still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
campaign is going to be unlike any other. yes, the new hampshire primary was a decisive win for donald trump. the kind of win that squashes any momentum for his one remaining challenger nikki haley. but buried in the results are also some very hard truths about americans views of donald trump, trumpism and the state of our democracy. as the bull work put it today, nikki haley has beaten donald trump in iowa. two groups of voters would be deciding the presidential nomination. the first group is a republican primary and caucus voters who acknowledge that tmp legitimately lost the 2020 presidential election. the second group, which overlaps with the first, is republican primary and caucus voters who accept that if trump were to be convicted of a crime, it would be unfit to serve as president. exit polling from nbc news shows that while the republican base may have stuck with trump, just 13% of hah lee voters said they would be satisfied with trump s winning the gop nomination.
we, the people. the supreme court s conservative majority takes steps to reshape american life. this is not a normal. how are democrats responding in biden secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortes join me next. as the court celebrates con serb tiff rulings. he ll lie about anything. we need leaders that will be honest. republican candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. justice for whom? new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church they believe in taking children to drag shows. are they outside of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is divided 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again up ended american life with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching consequences that are onl
america. they spend millions of dollars in iowa trying to sell what they were selling in florida, this entire woke agenda. they are causing attacks on the lgbtq community. i make it clear that if governor desantis went across florida with this agenda, it will not work. i knew floridians would want to rejected. they rejected donald trump and they re going to do it again. they rejected ron desantis. i know that this was going to happen. i will tell you this, people are not buying what they are selling. people don t want what they are giving. people are looking for a party which is going to govern and move this country forward. they aren t looking for the division that republicans are moving at. i told you this. we just want that election in orlando. ron desantis won by a large margin. but they failed to realize is that people don t want what they are giving. chevron jones, i want to thank you very much, particularly being here at this moment where we are talking about your go