never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
severe storms slamming parts of the northeast. nearly 14 million on alert for powerful thunderstorms. rob marciano timing it all out. also developing tonight, the plunge on wall street. investors reacting to tough words from the fed chair. the dow dropping more than 1,000 points. jerome powell saying more pain and rate hikes are ahead to bring down inflation and hold back a possible recession. rebecca jarvis breaking it down. the battle of the drug giants over the covid vaccine. moderna suing pfizer, saying its rival copied its technology. how pfizer is responding tonight, and what this could mean for the future of the covid shot. the dire warning from ukraine. the head of the country s nuclear agency telling abc news just how dangerously close the country s largest nuclear plant was to catastrophe and how it could happen again. one louisiana mother s personal struggle for an abortion. doctors recommending she terminate her nonviable pregnancy, but she says she was de
america. two hundred and forty six birthday. we have so w many wonderful stories to bring to you tonight to display the very best ofal our country. we talked to folks from all across the usa about being an american and what july 4th means. that s right. t i take a trip downo to nashville and sit down with a country artist and very special guest that will include an exclusive live musical performance tonight that you do not want to miss y. and i will take you to new haven, connecticut for a festive independence day celebration. we will hear fromwe americans on the streets of new york tonight at the site of the macy s fireworks show. and get this later tell failure. he s going to joinmy us .. you know, it will be a good time and this is special. we re going to go to and i m ready foret from washington, d.. for the breathtaking parade there. and i go back to my stomping grounds and you re not with my unit, which i can t wait for you guys to see. and of course, there will bee a l
issues and he s standing for the forgotten men and women and running that campaign, i think fantasticic. te nobodyly really. and it s a fantastic show tonight. sean, i ll pick up where you left off. not going too hammer again. is ingram angle fromtoain. washington tonight. the china block. that sinat the focus s of tonigs angle. will she or won t she? so who s bluffing? china or pelosi now nancy s really tough when she s waggingi her finger at trump or ripping her speech up at the state of the union. but is she tough enough toy defo bothur our pentagon handwringers and the ccp now? she has a long history of at least speaking out against the evils of china. and justbi because china is a bg economy and because we have a big relationship doesn t mean that the challenge to our conscience if we don t speak out against that in china with his own moral authority toy speak out against in any other speak out against in any other accession is simply giving china a blank checkck, failed
president, take me to the capital now. to which bobby responded sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said so you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we are going back to the west wing. we are not going to the capital. and mr. trump then used his free hand to lunch towards bobby engel and went he recounted the story to me he had motioned towards his clavicles. and was mr. engel in the room as he told you this story? he was. did mr. engel correct or disagree with any part of this story? mr. engel did not correct or disagree with any part of the story. did they ever after that tell you that what he just said was untrue? neither mr. engel or the other told me it was ever untrue. now that officer with dc metropolitan police department who was right there in the motorcade firsthand witness is corroborating details of what cassidy hutchi