good day, and thank you for staying with us. i m jose diaz-balart this hour on msnbc, extreme weather and a new round of deadly storms tearing across the south leaving hundreds of thousands without power amid blistering heat. we ll have a live report from texas and your weather forecast as well. former president donald trump facing blistering new criticism from members of his own cabinet including his own defense secretary and former vice president mike pence questioning mr. trump s conservative credentials trying to stand now the a crowded 2024 field. on this juneteenth, msnbc s trymaine lee travels to galveston, texas, the birthplace of juneteenth to look at the ongoing struggle by black americans for freedom and equality we begin this hour with severe weather warnings across the country. 12 million americans across the south are at risk after 14 tornadoes touched down in nine states, killing at least six people and leaving thousands without power in record-high heat
g getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. donald trump s position on the national debt is identical to joe biden s. there have been promises made about draining the swamp, building the wall, doing all these things you know, none of that came to fruition. he is a child when someone disagrees with him. he engages in reckless conduct. i don t need to read the indictment or believe its allegations are true, though i m pretty confident they are. clearly, it was unauthorized, illegal and dangerous. i view them serious and disqualifying for a commander in chief. anybody who doesn t want to look at the facts should be disqualified from running, not just trump. so many of those people saying that worked for him yeah. you had his attorney general. you had his national security adviser. you had his secretary of defense. you had his top ranking officials. all republicans. all supporters of donald trump all people that stood
hello again, thanks for being with us. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york with this special second hour on this federal holiday, and we are following breaking news this morning. america s secretary of state holding a high pressure meeting with china s president xi. did that one-on-one do anything to settle the simmering tensions between our two countries. extreme weather, millions remain under threat, even as communities reel from the aftermath of devastating tornados also ahead, a terrifying close call at one of the busiest airports in the country, a passenger capturing the video of this plane s wing almost hitting another plane on the runway. and later, celebrating juneteenth, we ll take you to galveston, texas, known as the birthplace of this federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery here in america. but first the breaking news out of china where u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met just a couple of hours ago with pres
back at what happened then and what is happening now. it is a very, very complicated relationship you have with that state. yes, it is. i m in austin now, and it is 103 degrees, so it is quite complicated. [ laughter ] yeah, it is a very, very it s a complicated situation because texas is where i grew up i learned to, you know my parents loved me my brothers, my grandparents i think of community and family when i think of texas. that s what draws me to the place, but i know there are lots of problems. certainly, the country is aware of texas problems because it s in the news quite a bit. but i just have hope for it. i mean, that segment you did before, where you have a person who is taking measures to try to build economic strength in galveston, who hasn t given up hope and wants to do something for the community is very heartening to me
at all. reporter: generations of june s family grew up in galveston, in this century old clap board house by the gulf i recognize this front porch. it is where we are now. this is my great grandfather, ralph albert, who was 5 the year of juneteenth. reporter: folks called this the island of color, a name that has faded with time. i guess what is at stake is the preservation of this important history. they made homes for themselves they educated themselves they formed organizations. i want to bring back black folks having some economic influence on the island. reporter: long-time resident anthony griffin is breathing new life into old black galveston. we want to put commercial development there, place a hotel on the other side of this street we own three, four lots on the other side. reporter: his plan? buy up as much land as he can to house and employ families still