understanding of the distant planet. whatever the ultimate outcome, it represents an achievement of man. that s what s behind curtain number one at this very hour. behind curtain number two, the catastrophic failures of man to plan and prepare and embrace science, to guide policy making and disaster response. the crisis in texas enters the third day with at least 37 lives lost and untold others in danger of going hungry, cold and without safe drinking water for days. the texas tribune describes the crisis this way, kwoelt, as millions of texans continue struggling through a dayslong winter storm without power or water. governor greg abbott provided few details wednesday when they can expect the situations to improve. as of wednesday 2.7 million households didn t have power. the nearly 12 million texans are facing water strupgss as after multiple days of freezing temperatures. texans running low on food are finding empty grocery store shelves. food pantries running out of sp
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a
new revelations from those leaked intel documents. reports of up to four more chinese spy balloons, and new questions about why it took authorities so long to notice the leaked documents terrifying moments as a bomb is thrown at japan s prime minister he is rushed to safety before it explodes what we know about the suspect. a violent coup d etat playing out in africa. the ambassador and his staff forced to take shelter. the deadly police mistake caught on video. officers at the wrong address. when the homeowner opens the door with a gun, they open fire. how could this have happened nbc news with rare access as law enforcement busts a giant retail crime ring. nearly $200,000 in merchandise recovered. and there s good news tonight. the daughter who reveals to her father after his life-saving kidney transplant, she was his donor. i m really proud of her. i can t believe she did it announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening the nation
paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i don t remember, he goes i done remember. maybe that s what i said. this was 14 years ago. they didn t do a retraction. special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the direction politics is heading right fou. what did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someone s disability? i thought she said what she said beautifully. it s easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the
presidency let alone any pt respectful person. what we need more is kindness and common decency. and what he did how he reacted how he needs he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesn t agree with him, that s pretty disgraceful. what do you make of the critique that meryl streep made last night you can push this and it becomes norm. you define deantsy. this kind of behavior
i don t know. he doesn t seem to have core convicts or beliefs beyond whatever donald trump decided they are. he s striking this balance, trying to be the man that will inherit the mantle of trump. there are two vice presidents. those accused of being out for themselves that they are not serving the president who picked them and those accused of being slavishly loyal lap dogs. mike pence decided to be the latter. he is a titanic fraud. he s the most of all the cultists in the cabinet. we have never seen such slobberingebering in this countn we do with mike pence. laura: consider the source, my friend. is pence really the worst person
in government? why are the pence haters lashing out now? it s interesting. let s ask mark lotter, and democratic party activist, chris han. mark, let s go to you. i have known mike pence when he was in congress. i found that from george will really sad. he s had an unbelievable career as one of the premier columnists, writers in the united state