International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
okay. let s talk about the pills. so you were able to function as a lawyer despite using pills. yes, sir. and you were able of course during this period of time to engage in these relatively complicated thefts that increase over the years that we have talked about, despite the pill usage, is that correct? i was. hmm? i was. all right. and you were able to convince the staff that nothing was amiss during this time that nothing was amiss during this time? while you were on the pill usage? my staff again, so we are on the same page, i acknowledge that i certainly allowed them to be misled. i certainly allowed them to do things that i shouldn t have done on my behalf knowing that they trusted me. how many pills were you using a day? it depends upon a number of items and most importantly, how strong the pill was. okay. let s talk about maybe start in january of 2021 and move forward. can you describe to the jury what the daily pill intake was like? i th
at this hour, we will go back to south carolina where we are watching a second day of alex murdaugh testing for the second day taking the stand in his own defense and the second day of cross-examinationment and the chief prosecutor is really getting into it, and grilling him about his drug addiction and the alleged financial crime and long list of lies. we go back into the courtroom right now. i don t. did i have a conversation with paul about cash yes, about cash and some problem with his friend going down there, and did you have a conversation with him prior to that? as i sit here today, i don t recall that, but i don t i don t think so. when you first arrived in golf cart, where did you pull up to? i pulled up right where maggie was. which is where? she was standing in the spot where she could see in between the chicken coop and the storage room of the kennels. where the dogs were back up in those planted pines behind the kennels to the left of the chicke
dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever
international analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. happy new year to you. happy new year. we have so much to talk about. new year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new year s day service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and foreign policy and everything. the harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. and reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. it s a good one. he said start by digging two graves. one of them for yourselves. yeah. wow, that really does strike you when you look what s happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. one that has seen childhood poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70-year lows. it s in the u.s. wo