at this hour, president zelenskyy is in washington pushing for critical aid for his country s existential fight against russia. his visit capped off by a meeting at the white house with president biden. in a few minutes the two leaders will hold a press conference. we ll bring you that live when it happens. we begin with a stunning revelation by the special counsel jack smith in the federal election interference trial. for the first time, the special counsel s office says it has data from donald trump s cellphone, and they plan to show how trump used his phone in the days and weeks after the election, including on january 6th. in a court filing last night previewing expert testimony, the prosecutors plan to bring to the case, jack smith says he plans to call to the stand an expert who extracted and reviewed data from trump s phone and the phone of another individual who s currently unidentified. special counsel said the expert will, quote, testify that he or she analyzed da
good morning. welcome to morning joe on this monday, july 1st. this morning, we are waking up to a sea of headlines and opinion pieces from major news organizations, former party leaders, and very loud whispers, mostly behind the scenes, from present leading democrats who say it is over. here s a taste of the global call for president joe biden to get out of the race. the new york times editorial board says biden is not the man he was four years ago, calling his candidacy, quote, a reckless gamble. editors at georgia s largest newspaper, the atlanta journal constitution, echoed that take, demanding the president pass the torch. quote, biden deserves a better exit from public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage on thursday night. then there were the headlines, sneering, mocking, jeering all at once. this was the performance that has gotten us to this point. we had a thousand trillionaires in america. i mean billionaires. what s happening? they r
from five swing states that is concerning for democrats and the white house. we ll go through those numbers on a potential 2020 rematch. and there is new reporting for donald trump s plans on revenge if he gets a second term in the white house. he has already figured out who he is going to arrest. wonderful. it s about as authoritarian as you can get. also, the biden poll numbers, they looked about as bad as barack obama s in 2011 at about this time. barack obama was losing to mitt romney in several swing states. we still have a long way to go. also ahead, we ll tell you about the potential key endorsement for florida governor ron desantis in the republican presidential primary, as donald trump will be on the stand today in the $250 million fraud trial against his company. plus, we ll show you what ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had to say about the state of the war and his invitation to donald trump. and we ll have the latest on the diplomatic trip overs
the federal election case brought by special counsel jack smith has been on hold for more than six months now. that in and of itself a victory for trump as he uses every lever of the justice system available to any criminal deft to his advantage. to avoid standing trial before the election in november, at which point if he prevails and is elected, he can dismiss the felony counts he faces for attempting a coup. as we have pointed out on this patrol before, every day that goes by without a decision one way or the other from the supreme court is a victory for trump. it s a day that trump gets closer to his goal. it s a glaring delay for many other reasons as well. there s the fact that not one but two of the nine justices are facing calls for recusal. one whose home flew a flag flown by the january 6th insurrectionists at the catch toll on his property. the other has a wife who was involved in urging state legislatures to overturn joe biden s victory. there s the facts at hand
outfront tonight, a shady red line. a red line the whole world is watching. the red line is a line that the obama administration and members of congress say iran cannot cross. listen to this. always keep all of our capabilities ready in the event that those red lines are crossed. that signaled an intention by iran to cross the red line. the fact they are active here has crossed a red line. the problem is when someone tells you there s a red line you can t cross or else, two things matter. where exactly is the line? and what exactly will happen to you if you cross it? defense secretary pennetta has stated the obvious. getting a nuclear weapon crosses the line, and today, an obama administration official who would only discuss this sensitive issue anonymously got a little more specific, telling cnn s security blog that iran moving toward 90% uranium enrichment is potentially a red line that could trigger american action. but how far toward? right now, iran is enrichin