declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
of course i would tell the attorney general to prosecute him, he caused a lot of injury. todd: dr. fauci could find himself in hot water if r.f.k. finds his way to the white house. and guerrero jr. follow his da s footsteps? guerrero will win the t-mobile home run derby. carol carley: you are watching fox and friends first. i m carley shimkus. it has been a while. todd: i m todd, by the way. wrapping up a meeting with the president and the president of lithuania. he heads to the summit with a deal in place, to welcome sweden to the alliance. carley: alexandria hoff. alexandria: here is president biden during his bilateral with lithuania s president a short time ago. just listen. president biden: we take, nato takes, we all take article five literally, all work together against whomever is violating that space. thank you, mr. president, for hosting this summit. first time nato leaders will meet, 31 together and looking forward to 32 members. alexandria: i
along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a
happened and what do we know about the suspected gunman? reporter: good morning. frankly, the scene was all-out chaos. it spanned several blocks. police apprehending a 40-year-old man carrying an ar-style rifle, a handgun and a scanner. police say he surrendered and they were able to take him into custody. as that was happening, police also apprehended a second suspect who was apparently returning fire at the suspect who initially opened fire in this southwest philadelphia neighborhood. now, a number of shell casings were recovered at the scene. police will be back at the scene to look for video, talk to witnesses, get any information they can. we know two young victims were wounded in this shooting. a toddler, a 2-year-old and a 15-year-old. a third man was also found in a home near the site of the shooting. police believe he was connected to the mass shooting. again, there is a lot to unravel here as this investigation unfolds this morning. take a listen to the police com