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for james comey and what he did, i felt terrible for not stopping him and the people around him. i feel that everybody can see for themselves what kind of leader he is. there is clearly there were people who liked what they saw despite what i see is a real danger to our country. they turned out and voted for him. he's trying to get it set up so that'll happen again for him even if he loses as he did twice the popular vote. >> what do you see as the state of the democratic party right now? >> i think it's a time for some careful thinking about what wins elections and not just in deep blue districts where a democrat and a liberal democrat or so-called progressive democrat is going to win. i understand why people want to argue for their priorities, that's what they believe they were elected to do. look, i am all about having vigorous debates. i think it's good and it gives people a chance to be part of the process. but, at the end of the day it means nothing if we don't have a congress that'll get things done and we don't have a white house that we can count on to be sane and sober

tleticia james' numbers were lagging behind governor hochul's numbers in the race. what does it mean for the investigation? obviously she has deep knowledge of it. >> it is hard to read those tea leaves. you're right it is not that much of a surprise that she dropped out of the election. she was polling at 18%. now an incumbent, kathy hochul so she might have seen that and said look i can run a losing campaign and put a cloud over this big investigation, the high profile investigation of my career or drop the election, and then focus on this as attorney general. and there will be possibly more like there will be a lawsuit and charges. >> let's talk about that manhattan d.a. case, criminally investigating the trump organization. what's the status of that? >> well, the manhattan d.a., cyrus advance, recently impanelled a new grand jury to consider and possibly vote on charges related to valuations of trump property. this is sort of a different set of allegations than the ones indicted last summer of trump's cfo. that was basically payroll tax fraud. these appear to be

per statute, james crumbley completed atf form 5300-9a. on or about november 26th, 2021, ethan crumbley's social media account revealed posts of a semiautomatic handgun along with the caption "just got my new beauty today" including an e mow you with hearts. emoji with hearts, "sig sauer 9 millimeter, any questions i will answer," unquote. subsequent, one of jennifer crumbley's social media posts read, quote, mom and son day, testing out his new christmas present, end quote. on november 21, '21, a teacher at the oxford high school observed ethan crumbley searching ammunition on his cellphone during class and reported the same to school officials. jennifer crumbley was contacted via voicemail by school personnel regarding the son's inappropriate internet search. school personnel indicate they followed that voicemail up with an email but received no response from either parent. thereafter, jennifer crumbley exchanged text messages about the incident with her son on that day stating, quote, lol, i'm not mad at you, you have to learn not to ge

president this weekend last night told an interview on the fox news channel that he fired the fbi director james comey when he was president in order to stop fbi investigations that he believed would result in him being removed as president. he just volunteered this information. he said, quote, don't forget, i fired comey. had i not fired comey you might not be talking to me right now about my four years at the white house. he said, quote, i don't think i could have survived if i didn't fire him. he doesn't mean he'd be dead. he means, he couldn't have survived as president. he couldn't have made it four years as president. because of the fbi investigations in place under comey that stood to remove him from office. so he fired the fbi director in order to divert those investigations. in order to keep himself in power. he just admitted that's why he did it and that it work. that's how he managed to stay in office for four years. this is like the thing you hope to like, you know, entrap somebody into saying. this is the thing you hope to, like, tape somebody accidentally admitting to somebody who

republican congressman james comer is one of the officials who's actually traveling with the president on air force one here to kentucky. and when he's on the ground, he'll also be joined by local officials, the governor, andy beshear, as well. it's a moment for the president to really emphasize one of the core messages of his campaign, which is unity. and also, jose, i have to say, having seen your coverage here, you know, ellison and gabe, our crews doing such an incredible work try to translate this devastation to everybody watching at home. i, myself, seeing it for the first time, it really does take your breath away. and that's an experience that the president will have himself. white house officials have often talked about how he is a very tactile politician. that as much as the briefings he's been getting from his team in washington will help him understand the needs of these communities, nothing compares to actually being on the ground and seeing it in person. and jose, we're also going to hear the president talk about, when he delivers remarks here in dawson springs, the role

are asking for further tips related to accused school shooter ethan crumbley, his parnls jennifer and james crumbley, and anyone who may have helped them hide out in detroit where they were arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges in the wee hours of yesterday morning. >> we believe they were assisted in that location to get there, to get in. and we're gathering that information. and we're going to have the totality of that done fairly soon. and present that to our prosecutor for potential charges for either aiding and abetting or obstruction of justice. >> new reaction from tim thorn, school superintendent at oxford in response to karen mcdonald, the oakland county prosecutor's remarks that school officials are under investigation and may face charges. ethan crumbley was allowed to get back to the classroom after teachers raised an alarm and asked his parents to remove him from school the morning of the shooting. thorn released a statement saying he's launching his own third-party investigation into any and all interaction ethan crumbley had with staff and students. he added that at no

i feel like we should just do what they did, you know, with james brown, and tour betty white around every wonderful place so people could pay homage to her. have her lie -- can we have her lie in state? i don't know the rules of washington but i feel like she should be lying in state so we could say good-bye to her. >> she's too good for that. don't drag her into politics. >> he is too good for that you are right. >> let's have her lying somewhere more appropriate for her amazingness than in state. i am kidding. >> i can't imagine a place that deserves her. >> the walk of fame doesn't really fit. i am trying to think. i think we are going to have to build our own spectacular monument where she can exist in her exceptionalism that's beyond what we can -- >> that's correct. >> -- beyond what we currently have. we need to sneak in another break. stick with us, we are celebrating the life of betty white, dead today, at the age of 99. t the age of 99 ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their

that comes less than a week after the post reported new york attorney general letitia james has requested trump himself give a deposition on january 7th as part of a civil fraud investigation. between all that and the revelations his friends on fox and his own son were texting his chief of staff behind his back, it's been not a great week for mr. trump. it's only tuesday. unlimited cashback match... only from discover. new vicks vapostick. strong soothing vapors... help comfort your loved ones. for chest, neck, and back. it goes on clear. no mess just soothing comfort. try new vicks vapostick. if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out (soft music) hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer service rep is working unseen, making it happen. and at gen

♪“i got you babe” by etta james♪ ♪ get groceries, gifts, & more fast and easy. so last minute guests are the only thing you'll be waiting on. ♪ joy. fully. ♪ >>> democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after west virginia senator joe manchin's very public announcement yesterday that he will not, we receipt, not, vote for joe biden's sweeping $1.7 trillion social and climate spending bill, aka build back better. democrats are now trying to determine if that bill can be salvages in a smaller form or if manchin's announcement is fatal to the centerpiece of the administration's domestic agenda. in an unusually harsh and personal statement yesterday in which nbc news learned the president himself approved the white house said quote if manchin's comments on fox and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal of his position and a breach of his positions to the president and members of the house and senate. schumer vows to take the vote to the floor in january despite manchin saying he's against it. today j

first statute, james crumbly completed atf form 3509-a. ethan crumbly's social media post revealed photos of the semiautomatic handgun, with the caption, just got my new beauty today including an emoji heart, sig sauer. subsequent to the purchase of that weapon, one of jennifer crumbly's social media posts on about 11/27/21, mom and son day testing out his new christmas present, end quote. on november 21st, 2021, a teacher observed him researching ammunition in class. jennifer crumbly was contacted via voice mail by school personnel regarding the son's inappropriate internet search. school personnel indicate they followed that voice mail up with an email, but received no response from either parent. therefore, jennifer crumbly exchanged text messages about the incident with her son on that day, stating, quote, lol, i'm not mad at you, you have to learn not to get caught, unquote. on november 30th, 21, the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan crumbly's teacher came upon a note on ethan's desk, which alarmed her, to the point that sh

james baldwin. i would recommend every american read that book to grapple with the powerful articulation of the politics of grief that have besieged black people, the traumas we have endured, but the overcoming power of love to remake american society. without black forgiveness, america wouldn't be what it is today. >> ooh. that is for damn sure. real quickly, professor dyson, what role does washington have to play, lawmakers up the street here, have to play in this conversation that we're having? >> well, it is extremely important. first of all, the bitter bickering, the futile feuding, and the nastiness and the resistance to trying to engage the other. now, i'm not pretending one side is not more responsible than the other for what we see now. the malaise we are confronting is mostly all made up of those on the right who refuse to examine themselves through self-reflection and decency and humility. what the politicians need to do is practice some of the religious discourse they are constantly pipi

james and jennifer crumbley pled not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to last tuesday's shooting. authorities are also looking into how school officials handled 15-year-old ethan crumbley's behavior before the shooting. they say a teacher raised the issue that he appeared to have been searching for ammunition on his cell phone a day before the attack. nbc's alison barber is in pontiac, michigan with the latest. i'm also joined by co-host of "money court". she's also an msnbc legal analyst. alison, we'll start with you on the ground in michigan. we should point out the artist has not been charged with a crime. what more can you tell us about him and where the rest of the case stands this morning? >> reporter: craig, this weekend started with a man hunt here in oaklan county. it ended or part of the story ended about 1:30 a.m. saturday at a warehouse in detroit. that is where police say they found the couple of the accused, the parents of the accused shooter ethan crumbley in a warehouse that is owned by, used by an artist by the name of andre sakora. so

new york attorney general letitia james wants to question the former president under oath next month in a long-running fraud investigation into the trump family real estate business. the civil investigation is focusing on whether the trump organization routinely lied about the value of its properties, trying to lower its taxes or access loans. trump's attorney said he's still awaiting the subpoena but called the deposition scheduled for january 7th a witch hunt and purely political. the decision comes as the former president loses an appeal to block white house records from being handed over to the january 6th house committee. while his allies and former aides face their own legal challenges for stonewalling that panel. we're going to get to all of that now with msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. always good to have you here so let's begin with this new york civil investigation into the trump organization. explain to us what information the attorney general wants to get from donald trump, and is there any way trump can get out of testifying? >> well, ordina

>> reporter: both james and jennifer crumbley appeared in person for today's hearing. it was supposed to be an initial hearing ahead of when a trial date would be set, but they actually pushed the preliminary exam until the new year, because as the prosecution puts it, as they're working to place blame on the two parents saying they know their son was dangerous, providing a weapon to him, that they have already submitted 500 pages of discovery to the court, and they said that's nearly just a third of what they ultimately will have when it comes to witness interviews, securing video, other evidence that the detective and the sheriff's office is collecting right now. that's a lot of video and witness interviews to go through, they say, and they're also noting that the funerals for the victims have just wrapped up this week, and they don't want to put the victims' families through this during the holiday. the next hearing for the crumbley parents won't be until february 8th in the new year. ethan crumbley, the school shooter, also had his hearing yesterday and his next he

. >> letecia james does not contain fetal cells. hek-293 cells are grown in the laboratory and thousands of generations removed from cells collected from a fetus in 1973 were used in the testing during the research and development phase of the pfizer and moderna vaccines. she added the use of fetal cell lines for testing is common including for rubella vaccines, wait, there is more, dr. patel, let's backup a little bit because this is pretty deep. if you first could explain the reasoning behind judge gorsuch's dissent. >> well, it's hard to giver you some of the medical reasons without firstover laying the justice himself accused the governor of new york and citing god wants people to get vaccinated, something that the popes and bishops and number of leaders around world have echoed saying that's antireligious and invoked the medical basis for these vaccines which by the way also has been kind of wrongly portrayed in the justice's dissent is based in false liberal religion. two doctors cited of compelling example of pregnant physici

they said actually james earl ray -- moment of madness. he didn't do it and said they cooked up the scheme by which they would blame the assassination of martin luther king on a mysterious man named raul. who is raul? there is no role. they made up that much about him, but they never got much further with it than that. >> james earl ray is in solitary at -- mountain prison in tennessee. the last of the five men who broke out with him last friday night was caught this morning. today wray's lawyer was on hand, so was eric returns to report what the lawyers had to say about his client. this is jack or shaw, he's james earl ray's attorney and he talked to ray this morning, he told reporters that wray is okay physically, exhausted mentally, and sorry he tried to escape. he said there was no conspiracy to help reyes cape. >> i think we can discount the outside help. with any -- i hope there did be -- >> did he plan escape? >> no. >> who did? >> don't know. >> wray refused to talk to these investigators for the house and assassinations committee

back with us, tonight, is an old friend james carville. veteran democratic strategist who wrote national fame with the clinton presidential campaign. he is now the cohost of the politics war room podcast, james it's good to see. at another time we will talk about her issues. but that did to notre dame. what a story. anyway, back to politics. is this better that the party is getting more aggressive? as you and i have discussed, the toughest ads on behalf of the democrats have all been made by laps republicans. >> matt gaetz, will probably be in a penitentiary by the time the election comes around. he's up to two amass a federal investigation. about having sex with an underage female. where he goes there's a good chance he will be. they have to hit hard, but anytime that jim jordan opens's mouth it should go under the well of the house and read all of the ohio state athletes who said he knew that there would be molested by the coach. when lauren boebert, opens her mouth, someone should go to the well and read a story out of the north posts w

we're expecting to see james and jennifer crumbbley's first court appearance in two hours, we got these new booking photos within the last hour. earlier this morning detroit police laid out how they were able to find the couple. >> we got a tip that they were here, that possibly the fugitives were at this location. the vehicle was spotted. our officers responded in a matter of minutes. when they got here they set up a perimeter and did surveillance and we notified and activated our special response team. they came out and they were able to take the fugitives into custody. >> just hours before they were caught the u.s. mar shls released wanted posters and announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to their arrest. james and jennifer are the parents of 15-year-old ethan crumbbley accused of killing four students and injuring several others in a school shooting tuesday. the prosecutor announced the parents will face involuntary manslaughter charges in this case, and they laid out the timeline. leading up to the horrific violence. >> the morning of the shooting, the next day, ethan

any question as it relates to bond for james crumbley? >> your honor, we have no questions. you but i want to state on the record, i was not able to watch the entire press release and what the -- i had no idea there was a 4:00 arraignment, ms. layman didn't know either. the media had so many reports of random times quite frankly we didn't believe those -- >> we're not going to get into -- >> i wanted to apologize to the court because we weren't aware. we faxed over appearances and no one told us we're going to do this at 4:00. we sent appearances late in the day. i apologize to the court because we don't miss dates. so thank you. >> thank you. finally as it relates to bond, the -- in the event that the defendants do post bond i am requiring that they turn over any and all weapons to the oakland county sheriff's office. that must occur. within -- realistically, i'm not sure what they have in their possession or where they're going to be released to if they post bond but i'm going to require they turn over all weapons upon release from the oakland county jail. any other questi

james and jennifer crumbley, the parents of the suspected shooter ethan crumbley, you see them in the top left on your screen, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in this virtual court appearance. investigators in detroit are also looking into someone who may have helped them allegedly hide from polic in this downtown detroit warehouse. the decision on filing charges will ultimately be up to the prosecutor. the superintendent of the school district where the shooting happened is reacting to the prosecutor's comments about their alleged missed opportunities to prevent the shooting. in a letter, that superintendent saying, quote, i've asked for a third party investigation to be conducted so we leave no stone unturned, including any and all interaction the student had with staff and students. >>> and new overnight, more tributes to the victims. last night, at the big 10 conference championship game, the university of michigan wore patches with four hearts representing the victims. you can see the patch right here in this picture. it also included the number 42, which was the f

i want to send you a tape of howard stern interviewing james brown in the studio. >> oh, my god. electric. >> you need to -- one of the rare times i saw james brown really get -- well, you need to watch the interview. to have james brown and howard stern in one interview, only god could make that -- >> only god could get you through that one. >> that's a lot. peter baker, thank you for being on. >> what are you working on other than your howard stern interview? >> if you listen to howard stern's interviews with donald trump, we're working on the book on donald trump, you learn everything you needed to know about what the presidency was going to be like. actually, you're right about howard. early on, he gave us what we needed to know. not everybody listened. >> peter baker, thank you. jonathan lemire, thank you. >> jonathan, what are you working on today? >> we'll be following the president. he is heading to kentucky, of course, to console those impacted by those terrible tornadoes. and we will, indeed, keep watching capitol hill for any progress on the build back better agenda. a

. >> well, yesterday, as we all know, attorney general letitia james announced that she was withdrawing from the governor's race and going to seek re-election to be attorney general of new york. i had already always said at the beginning that if she were to run for governor, i would be -- that would be the only condition in which i would run for attorney general, and i think that tish james has done a very nice and fine and important and really productive job as attorney general in new york, rising up to some of these challenges around the country that trump brought on us, and i am not -- i have no interest in challenging her or battling with her, because i think she is taking the state in the right direction. i will say that, you know, as a fledgling, newbie, politician, so to speak, somewhat of an accidental politician, i was really moved by the reaction that i got and the three weeks of my campaign. the ground swell of support was really meaningful and nice and what was nice about it is obviously, as i told you on your show, nicole, i got in this because i wanted to get back in the a

i feel like we should just do what they did, you know, with james brown, just tour betty white around every wonderful place, so that people could pay homage to her. can we have her lie in state? i feel like she should be lying in state so we could just say good-bye to her. >> she's just too good for that. don't drag her into politics. you are right, katy. >> maybe somewhere more appropriate for -- obviously i'm joking. >> i can't even imagine a place that deserves her. >> i don't know. a walk of fame doesn't really fit. i'm trying to think. we're going to have to build our own spectacular monument where she can exist in her exceptionalism that's beyond what we currently have. >> liz, i'm going to ask you to stick around. we do want to sneak in another quick break. stay with us, everyone. we are celebrating is the life of betty white, dead today at the age of 99. etty white, dead the age of 99. in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients to support immune health. nicor

when michigan state police detective james carbon arrived on the scene, he knew he was in for a long night. >> we don't have a lot of homicides that happen in and around branch county. because of her position as a school teacher, just for the number of people that knew her, that put it in a much more serious type investigation. >> detective carbon and his team of state troopers scoured the crime scene, taking pictures and seizing evidence of what appeared to be a home burglary gone wrong. the first clue? the broken glass coming from the kitchen door window. >> it appeared that a beer bottle was used to break that particular window. >> according to tom, jewelry and credit cards were missing. the family desk had also been disturbed and financial documents inside were gone. and then there was the medicine cabinet. >> looked like somebody had gone in and basically scooped a shelf off the medicine cabinet and its contents. >> like maybe they were looking for prescription drugs? >> potentially. >> but to detective carbon, the items missing weren't nearly as telling as what was left behind.

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>> reporter: so, stephanie, today is the probable cause hearing for james and jennifer crumbley, the parents of the accused shooter. and basically what's going to happen here is the court hears testimony. it's a preview, essentially, of what we might see at trial and nicole will decide when and if this case will go to trial. a reminder, authorities are working to place blame with the parents, right? the oakland county prosecutor saying that the parents had every reason to believe that their son was dangerous, giving him access to a weapon, and failing to secure it. that's something that we might see be brought up in court today. and this, obviously, follows the manhunt that we saw when the parents were hiding just north of detroit, about two weeks ago. and so right now, they are facing four charges of involuntary manslaughter, connected to those four teenagers that did pass away, in addition to the injuries that you just mentioned. but because of that investigation of whether they had helped hiding from authorities, they might get more charges added. now, in terms of what to expect,

of the woods just by pleading the fifth onnen this other subpoena that landed yesterday, a man named james phil waldron, a retired army colonel, who contributed to a powerpoint that the chairman, bennie thompson of the committee has called an lawmakering blueprint for overturning a nationwide election, waldron said he had spoke to mark meadows around that time, he had visited the white house somewhere between eight and ten times and that presentation was used to brief republican members of congress. he has been told to provide documents and he's opinion given a date of january 17th to show up for a deposition. this is, of course, squarely within a committee's parameters for investigations in terms of figuring out all of the events that led to that violent attack on this capitol, stephanie. >> glenn, trump keeps right to block the committee from seeing any white house documents related to him on that day. he keeps losing in court. it may make its way to the supreme court. is there any way, "a," to speed that up, and "b," what documents are we talking about? trump is known for never using em

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go to autismspeaks.org >>> liftoff from a tropical rain forest to the edge of time itself, james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. >> ho-hum, just the world's largest and most powerful telescope ever built sent up to space 30 years in development and that brilliant piece of technology is, as we speak, on its way to orbit the sun. we're able to observe the earliest days of our universe. pretty cool, huh? that monumental achievement, that was just this week, just a fraction, a sliver of all the scientific advancements and achievements made this year alone. of course, sadly obvious, is the context of the moment in which we're having this conversation, a misguided distrust of the scientific community as the astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson observes, quote, nobody writes stories about not dying by not contracting covid-19 so it's time to praise the researchers who developed vaccines in record time. if heroes save lives, then they are super heroes who have saved the lives of millions because of science. joining us now is neil degrasse tyson, astrophysicist and direct

if james did test positive he could be out for as many as ten days. los angeles to the los angeles times, james told anthony davis he was asimple mat pick. >>> turning now to the college court in ohio, where duke ranked over the top team likely short lived. the blue devils faded in a 71-66 loss as they're held scoreless in the final 4:30 with the unranked buckeyes. speaking of ohio state, michigan their first victory over that ohio team in a decade sent the wolverines on the path for the first ever college football playoff. michigan moves up three spots to number two in the latest rankings while ohio state drops five slots to number seven. beating georgia of course remains number one for the fifth consecutive week and alabama stays at number three at a wild quadruple win over auburn. cincinnati, still at four. oklahoma state moves up two spots to number five after beating their rival, oklahoma. notre dame, well, they're number six after the coach brian kelly depart for lsu. each of the top five teams play on saturday on conference title games. that wi

as a result, james and jennifer crumbley were summon tods the school. both james and jennifer failed to ask their son if he had his gun with him or where his gun was located. james and jennifer left the high school without their son. he was returned to the classroom. when the news of the active shooter had opinion made public, jennifer crumbley texted to her son at 1:22 p.m., quote, ethan, don't do it. end quote. at 1:37 p.m., james crumblerks y called 911 reporting that a gun was missing from his house and he believed his son may be shooter. >> so, if you caught all that, the parents were warned that their son was demonstrating concerning behavior. the most concerning imaginable, including the second time the morning of the shooting with the drawing with the bullet and plood that said help me and they were called into the school. they didn't act and no one else did either. they didn't inquire as to whether the son brought the semiautomatic handgun they purchased be these are the facts as the prosecutor laid them out. the couple are being charged with f

we also heard from congressman james comer. the national guard, talking about the 300 soldiers and airmen on the ground assisting throughout the state of kentucky. we also heard from the mayor of mayfield. it's her community that was the hardest hit walking around the community knowing the folks, the lives that have been lost. many of the reporters there trying to drill down on the number of fatalities that we're seeing throughout the state of kentucky. seems as if the governor doesn't have an exact number especially at that candle facility in which it seems like there were a lot of lives lost. still trying to account for some people that are missing. so we're going to try to get those numbers up for you. but best case scenario, the governor telling us in the state of kentucky, 50 lives lost but he believes it's going to be a heck of a lot more. i believe we have sound from the governor back now. let's take a listen in. >> -- staging grounds. it's a special place that is just as important in the midst of this. i know in these c

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we're following breaking news out of michigan where just hours ago james and jennifer crumbley, the parents of the suspect in the michigan high school shooting, were arraigned in court on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. both pled not guilty to all charges as a judge set their bonds at $500,000 each. >> these charges are very, very serious. there's no question about that. there is a -- there's court does have some concern about the flight risk along with the public safety given the circumstances that occurred yesterday and the fact that the defendants did have to be apprehended. >> james and jennifer crumbley were arrested early this morning in detroit following an hours' long manhunt prompting new reaction from the prosecution and denial from the defense. >> instead, they fled, and they sought multiple attempts to hide their location and were eventually tracked down after they parked their car somewhere, a witness saw it, and the entire fugitive apprehension team with multiple other law enforcement agencies went into a vacant building and searched it from top to bottom, and these t

james and jennifer crumbley were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier today, but failed to show up for an arraignment. at this hour, they are still at large and considered fugitives unless they are found or turn themselves in. four students were killed in that shooting. several wounded. with that, our starting line for a friday night. jonathan lemire, veteran white house reporter, host of the 5:00 a.m. broadcast on this network. he is also politico's white house bureau chief. susan page, seasoned journalist and author and washington bureau chief for "usa today" and cynthia alksne, former federal prosecutor. good evening and welcome. susan, first question to you. what will this new phase of the pandemic do to the best laid plans of the biden presidency, their domestic agenda? >> of course, joe biden was elected with a promise, with a job one of bringing the pandemic under control, and i think there was a brief shining moment earlier this year when we thought that was around the corner. that's not the case. omicron is an unwelcome reminder that the pandemic is here, it's here to s

a rocket carrying the james webb space telescope lifted off from south america this morning and scientists say it will usher in a new era of astronomy by searching for some of the oldest stars and galaxies. >>> it has been one year since a bomb rattled nashville's historic 2nd avenue, injuring eight people and leaving dozens homeless. recovery has been slow due in part of the pandemic but many survivors, including our next guest, say the city has never been more resilient. with me now is noel rasmussen, who survived the attack with her husband and kids. merry christmas, thanks for being with us. >> yeah, merry christmas to you too. >> how have you guys been since the attack on christmas day last year? >> yeah, it's probably been the hardest year we've had. there have been just a lot of challenges and complex issues to solve, but yeah, we've really pulled together. we've pulled together as a family, and we've pulled together as our friends and our community and our neighbors. it's something that we couldn't do alone, definitely, and so we're still in the process of rebuilding, but it is --

joining me republican james comer of kentucky and he represents western kentucky which include henderson, hopkins, paducah. good morning. i'm sorry about the circumstances under which we have to speak, but your areas that are hit places like paducah where the emergency response is coming from and the hospital rooms are being used because of what happened overnight. >> yeah. it's bad in western kentucky. mayfield, kentucky is probably the worst, but there are plenty ever areas that were defer stated and we are getting reports of loss of life from at least three different counties thus far and it is just amazing to see the work that the first responders have been doing all night from the middle of the night until this present time as we speak. they're continuing to pull bodies out and we're having success stories of people that have been trapped all night that are being pulled out safely is just a terrible thing to witness, but it's really amazing to see these rural communities come together and that's what's happening rate now. >> we will hear from the governor at 11:00 a.m. eastern and w

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who is running far ahead of letitia james and other potential candidates for governor. and letitia james decided not to run for governor, kathy hochul has no serious competition. this is in the next year's election. she will remain the governor of new york. joining us now, paul butler, law professor of georgetown university, and a former federal prosecutor. he's an msnbc analyst. and we -- author of the big cheat, and enriched himself and his family. professor butler, let's begin with the legal process that letitia james is running in this civil case. she has the power to subpoena donald trump, he doesn't have any legal grounds for resisting that subpoena, he will try to drag it out, obviously he'll play some kind of game. but what do you anticipate in what kind of delay game donald trump can play in going under oath for attorney general james? >> what lawrence, both the attorney general and district attorney investigation are focused on whether the trump organization committed fraud. but each investigator, the new york we da have a different set of power. and in crimin

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all right, well, james and jennifer crumbley both pleading not guilty to all four counts of involuntary manslaughter. the two were arrested after an overnight manhunt. they were found hiding in a commercial building after hours of searching. lawyers for the crumbleys defending that move. >> last night and throughout the day we were in contact with our clients. they were scared. they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do, getting finances in order. >> their son, 15-year-old ethan crumbley is accused of killing four students and injuring several others in a school shooting on tuesday. a tragedy the oakland county prosecutor this morning says his parents could have prevented. >> this is a very serious, horrible terrible murder and shooting, and it has affected the entire community, and these two individuals could have stopped it, and they had every reason to know that he was dangerous, and they gave him a weapon, and they didn't secure it, and they allowed him free access to it. >> thousands of members in that community gathering last night for a vigil to

my lucky -- hello baker, joan robinson, james baldwin. they have all been involved with the vote on the situation passing the baton from one way to another. it is our ultimate irresponsibility to engage in the enlightenment and education of those around us. >> you know the thousands of people from all corners of america who marched after george floyd was killed, walk and they do now? what is the role of the collective in restored of justice. >> that is a great. point i think they have to do is stigwood normative. if the eyes can't seem to break, it doesn't know the know some more stuff! breathe, jonathan doug parker, breathe! -- oh read people who can inform. you james baldwin who fired -- i would recommend everyone can to read that book to pile grapple with powerful ejaculate sum of politics of grief, and the speech of white people, the traumas we've endured. but the overcoming power of love to remake american society. without black forgiveness, america wouldn't be what it is today. >> that is for damn sure. we are quickly, professor dys

the nba basically saying, yes, we embrace this, lebron james lead the name, these big marquis players willing to put themselves out there and the nba embracing it in the way the nfl hasn't. what's been the difference in the approach of some of these pro sports leagues? >> i think in the national basketball association you just said the two keyboards and that's lebron james. when you have the best player in the world say i want to be a political athlete, lebron james said i want to be a global icon like muhammad ali. lebron james was strongly, strongly affected, like the people i interviewed in my book, by the 2012 killing of trayvon martin. lebron james decided that he was going to bend the nba to being more accepting of political athletes and he became like a force field for other athletes who wanted to be political because how can you punish the last guy on the bench if you are going to celebrate lebron james being political. the nfl it's much tougher. the franchise owners are very, very conservative bunch and the contracts are not guaranteed, the average career only lasts three yea

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james whitfield and his family. >> i would be lying if i told you it didn't pain me to not be with the students that i typically get to serve each day. >> reporter: normally he'd be up by 6:00 a.m. in a suit, ready to lead a school of about 2,000 kids, but since late august he's been suspended from his job as the first black principal of texas' majority white colleyville heritage high school in the wake of accusations he was pushing critical race theory or crt on students. >> it has been difficult to be detached from really my purpose. they see that. they see the pain, even though i try to mask it. but that's all i've ever wanted to do, is be an educator and serve kids. >> reporter: he's become one of the most prominent casualties in a national war over race, history, around and diversity. >> psychologically what's that like? >> yeah. i go from different extremes. there's the part of me that goes, as any human, why me? why is this -- i didn't sign up for this. >> reporter: texas is one of eight states with new broad laws banning the teaching of critical race theory, a decades' old grad

. >>> we're learning more about the movements of jennifer and james crumbley, the parents of the alleged michigan school shooter before they were taken into custody by police. yesterday, the crumbleys pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter for providing their 15-year-old son with the gun that he used to kill four students at his high school. prosecutors pushed for a high bond of $500,000 each and marked them as flight risks after they apparently tried to dodge law enforcement and didn't show up for their arraignments. their son, ethan crumbley, is being charged as an adult for murder and terrorism, for which he pleaded not guilty on wednesday. joining me now live from michigan is megan fitzgerald. megan, what have we learned this morning? >> reporter: well, ali, we know that another person is under investigation. the sheriff's department saying they are looking into the person who allowed jennifer and james crumbley into that warehouse, where they were discovered hiding according to police in detroit. the attorney for the couple saying that they weren't hiding, the