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♪ rachel: good morning, everybody from daytona international speedway and that is the apopca high school blue darter band performing live here at the speedway ahead of daytona 500 here on fox. good morning, will. good morning, pete. pete: good morning, rachel. im pumped. its finally warming up here at the track. if youre a high school band, what a better backdrop than the daytona 500 and the international speedway, the big race is tomorrow at 2:30 and we get a chance to cover it all ...

here in the uk, this advert posted to the labour partys official twitter account is receiving cross—party criticism. it suggests the prime minister doesnt believe adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison. so far the labour party have stood by the ad. with me is our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. david just tell us a bit more about this controversy.— this controversy. obviously, local elections coming _ this controversy. obviously, local...

and a little ice cream wit senator turned presidentia nominee turned secretary o state john kerry i talked to one of my othe former boss is about the threa of climate change and the work hes doing to fight it many of us across the countr breathed a big sigh of relie on friday when the supreme court announced that the mos widely used abortion pill will remain available while an appeal moves forward. its welcome news, but, let be clear, the abortion pill is still in jeopardy, and the pol...

are for open to banning assault weapons. theyll hammer that message. >> alexi, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this thursday morning. jack-packed "morning joe" starts right now. one of the constants over the years is baseball. america has rolled by like an army of steamrollers, built like a blackboard, erased and erased again. but baseball has marked the time. this field, this game, its a part of our p...

distract >> totally on brand for th republican party it is great to see you m friend, enjoy the rest of your evening off. welcome to ayman tonight going on offense by handing d alvin bragg whos jim jordan accusing him of interferin with his investigation plus, taking apart his frivolous lawsuit agains trumps -- reproductive rights of the conservative supreme court once, again the outrageous ant abortion law just signed by ro desantis in florida. also, the tennessee three ar back in act...

thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. were grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the co...

week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. well be live in windsor shortly �...

control back to the top of americas minds. yesterday, gop members wer actually in nashville tennesse for a private donor retrea with the future of the party was a central topic. trump gave the keynote speec there last night according to a copy of his remarks, - former president declared that older republican is gone and i its never coming back trump defined that old republican party as a part known for starting wars, cutting social security an medicare, are offering amnesty to undocume...

ali velshi were following our top stor this morning in a new post for truth social former president donald trum is claiming that leaves from the manhattan district attorneys office indicate tha he will be arrested on tuesday he is calling for hi supporters to protest and quote, take our nation back to be clear, right now, this i just a claim being made by the former president the manhattan das office ha declined to comment, and there has been no other indication w know of at this hour ...

also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trumps campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence odonnell,...