Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that Court Appearance in florida for Carlos De Oliveira. Nbcs ken dilanian following all the latest developments for us. Ken, break down what happened in the courtroom and whats going to happen between now and next week. Reporter good afternoon, chris. Mr. De oliveira made his first appearance in Federal Court to answer for these charges but wasnt able to enter a plea or have an arraignment because he didnt have local counsel licensed to practice in the Southern District of florida. So he will have to come back and do that. The real significance of this case is not really mr. De oliveira whos a lowlevel employee at maralago. Its that this new Superseding Indictment makes an extraordinary allegation against the former president , alleging that he conspired to destroy evidence that was under a Grand Jury Subpoena. It says essentially he ordered these two lowlevel employees, nauta and deol oliveira, to
are in charge of history, a decision you will make will be taught in schools, written down in history books, and then that decision awaits you today. imagine how heavy it would feel to get out of bed this morning. it s a lot. and yet that is what 12 men and women are doing right now, deciding if they believe the former president of the united states, donald trump, committed a crime, potentially multiple felonies for as the manhattan district attorney s office argues corruptly trying to interfere with an election. engaging in a so-called scheme that prosecutors say could have been what got him elected. the prosecution has told the jury they think this is a simple case, that in the weeks before the 2016 election during the fallout from the access hollywood tape, donald trump caused michael cohen to buy and bury the story of an affair with an adult film star, to hide it from you, the voters. they call that election interference, and say this case has so much evidence, it is over
i don t care. president biden wraps up a visit to france honoring the world war ii veterans there, while donald trump campaigns in las vegas post conviction. we ll have more on that split screen from over the weekend. meanwhile, today, donald trump is reportedly set to have an interview with a probation officer. we ll explain what that means for the upcoming sentencing for his criminal conviction. plus, the dramatic rescue by israeli forces of four hostages from hamas captivity. we ll go over what we re learning about that operation. the emotional reunions that took place afterwards. and the potential impact on the remaining hostages and the overall war in gaza. some incredible scenes on both sides. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 10th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and president emeritus of the council on for
than anyone else because his seat on the supreme court exists only because of an act passed by congress. it is congress that establishes the number of justices on the supreme court. it is congress that has passed in the past requirements for justices to disclose certain information. and so it is just wrong on the facts to say that congress doesn t have anything to do with the rules guiding the supreme court. in fact, from the very beginning congress has set those rules. reporter: now, there s talking about it on the sunday shows and then there s actually doing something about it. but that comes down to three things. the will power to do it, the margins to do it which they may or may not have here in congress, and then the schedule. congress is now out for the next month. in september they re going to be dealing with a number of items including most importantly perhaps funding the government by september 30th. and then the supreme court gets back in session in october. i find it hard
division over how to pare down president biden s agenda and its $3.5 billion price tag, but many democrats are hopeful pay forwards will save social programs. we were able to find 2.3 revenue generation through corporate tax increases as well as to increasing the tax rate on the wealthiest americans and not touching others to be able to pay for that. 3.5 trillion will literally be zero once you include the pay forwards. unfortunately some in our party don t accept them. they don t want to raise taxes on the wealthy, they don t want to raise corporate taxes. donald trump is calculating his comeback, he will speak at a rally in iowa tonight. we re going to have a live report from des moines where that rally is being held in just a few minutes. joining us right now, nbc s laura egan and gary grumback as