very interesting way. bill: during the trump years this was quite common. make a phone call, take you down there, see what you wanted to see. a very different story in the first two months of this administration. dana: as the feds restrict media access rob portman let fox news tour the border with him. griff jenkins joined him last night and has been delivering incredible reporting from the border for weeks. let s take a look. the residents here in at least the rio grande valley sector of texas where we are say they ve never seen anything like it. the rio grande river is where we re seeing an unbelievable number of migrants coming across this sector here in el paso is on fire as well. hasn t heard the u.s. president now is not the time to come. i listen to the news that they were letting people in. does it frustrate you that the new administration does not call this a crisis? yes, sir, it does. when you see a father with a 4-month-old baby riding on his chest, a
office. and in the midst of all of this, president biden will meet with stacey abrams, the woman widely credited helping flip the state of georgia and hand democrats control of the house. it comes at a critical time for voting rights in the peach state. sweeping new voting restrictions could be voted on as soon as monday. more on all of that coming up but first i want to bring in my colleague kelly o donnell at the white house and blayne alexander in atlanta. kelly, this trip has taken a whole different meeting since the shooting. what is the focus going to be? there are definitely dimensions to this day. it s the first time the president and vice president are traveling together. given the tragedy that unfolded in atlanta and wider reaction, especially in the u.s. asian american community, the white house decided to add a component to speak to those issues and the president and vice president will have a private leader with the leaders of the asian community and be makin
the courthouse. three big decisions just came down from the judge, what are they and how do they affect the trial? these are major decisions. the judge in this trial ruled that he was going to deny a motion from chauvin s attorney to delay the trial. the defense complained about the pretrial publicity and asked the judge to for this relief bill. they say it will just not be able to be avoided. and two he says he doesn t believe anywhere in the state of minnesota that the tension of this has not reached. the impact has been too wide spread. this involves an arrest, a prior arrest of george floyd. a year before he died. that involves evidence to be admitted in that. the judge did partially rule with the defense to admit some evidence and some democrat. he says the fact pattern where he is approached in a similar matter, accused of ingesting drugs. he says some of that is. that is the day he died and that is what is leading up to the trooifl they are trying to get to get it de
to sell the american rescue plan to the american public. see, willie, he s still got it. he can sing! he s still got it. he s you know, mind s working great there. that s a great cover of johnny cash. i would like to see some of his others, maybe. maybe go all the way toward the end of johnny s career. do the full catalog. i like it a lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, march 18th. let s get straight to the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at the three spas in atlanta has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another, and one person inside a third. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida to possibly carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims were asian women, leading to speculation that the spree may have been part of a rise in anti-asian hate since the coronavirus p
more charges, including possibly hate crimes. we are watching that we are also watching on the hill senators getting their chance to question dr. fauci and other top health officials who are warning of another potential spike in covid cases. it really is going to be a race between the vaccine and the potential new reporting from the white house, president bind could meet his goal of 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days as soon as today. plus, we are live on the border with details about a dispute with mexico, when it comes to dealing with the surge there, we will hear from house speaker nancy pelosi as well as latino lawmakers in about 30 minutes or so ahead of some key votes today on immigration reform. we will have an exclusive interview right here, my virtual sitdown with top women on the white house, with news on the relief law, how to make sure moms aren t left behind and what to do about the senate filibuster. kate, be clear, how far is the president willin