that s why they re sending all these democrats in to run. it s crazy. it is not personal for me. i have no you know, people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i don t care about that. i think politics is too personal, and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with different approaches about talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire, while ron desantis has his sights on haley s home state. we ll have more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest on the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. we ll go through yesterday s meeting at the white house between president biden and speaker mike johnson. also ahead, another concerning escalation in the middle east as pakistan launches a retaliatory strike inside iran. good morning. welcome to morning joe.
time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice, tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the front-runner. he s saying i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me live next and out in the open. trump s team starts to prepare his defense. what do experts charge with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago? house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and former trump defense secretary mark esper will be here exclusively. plus a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice and a new mayor is delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this does not catch us off guard nor will it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy
tonight on $360, the the latest moves and the former president s attempt to avoid any accountability in january 6 in two cases that could make any president immune from anything they do in office and alexandria ocasio-cortez on her calls for clarence thomas to recuse himself from the former president s appeal to stay on the colorado pat skwuks and reports of loose bolts on boeing max 9s. there s still very few answers how it happened we begin tonight for joining us in the former president s push to pick any criminal charges against him disappear. he ll in washington tomorrow in court by choice, we should add, as a federal appeals panel hears oral arguments on his claim of presidential immunity in the january 6 case. today he filed a similar immunity claim on similar state charges in georgia. now if they go his way, especially in the federal case, it could make him and any former president legally unaccountable for any crime they might commit while in office. it s the same n
time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice. tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the fruont-runner. he s saying, i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. chris christie joins me nokes. what do experts charged with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago. house intelligence committee mark turner and mark esper will be here exclusively. plus, a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice. in los angeles, the new mayor says she s delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this did not catch us offguard nor did it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins us exclusively. hello, i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy father s day, as we mark the beginning of summer, and with it, campaign season. president biden kicked off his re-electio
campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now, that is not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the election in the 2020 election. he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. but there s more to this move. it s not about politics. it has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison. legal experts believe it s unlikely trump s criminal trial will be resolved before the 2024 election, so whoever wins the presidency could be in a position to influence trump s case, and if trump is the gop nominee, he could essentially be campaigning for his freedom, an unprecedented scenario in this country. according to axios, winning the presidency would give a chance for sympathy or even pardon himself if convicted. his political rivals trying to beat trump, they have signaled they would pardon him or bring