him love. if he ends up running against donald trump, how accurate will the so-called approval numbers be. because it still looks like it will be donald trump as the republican nominee. he just raised gobs of cash. polls show him trouncing ron desantis, who is by far his nearest competitor, and despite the indictments, the alleged carelessness around classified documents, and the potentially criminal carelessness for this country s democratic process, republican voters are clearly still on his side. but is anyone else? or to put a finer point on it, will any general election that includes donald trump be anything more than voting for or voting against donald trump? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. punch bowl news cofounder and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman, and former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steele. jake, as somebody who knows mccarthy best, can you give us a sense of why he has not endorsed the
court. meanwhile, we re learning more about where exactly the cocaine at the white house was found and who has access to that area. plus we re following developments out of china this morning where treasury secretary janet yellen is criticizing beijing s relationship with some u.s. companies. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 7th. friday, we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll get right to today s headlines. former president trump s personal aide and codefendant walt nauta has been arraigned on six federal charges in the classified documents case. nauta pleaded not guilty to all counts in federal court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to actually arraign nauta who was finally able to hire a florida-based attorney which allowed the proceeding to take place. the hearing only lasted about five minutes with nauta s attorney entering the not guilty plea on his client s behalf. nauta is accuse
trump s conspiracy theories. if it wasn t for your boat we would not have joe biden the white house. the constitution says you open and count votes. no more, no less but that s actually what the constitution says that no vice president in american history ever asserted the authority that you have been convinced that i had. spread the north dakota governor doug bergen joins me on why he is running and what he has to say about donald trump xp my visit to where was, mexico. and inspiring orchestra conductor is helping hundreds of young people find joy and purpose in the love of music. we see people that come from tijuana, here locally, and it s amazing to be able to share the culture. back we are saving lives. music saves lives. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington, where learn more about the evidence that federal investigators used to get that were approved search warrant for mar-a-lago last summer. the new details made public by the florida judge i
the bigger picture of jack smith s case? we re going to get into all of that coming up? also this hour, belarus, russia, where exactly is yevgeny prigozhin? the mystery surrounding the fate of russia s wagner group deepened after the president of belarus in a rare news conference said he was still in his hometown of st. petersburg more than a week after the rebellion that shocked moscow and the world as wechlt. and long-time gop megadonors launching ads to try to prevent the former republican leader are from retaking the white house in 2024. we begin this hour with the former president and walt nauta, his aide, in court. after two delays, trump s co-defendant in the classified documents case finally arraigned in court a few hours ago, pleading not guilty nearly a month after his boss. he faces charges of obstructs the investigation into the retention of classified documents. it s been a whirlwind 24 hours. on wednesday authorities unsealing new portions of the warrant t
monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost two week