from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
its missile attacks on the sports city of odessa. the w.h.o. now emergency. we will look at what that means for you. home, we are following the global heat wave impacting millions of people around the world right now. plus hopes that steve bannon s criminal conviction for defying the january 6th committee could force other reluctant witnesses to get in line. all of this as the former president lashes out at the committee and at a rally. dueling appearances from trump that is former vice president. we want to begin with the state department confirming today to americans have died fighting in the donbas region of ukraine. no further information has been released about their identities or their nature of their deaths. news coming as russia attacked a critical port in odessa, which transports millions of tons of grain through the black sea, just hours after signing a deal with the ukraine and russia give us more information about what you know with the loss of these two ameri
in a letter to bannon former president trump writes, i watched how you and others have been treated spending vast amounts of money on legal fees. i will waive executive privilege for you. the committee says today it s open to bannon s testimony as long as it s under oath. bannon s potential testimony would come on the heels of testimony from another major witness. former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, part of his eight-hour closed door interview will be this week. context and nuance is important when it comes to steve bannon. the letter is essentially the equivalent of me telling you that i m waiving my executive privilege for you to talk to our bosses tomorrow in our morning meetings. what does what bannon and trump are doing here actually mean? well, look, if he actually testifies, let s say he actually goes in and does it for real that would be huge. we re so far away from that still. he basically gave bannon the cover so that he, bannon, could go to the commit
jon stewart sounding off on senate republicans after they blocked a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding health benefits to veterans exposed to toxins in war zones. the question is, why did 25 republicans who supported a previous version of the bill change their vote to know? stuart, an outspoken advocate for military veterans will join us later this morning. we are following new developments with the january 6th committee. top aides to former president donald trump testifying between closed doors, including one official who resigned the day of the attack. we will tell you who that is. and more text messages from the time of the attack disappear. first from the secret service, now the washington post reporting texts between members of trumps homeland security team are missing as well. good morning, welcome to morning joe. we have the host of way too early and the author of the big lie , jonathan lemaire. gentlemen, good morning. let s start with the texts that have been del
shocked by the january six committee hearings, are producing, the next coup is underway. the groundwork is being laid. the january 6th committee hearings have shattered the illusion that the attack on the after was a spontaneous spur of the moment outburst at a trump rally. what happened on january 6th was the culmination of weeks of planning, of an intensive, multipronged effort involving fake electors, state legislators, and a pressure campaign on the american vice presidents to overturn the will of the american voters. the attack on the building which is one part of the plot. we kind of zoomed out and now we see the full picture. but after the anti-democratic efforts of trump world around in the 2020 election, republicans are, right now, working on how to read the system to stop democrats from winning, even if they get more votes, and we if they want to stop them from ever assuming or ever using power. and that is an attack, not just on democrats, but on the voters. on t