when bentley had to resign, today kay ivey said, no.ot going to have a special election for this senate seat in 2018. we're going to move that up and have it this year instead. the primary happens in august. the election will be in december, which is, frankly, great news for a small "d" democracy in alabama and for alabama voters who would like to weigh in on this. it's also bad news for senator luther strange who has to defend that seat a lot sooner than he otherwise would have to. in the great words of john archibald, quote, governor kay ivey takes a chainsaw to luther strange. now what? joining us now is john archibald, columnist for the "birmingham news." nice to see you. >> thank you, rachel. >> luther strange gets to run as the incumbent senator no matter when this special election happens. now that special election will be a lot sooner than it was otherwise going to be. how significant is this shift today? >> it's huge. it's very hard to imin is state right now that luther strange survives that. that incumncy is goi to be like an

when bentley had to resign, today kay ivey said, no.we're not going to have a special election for this senate seat in 2018. we're going to move that up and have it this year instead. the primary happens in august. the election will be in december, which is, frankly, >> i mentioned, john, that there was a state lawmaker who says that he spoke with the governor around the time the governor made this appointment. according to the state lawmaker, the way the governor explained it was that the governor said luther strange is corrupt. and i essentially appointed him to the united states senate in order to get him out of alabama. in order to get him out of state politics because we can't endure his corruption here anymore. that's been one of the strangest side bars to this story looking at it from a national perspective, from an outside perspective looking in. what do you make of that whole line? >> honestly, i disbelief it. i think governor bentley has done very stupid things, and i think luther strange has done the same, but it's hard for m

republican kay ivey was the state's lieutenant governor, but she now takes over for robert bentley, whoigned yesterday. bentley pleaded guilty to misdemeanor campaign violations which came to light during the investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide. just days ago, bentley said he would not resign because he had done nothing wrong. >>> it turns out a pair of deadly weekend explosions will not keep pope francis from going to egypt. a vatican official says the pope will travel to egypt as planned for a two-day visit starting april 28th. isis has claimed responsibility for the palm sunday blast that left 44 people dead. both targeting coptic christian churches. >>> still ahead, general motors is no longer the country's top american automaker. wait till you hear who has taken over. >>> plus, this -- >> did you guys see that? >> yeah, we saw it, but what was it? it was the strangest sight in southern california overnight. we'll tell you what was seen streaking across the sky. >>> and a man caught on camera in the path of a deer clearly in a hurry. we'll explain. >>> overnight poli

that would be kay ivey who was sworn in monday evening.e first priorities of governor are to steady the ship of state and improve alabama's image. >> today is both a dark day in alabama, but yet also it's one of opportunity. >> as part of a plea agreement, former governor bentley must paid $2,000 in fines and court costs and surrender all campaign funds to the state. an estimated $37,000. the court will require bentley who is a doctor to provide 100 hours of free medical service in the community and under this plea agreement bentley is banned from ever running again for public office in the state of alabama, jenna. >> jenna: thank you. >> jon: next hour, the white house press briefing following the president's meet with business executive. infrastructure spending on the agenda. we'll take a look at the president's trillion dollar promise. that's coming up in the next hour of "happening now." >> jon: how did you find it? back in the chair. >> jenna: it's just like riding a bike. >> jon: things are changing so much. we'll see you back here i

kay ivey was sworn in last night, making her the second female governor in the state's history. >>> the ceo of united airlines defends his team after video went viral showing her the officers dragging a passenger from a flight. [ screaming ] this happened over the weekend on a flight from chicago to kentucky. kpix5 has jackie ward with the airlines response. >>> united said it tried to make room for four employees of a partner airline and the passenger refused to be bumped, turning down an offer of vouchers and a hotel stay. a passenger argued that he was a doctor who needed to see patients in the morning and hit his head on the armrest as he was pulled off the airplane. beckett looked like he was knocked unconscious and they pulled him off the airplane. >> reporter: united airlines ceo issued a letter monday night saying staff had, quote, followed established procedures in calling the passenger quote to disruptive and belligerent and said there were lessons to learn from the experience. the passenger dragged from the airlines flight has been identified as a 69-year-old grandfather. jac

kay ivey was sworn in after the resignation of robert bentley. becomes the state's second female governor. that leaves recognition came after pleading guilty to two charges of violating state crime ca used resources to hide an extramarital affair. he may face indecency charges if he stayed in office. i'm kelly wright. >> it's easy to find a solution that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from syria in a way that the use of force would never accomplish. i think the president stated the u.s. of you, which is the use of chemical weapons is something we are not allowed to persist. and we did it but we manage to a copper cycle goal far more thoroughly than we could've five some limited strikes against chemical targets by getting the entirety of the declared stockpile of removed. >> sean: that was former obama administration security advisor susan rice claiming that syria got rid of their chemical weapons back in january because obama drew that redline in the sand. today, "the washington post" gave rice four nokias for that claim, a

ethics, and today, smile, the governor resigned and had his mug shot taken, as lieutenant governor kay ivey took the oath today. started to think there was something poetic about a governor cheating on his wife and then used state funds to cover it up, that resulted in a woman becoming the alabama governor for the second time in the state's history. we may not be able to write the end of this thing today. this may not be over. alabama reporter john archibald broke many aspects of the story today. he says that now there may be other shoes to drop. the head of the alabama law enforcement agency is implicated here. the utility company that was paying the alleged girlfriend's salary. they are implicated here. also, luther strange, who governor robert bentley appointed to a united states senate seat right in the middle of this whole event, there are questions that will need to be answered. now he may be all mixed up in this too. john archibald is the reporter who busted this story open in the first place, saying it may not be over just as the governor resigns today. john archibald joins us next.

. >> bentley there was referring to fellow republican kay ivey, who was sworn in as alabama's 54th governoronday evening. she described it as a dark day in alabama, but also one of opportunity and said her priorities were to steady the ship of state and improve alabama's image. shep? >> shepard: what happens to former governor bentley now? >> well, it appears that he's going to avoid any prison time. however, as part of a plea deal that he worked out with prosecutors, he will have to pay $2,000 in fines, plus court costs and surrender all campaign funds that he raised to the state. an estimated $37,000. bentley who also happens to be a doctor is going to be required to perform 100 hours of community services acting as a physician. under that plea agreement, bentley is also barred from running for public office again within the state of alabama. shep? >> jonathan serrie, thank you. president trump says he's willing to go it alone against north korea over a nuclear weapon. coming up, i'll speak with an analyst that said the best way to do that is to get help from china. plus, the defense secr

alabama's lieutenant governor, kay ivey, is expected to take over as governor. dailey, host of alabama public tv's "capitol journal" was at the governor's resignation. don dailey, thank you for being here. tell us what the governor is accused of. >> all these charges as you mentioned relate to his alleged inappropriate relationship with his former top political aide rebecca pacen. the legislature a year ago initiated impeachment articles against the government and hearings started today while, at the same time, officials were behind closed doors negotiating a resignation deal with governor bentley under which he would plead to lesser charges, thus the campaign finance charges that you talked about. >> woodruff: the governor denied this for the longest time. is that right? >> he has. he has denied any wrongdoing. he said that he and his former top political aide never had a physical affair, that he made inappropriate remarks to her and he apologized to her for those a year ago. he also insisted he has done nothing illegal in the furtherance of that alleged affair

kay ivey was sworn in as only the second woman to hold the job. robert bentley who pleads guilty to campaign finance charges and reside on monday. jeff sessions toward the border of mexico during a visit to arizona today. he misted what is mostly rough terrain, 70 miles south of tucson. he says he will speed up whortations of immigrants are convicted of federal crimes. the u.s. and south korea conduct militaryst over exercises on the peninsula since the start of their alliance. the assembly usually meets once or twice a year. experts say pyongyang could be preparing the six nuclear launch. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. abigail: thank you so much. let's get a recap of today's market action. it turned out to be a bit of a bumpy day. finishing fractionally low. speaking of volatility, the vix had its biggest romp up since the election. the yen rallied by more than 1%. certainly some nerves coming out there. joe: "what'd you miss?" back to president

governor kay ivey, the second female governor of alabama in history. meanwhile, seattle mayor ed murray is facing multiple accusations he molested and had sex with underaged boys in the 1980's. two wells fargo executives are being forced by the company's board to pay back $75 million in compensation over a massive scandal in which wells fargo workers created 2 million fake accounts in order to meet grueling sales targets. wells fargo former ceo john stumpf, and the former head of community banking carrie tolstedt are forced to return a combined $75 million in pay, making it the largest clawback in u.s. banking history. wells fargo has fired a staggeringng 5300 lolow-level workers over the creation of the fake accounts. people nationwide also continue to protest wells fargo over its role in funding the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline. united airlines is facing widespread criticism after video surfaced of a doctor being forcibly dragged off a plane by security officers on after united overbooked the sunday flight and then demanded some passengers dis

lieutenant governor kay ivey has been sworn in, the second woman to hold that office. >> mike, alabama and louisiana have a pretty rough rivalry, lsu-alabama, usually the first saturday in november. i tell you what, they are tied here. i think alabama has gone ahead because three of alabama's last six governors have been sent to jail. i don't even think that's a streak that lsu can touch right now. you've got edwin edwards, a multipurpose, hall of fame felon. >> and proud of it. >> triple threat. >> he is a triple threat. >> i think louisiana, in perpetuity, they have the crown because of ed edwards. >> right now alabama is giving them a run. >> currently. >> illinois at one point had 3 of 6 -- >> that's just jailed. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," could a democrat somehow win the special election for mike pompeo's congressional seat. >> anything think that's going to happen? >> republicans can win georgia and texas. >> why republicans are nervous about a deep red seat in a deep red district. also ahead, the congressional, military and diplomatic angles of the situation in syria. we'