the stand, what he says tonight about the intruder looking for his wife nearly killed him. tonight on the workers live. so, what is it about the political rhetoric in this country that got us here? in 83 year old man hit in the head with a hammer in his own house, his skull was fractured. allegedly by a man looking for his wife. then house speaker nancy pelosi. now, the defendants own attorney says the attack was motivated by david pups believe, belief, that nancy pelosi was part of a, quote, a plot to manipulate the country, to spread lies, and to steal votes from donald trump. now, he has pleaded not guilty in this matter. the paul pelosi testifying today about the moment he woke up at 2:00 in the morning to find a stranger in his bedroom. quote, it was a tremendous shock to recognize that somebody had broken into the house and, looking at him, and looking at the hammer, and the ties, i recognized that i was in serious danger. so i tried to stay as calm as possible. pelosi
books including his latest, pursuit of happiness, how classical writers on virtue inspired lives of the founders and defined america. president biden will be meeting with members of his family today to discuss the future of his presidential campaign. this after his debate performance spark calls for him to step aside. the other candidate, the convicted felon who has actively tried to overturn democracy who is not facing calls to step aside is awaiting a supreme court opinion on whether he is immune from he prosecution in his federal prosecution case. i will talk about all of that with jamie raskin. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. sunday, good morning. sunday, june 30th. breaking news regarding the uncertainty of president biden s re-election bid following his election performance that has sent many democrats into panic mode. after new york and new jersey in the past couple of days, arrived in camp david last night were members of their family awaited
eligible for what i have been able to do with the with the covid excuse me with dealing with everything we have to do with. ..er, look we finally beat medicare. he was hard to hear and sounded confused. this is him talking about immigration. the the total initiative relative to what we can do with more border patrol and more asylum officers. president trump? i really don t know- what he said at the end of that sentence. i don t know he knows, either. one ofjoe biden s strongest issues should be abortion but he couldn t score on that, rambling on instead about a different topic. look, there s so many young women who have been including a young woman whojust was murdered, and he went to the funeral. why, after a week of intense preparation, did he not have a great answer ready on what s a winning issue for democrats? immediately afterwards, the senior democrats who were sent out to talk to the press did not have any convincing excuses for that disastrous performance
legend, willy mays, considered by many to be the game s greatest all around player. and also ahead donald trump s latest gaff with the city of milwaukee where the republican national convention will be held in less than a month. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 19th. it is indeed juneteenth. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. today americans nationwide are marking juneteenth also known as emancipation day. the emancipation proclamation freeing enslaved people in the confederate states was signed in 1863 but it did immediately end slavery in places that remained under confederate control. but it wasn t until june 19, 1865, two full years later, that union troops arrived in galveston, texas, and told more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state that they were now free. the news was met with large celebrations, and in remembrance black communities across the country hold events, parties, and parades. the holida