People dead, with structures reduced to rubble, and questions about Americas Obligation to the devastated caribbean nation. But first, tonights lead, onto the next. Right now im waiting to see if any of the momentum from the president s big Policy Win on infrastructure will hold as he approaches a wall of challenges for his White House, because the u. S. Senate is going into Summer Recess having failed to take up voting Rights Legislation before the Break Due to republican sabotage. At the same time, the Texas Senate passed a very suppresssive legislation as democrats fled the state. While gop leadership, by which i mean Donald Trump, is pushing for more fraudulent audits of last years general Election Results, and to many state republicans, are happy to oblige. And a handful of gop governors, some with president ial aspirations, are making a play for trump voters by campaigning against medical guidance and local Mask Mandates, even as covid19 variants have exploded in their states. An
number of major cities across the country after progress progressives push to defund the police. what republicans immediate to do to retake control of congress in this year s midterms. then china and russia are testing the biden administration s commitment to protecting freedom around the globe as former secretary of state mike pompeo explained last month with maria. maria: what is the reason that russia is building up these troops now? what is the reason that china is flying these gents into taiwan now jets and the reason iran is making the united states beg for a nuclear deal? they ve all decided to get aggressive now. every action the biden administration has taken, all the evidence that any world leader could see, any dictator could see shows that america has no resolve, no credibility, no capacity to actually protect the things that matter to the united states and to our friends in asia or our friends in europe. jason: the new ranking member on the house intel
number of major cities across the country after progress progressives push to defund the police. what republicans immediate to do to retake control of congress in this year s midterms. then china and russia are testing the biden administration s commitment to protecting freedom around the globe as former secretary of state mike pompeo explained last month with maria. maria: what is the reason that russia is building up these troops now? what is the reason that china is flying these gents into taiwan now jets and the reason iran is making the united states beg for a nuclear deal? they ve all decided to get aggressive now. every action the biden administration has taken, all the evidence that any world leader could see, any dictator could see shows that america has no resolve, no credibility, no capacity to actually protect the things that matter to the united states and to our friends in asia or our friends in europe. jason: the new ranking member on the house intel
the latest developments in fulton county county, the election interference case there in georgia, plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell addresses concerns about his health following two unsettling incidents where he froze up in front of reporters. and republican presidential candidate chris christie is now calling out fellow gop challenger ron desantis as the florida governor is slipping in the polls. we ll have his comments for you straight ahead along with joe, willie and me, we have the hosts of way too early, white house bureau chief jonathan lemire, white house editor for politico sam stein and former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg. willie, sorry, joe. yeah, i mean, let s get to baseball first. lemire, you didn t stay up to see that atrocity last night, did you at the trop. the sox had tied it when i called it a day and checked the score this morning and threw my phone across the room. geez. tough loss. sam, what about you? i di
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