far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe
the country, specifically, gender roles. today in tennessee the republican governor billy see signed two controversial new laws. one bans gender affirming care for minors and the other restricts drag shows in the state. let s bring in former democratic congressman ron derrick jones and patrick is here and doug high. guys, let s start with the decision to ban any sort of doctors medical care for anyone under 18 who is looking who believes they are trans and is looking for any sort of medical treatment be it pharmaceutical, consultation or anything like that. doug, i believe you are comfortable with this new law in tennessee. yeah, i think one we have to treat people with dignity and respect and certainly what we ve learned over not just the past three or four years but 20 years, people that feel this way, are this way and have gone through this process quite often go through a very painful life and process. we don t want that. but there are differences between people who a
the da alvin bragg. according to a senior law enforcement source, that letter is just one of several hundreds threats bragg and his office have received in the last few weeks. this comes as the years-long hush money probe into possible indictment, which we could learn more about next the grand jury is expected to reconvene on monday. as for trump, he appears to be capitalizing on the chaos waco, texas, right now. sources tell nbc that the ex president is keenly aware of the political opportunity created by a fight with bragg. trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the investigation witch hunt carried out by a political enemy. i asked legal experts ryan goodman and andrew weissmann this investigation is serious. ex president would like you to believe. just listen to what davis, the attorney for trump s former fixer michael cohen, told my colleague symone sanders-townsend earlier today on this network. if this case goes forward and that still and if this
controversial new bill and party line vote which could fundamentally reshape the way public institutions deal with transgender athletes in sports. the protection of women and girls in sports act aims to amend title 9 definition of gender, making the criteria based solely on a person s biological sex at the time of birth. that new definition would effectiv bar transgender women from come beating in ufrnts across america. while it is a win for female athletes, the white house says it will be dead on arrival. if it hits the president s desk, he will sri tow it. at a time transgender youth face a nationwide mental health crisis, a national law that further stigmatizes these children is completely unnecessary. hurts families and students and only puts students at greater risk. the president presented with hr734 said he would veto it. house speaker kevin mccarthy speaking on the bill s passing on the capitol steps moments ago. there s a reason title 9 was created, there s a reaso
before the election, you have made the payments today and it was because of the election, and because of trump s embarrassment. it doesn t matter what trump does, it was because of the election that it was an election violation. i am not a lawyer the chairman said, it does matter that if it was something other than exclusively the campaign then it is out of paid in campaign funds. my question watching that is that is that a preview then of the legal argument that they are than trying to make? yes and no. i think that the subpoena has switched gears on a number of different occasions that they attempt to go on, and indeed, they pursue this in terms of giving the indictment and moving forward i think that is one of the most straightforward things that they can respond, with primarily because, at this point, we don t necessarily know the clue and legal charges. so if he does go with that campaign file which most people expect him to do, that probably is one