blanketing much of the eastern united states as millions prepare to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. we re tracking all the latest weather for you. consolidating power. the efforts by republican legislatures to pursue new congressional maps and what it means for the 2022 midterms. chinese state media releasing a new video they claim shows missing tennis star peng shuai alive and well, but there s a lot of unanswered questions. so grateful that you re with us this sunday, november 21st. good morning, christi. good morning to you. we are always it s always good to know we re not alone, right, boris? even if it s early on a sunday. this was a crazy scene, the day yose and confusion at the busiest airport in the u.s. atlanta police are looking for the man who escaped hartsfield-atlanta international airport after his weapon discharged. the gun went off yesterday afternoon at a security checkpoint, and it sparked fears of an active shooter. that temporarily grounde
today china claims to show proof that she s okay. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. breaking news in our national lead. the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. rittenhouse wept and hugged his attorney as the verdicts were read. the 18-year-old faced charges of reckless homicide and reckless endanger unaniment in the shootf three people who died during black lives matter protests in wisconsin. president biden reacted to the verdict. i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works, and we have to abide by it. and he isn t the only one reacting. cnn s sara sidner starts us off from kenosha, wisconsin. not guilty. reporter: kyle rittenhouse now a free man. not guilty. reporter: overcome as the jury acquitted him on all five counts in his homicide trial. is there anyone who does not agree with the verdicts as read? reporter: the defense attorney marc richards saying the wait for a verdict has been tortu
social media with posts that could defy the judge s orders. we ll get legal analysis on that new development. also ahead, 9 latest warning from the pentagon about potential disruptions to troop readiness and military relations. we re learning about more provocative news from russia and china s navys off the coast of alaska. good morning. welcome to way too early on monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. we begin with a flurry of action. just days after being formally charged for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, trump spent the weekend testing the limits of the judge assigned to that case. now during thursday s arraignment the magistrate judge warned trump against interfering in the case telling him that his bond could be revoked if he tried to influence a juror, threaten or bribe a witness or if he retaliated. despite telling the judge he understood her warning, just one day later the former p
good to be with you, i m katy tur in for the second hour of chris jansing reports. the jury has the e. jean carroll defamation case. how much will they find donald trump owes carroll for continuing to attack her, and continue to go deny what a court of law has already established that he sexually assaulted her. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin just stepped out of the courtroom for the first time today to let us know what it was like inside. so, lisa, tell us. reporter: i listened to both sides closing arguments and then the rebuttal of e. jean carroll s lawyers this morning, and then i listened to judge lou kaplan instruct the jury on the law as well as the legal process and the rules that they are required to follow as they deliberate. i think one of the things that was most interesting this morning is the emergence of big themes that are much bigger than e. jean carroll and donald trump alone. what you heard from e. jean carol s lawyers is this isn t a case just about d
trump recorded the day after the riots on january 7th. the whole thing is only about three minutes long of what we saw. but it took an hour to shoot, according to the washington post. and even then, it still needed to be edited. watch for when the camera position changes. now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so, how was the other 57 minutes spent? what s in those outtakes? and why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? now, those outtakes, we re told are going to be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president, like to stop his own supporters from attacking the u.s. capitol for more than three hours, mind you. and tonight, we ha