find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
trump, she s considering picking a fight with the ex president. then, santos circus george santos facing 13 new federal charges the indications of the republicans might finally drop him. plus, the definitive clarence thomas timeline. we take you back almost 20 years to get to the bottom of his serious ethical lapses. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. donald trump might soon be facing e. jean carroll in court yet again. this week the twice impeached and now indicted ex president was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. a new york jury awarded e. jean carroll $5 million in damages that after she said that trump sexually abused her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and the jury found that trump defamed carroll by saying that her accusations were a hoax and a con job. now, when trump was astonishingly given a public platform to discuss the verdict the very next year, well, he immediately fell back into his old ways. i never met this woman. i n
see you, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening off. welcome to ayman tonight. e. jean carroll s new legal strife just days after winning her court case against donald trump, she s considering picking a fight with the ex president. then, santos circus george santos facing 13 new federal charges the indications of the republicans might finally drop him. plus, the definitive clarence thomas timeline. we take you back almost 20 years to get to the bottom of his serious ethical lapses. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. donald trump might soon be facing e. jean carroll in court yet again. this week the twice impeached and now indicted ex president was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. a new york jury awarded e. jean carroll $5 million in damages that after she said that trump sexually abused her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and the jury found that trump defamed carroll by saying that her accusations were a hoax and a con job. now, when
to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome to the situation room. happening now, a sixth memphis police officer has now been relieved of duty after the deadly beating of tyre nichols and the release of chilling videos of his arrest. our experts are breaking down the evidence and the growing calls right now for federal police reform. also tonight, cnn is on the front lines in ukraine amid fierce fighting in the east and the south after nearly a year of war, we re told some battles are worse than ever before. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is on an urgent mission in israel and the west bank amid a new outbreak of violence, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and urging a deescalation of tensions. i ll discuss these high-stakes international conflicts with key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight t
we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately