hands. can you read that online. we thank general milley, again, we thank him for his leadership, the fact that he served this country proudly over four decades in iraq, in afghanistan, and when he made a mistake on june the 1st, he went before all of the troops and apologized. i thought showed real leadership because this is when somebody makes a mistake, we all make mistakes, that s what a leader does and that s what he did. my gosh, decades and decades of leadership and experience, and i certainly hope that all americans can rally behind that type of that type of man or woman who s given their entire life in uniform to defending this country. still ahead on morning joe, what american track star
away, the report said. which, of course, undermines every headline that you ve seen here. it also, of course, this is the bigger story that donald trump did go across with, you know, at first, the chairman of the joint chiefs, the sec def. there were obviously many things that made june the 1st deeply disturbing far beyond scaffolding plans earlier in the day. but again, you talk about a lack of perspective in the panting and the overreporting here from trump apologists. it s laughable on its face. you just need to raid the report and read what the ig says and what the i girks does not say. right. it s about reading the report, and also, joe, just simply putting this pack into context.
30,000 new covid cases a day. the last time the seven-day average of cases was this low was june 18th, 2020. reporter: along with dropping case counsel, the country is seeing less hospitalizations. none at one of the bay hospitals for the first time in 14 months. it feels like a milestone. there are zero admissions at san francisco general. reporter: delaware lifted its mask and social distancing mandates, as well as capacity limits. california drops all capacity restrictions when the state fully reopens june 15th. michigan, which struggled with a severe covid surge just a few weeks ago, announced it s returning to full capacity for outdoor events on june the 1st. michigan s governor aiming to do the same indoors come july. now it comes to how do we live in communities and with each other between those that are vaccinated and unvaccinated. these are things that time will tell, but also taking into account continuing that message
ambushing the chairman of the joint chiefs. recalling the cadets to west point. abandoning nato. there are so many tipping points that our members from the intelligence and military communities, you know, have been a pivot. you can take your pit. for many it s a cumulative effect. commander, it s willie geist. thanks for being on the show this morning. you referenced it briefly, that june 1st moment when the lafayette square was cleared so the president could walk to the church. you had general milley in his uniform walking the street. he didn t know where they were headed. later he said he regretted being a part of that. what did you make of that scene on june the 1st? oh, willie, it was i was speechless. and i ll be quite honest, a majority of our membership or folks that have come to us in the last month or so have been because of that milley incident
good who serve and are served by those folks. admiral mullen, i want to talk briefly about june the 1st. i have said since that that might be a day that west point and annapolis and other academies may point to to teach those in uniform whatn not to d when it comes to the divide of civilian command and military leadership. but i was very heartened by those who responded to your call, including the chairman of the joint chiefs. and thought personally, thought that the military behaved in an honorable way after the debacle of june the 1st. i m curious your thoughts a