from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
or digging into the scathing report, the pattern-or-practice investigation launched after george floyd staff. we re talking to minnesota s attorney general keith ellison, about the serious systemic problems and how they plan to get a handle on. them and there s a lot to talk about about the republican presidential primary, the 2024 is also could be a crucial test for state races. specifically, gubernatorial races in states like north carolina. we re gonna dig into what s at stake at some governors have been critical to putting coming through republican state legislatures. class, more of our journey to juneteenth special. at the national we re gonna look at how black americans learned of their freedom way back when in 1865. leading to the holiday will all be celebrating tomorrow. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. it s no secret that systemic change in police in america is long overdue. the fight and police misconduct is now a centuries long st
we re going to have 80% of the staff we need. we re hopeful we ll get to 80% of the pools that were able to open. a shortage of workers is forcing some summer staples like community pools to stay closed. the concerns that could lead to a rise in violence. thank you for joining us this sunday, june 19th. juneteenth. happy father s day to all the dads out there. kristin, great to be with you as always. great to be with you, boris. they resisted pressure from donald trump to help overturn the 2020 election results. state officials will share their stories with the nation before the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. zoe lofgren says these officials put the rule of law ahead of politics. these individuals are republicans. they voted for trump. they supported him. they wouldn t do illegal things that he asked them to do. we expect to hear in some detail the pressure placed on them and why they were true to the law instead of the pressure. election offi
two years after president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 after congress passed a bill to embrace the occasion we ll have much more on juneteenth a little further ahead on morning joe. right now, let s turn back to politics. we have the founder of the conservative website the bulwark, charlie sykes with us. charlie, thanks for being here. morning. we ve been talking a bunch this show about republicans sharpening their attacks on donald trump when it comes to his federal indictment chris christie, no surprise. bill barr, no surprise although, perhaps a little bit surprising, just how vorciferous he has been. i was compiling a list this morning of all the trump insiders who have broken with the president. i mean, we use the word unprecedented a lot. obviously, nobody has ever been, you know, impeached twice.
are taking you on a journey to juneteenth. in 1860 and six, black texans became the first to recognize june 19th as juneteenth. on june 17th 2021, president biden signed the juneteenth national independence day act, officially making juneteenth a federal holiday. it marks the day to the last black americans living in enslavement were notified of their freedom. now, as i said, juneteenth feels a little heavier this year. due to our current political climate and this movement to erase this very history from our public discourse. take south carolina. a teacher at chapman high school in lexington school district five had to remove a classroom discussion on the memoir. it was a call between the world and we. it was after complaints that the memo ire violated a state law prohibiting instruction uncontroversial talk about assimilated to race. this is why the telling of history like juneteenth is just