upside down american flag today. buy ten or more and receive an under-down bible absolutely free. give me cash. just give me money! good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, june 5th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire and mike barnicle is with you also off the top. u.s. correspondent for bbc news, katie kay. and richard hause is joining us as well for the conversation. when people see richard, they think we immediately why they come here and drives you crazy. right. i ll talk about it. you know? it will break. what? sometimes things get a little yeah. let s talk about india s elections. what? not what you re expecting! i got to say, whoa! you know? very few election results where you are surprised. i think poland was one of them last year, despite the fact that he had all of the disadvantages and none of the advantages. the only justice department basically controlled all of the levers of
unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not influence our decision making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. that s attorney general merrick garland striking a defiant tone as he defended the justice department during a contentious hearing between house republicans. we ll show you how it unfolded and what happens next as garland faces a potential contempt vote in congress. plus we ll dig into donald trump s new comments that he may jail his political opponents if he is re-elected to a second term. and also ahead president biden signed an executive order drastically tightening the border, and now he s getting backlash from some democrats. we ll break down the divide in his own party and what the issue of immigration could mean for his base in the fall. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden issued an executive or
recovery and was rushed into the firearm purchase at the center of the case against him and did not knowingly lie on that form. in the courtroom first lady jill biden and hunter biden s sister, ashley, appeared to become emotional when the prosecution played excerpts from hunter biden s 2021 memoir beautiful things. it included a retelling of his first attempt to buy crack cocaine from a homeless person in washington, d.c. the jury also heard testimony from the prosecution s first witness, fbi special agent erica jensen, whose testimony assisted prosecutors in introducing evidence including text messages, bank records, and hunter biden s laptop. witness testimony is set to resume later this morning with hunter biden s ex wife, kathleen boule, expected to take the stand at some point, hunter biden has pleaded not guilty. meanwhile attorney general merrick garland pushed back
that s what we re dealing with. that s what voters have to consider. executive order, republican voters against trump, sarah longwell, thank you very much for being on this morning. thank you. okay, hunter biden s federal gun trial will resume in a delaware courtroom later this morning. yesterday, prosecutors used their opening remarks to tell the jury the president s son was a high-functioning drug addict who lied to his friends and family. the defense offered a counternarrative about hunter biden painting him as a man in recovery who was rushed into the firearm purchase at the center of the case against him and did not knowingly lie on the form. the jury also heard testimony from the prosecution s first witness, fbi special agent, erica jenson, whose testimony assisted prosecutors in introducing evidence, including text messages, bank records, and hunter biden s laptop. joining us now, u.s. national