonathan lemire along with u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katt