parents can be held criminally liable for their child s violent crimes. the lead starts right now. closing arguments are underway at this moment in the case of the michigan school shooters mother. will the jurors convict after prosecutors argued she was a negligent parent before that massacre. plus, major breaking news in donald trump s 2020 election interference trial. why a judge has now canceled the start date that was just a month away. speaking of the former president s many legal issues, what led him to throw papers across a table and storm out during a deposition? conservative lawyer, george conway, is here to tell us all about it. welcome to the lead. today we start with our law and justice lead at the historic trial for the parent of a mass shooter that killed four classmates in 2021. right now closing arguments are in the way in the jennifer crumley s trial and she faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter. earlier today she faced an aggressive cross-exami
to the government s case as well as reveal the identity and compromise the safety of some witnesses. let s go to mark meredith. he s outside the courthouse in west palm beach. hi, mark. good afternoon. quite an afternoon here as you mentioned. we just got done with this hearing in which the judge said that he would possibly leave some portions of this affidavit redacted. however, he s going to give the gift a week here to figure out what needs to remain private and what could be allowed to be released to the media citing the intense public interest in this case. today s hearing was about various news outlets that have been pushing the judge for more transparency. two lawyers said this is an investigation in the early stages in to the former president and they re worried in too much information is released here that it s the witnesses that are already cooperating with the government that could be put at risk and this of course continues to be an ongoing national security inv
morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed their li
excitement actually at that point on both sides because people have anticipated this for so long. some people were itching for a fight. they think war is a glorious thing and let s go and do it. but in the spring lincoln s overeager young friend from springfield, elmer ellsworth, a short but very dashing commander of a drill team, would go with the lincoln boys to the roof of the white house and look out with a telescope. and over the river they saw a confederate flag flying from the top of a hotel. and ellsworth, for one, was offended. ellsworth led a band across the river to tear down the confederate flag. as he was walking down the stairs, the owner of the inn took his shotgun and shot him in the chest. he fell down the last few steps, clutching and wrapped in this increasingly blood-soaked flag. lincoln loved this young man, so the war came home really fast for lincoln. with the first cannon fired at ft. sumter in april 1861, the country is thrust into civil war
point on both sides because people have anticipated this for so long. some people were itching for a fight. they think war is a glorious thing and let s go and do it. but in the spring, lincoln s overeager young friend from springfield, elmer ellsworth, a short but very dashing commander of a drill team would go with the lincoln boys to the roof of the white house and look out with a telescope. and over the river they saw a confederate flag flying from the top of a hotel. and ellsworth, for one, was offended. ellsworth led a band across the river to tear down the confederate flag. as he was walking down the stairs, the owner of the inn took his shotgun and shot him in the chest. he fell down the last few steps, clutching and wrapped in this increasingly block-soaked flag. lincoln loved this young man so the war came home really fast for lincoln. with the first cannon fired at ft. sumter in april 1861, the country thrust into civil war. and the fate of the united sta