There say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The foreign minister says the number of people displaced from southern lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short as possible and says it s killed a senior commander of the iranian backed group, which has been firing rockets into northern israel. And as world leaders meet in new york, the un security council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in southern lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israel s massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent child and a martyr. He pledges his support for the hezbollah leader, sheikh hassan nasrallah. Even if they kill us, he says, we are at your service. Also being mourned toda
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a
court. meanwhile, we re learning more about where exactly the cocaine at the white house was found and who has access to that area. plus we re following developments out of china this morning where treasury secretary janet yellen is criticizing beijing s relationship with some u.s. companies. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 7th. friday, we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll get right to today s headlines. former president trump s personal aide and codefendant walt nauta has been arraigned on six federal charges in the classified documents case. nauta pleaded not guilty to all counts in federal court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to actually arraign nauta who was finally able to hire a florida-based attorney which allowed the proceeding to take place. the hearing only lasted about five minutes with nauta s attorney entering the not guilty plea on his client s behalf. nauta is accuse
here it sure seems he s caught in a hot mess. today nauta finally pleaded not guilty. for weeks now mr. nauta has been delaying this arraignment claiming he s had trouble finding local florida representation. and today, well, we learn he has found that representation. now, we don t know for sure who s paying for mr. nauta s new local counsel, but the other lawyer, the non-local counsel mr. nauta has had for a while and by the way was in court today and enter a plea was attorney brand woodward. and we know the law firm is being paid by president trump s political action committee, save america. that little tidbit matters because if the past is prologue here, then the lawyers who pays for the lawyers can make a world of a difference when it comes to actually getting at the truth. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i heard the president say something to the effect of they re not here to hurt me, takes the f-ing mags away. remember cassidy hutchinson? she was a for
the sunday show. in 1974, richard nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace, following watergate. almost 50 years after that scandal rocked the nation, donald trump has been impeached twice. and now indicted twice. the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. he will be arraigned on tuesday in federal court in miami. the indictment, and still bit special counsel jack smith on friday revealed 37 counts against trump, six against his personal, it walter nauta. it accused both men of lying, scheming and misleading officials in order to hold on to hundreds of classified documents. documents federal investigators said quote, included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the united states and foreign countries, united states nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the united states and its allies to military attack and plans for a possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. to make matters worse, trump s