unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not influence our decision making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. that s attorney general merrick garland striking a defiant tone as he defended the justice department during a contentious hearing between house republicans. we ll show you how it unfolded and what happens next as garland faces a potential contempt vote in congress. plus we ll dig into donald trump s new comments that he may jail his political opponents if he is re-elected to a second term. and also ahead president biden signed an executive order drastically tightening the border, and now he s getting backlash from some democrats. we ll break down the divide in his own party and what the issue of immigration could mean for his base in the fall. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden issued an executive or
traveling to normandy where tomorrow he ll mark the 80th anniversary of d-day with a speech and an even bigger one. next in total the president will spend five days in france. indeed on friday he ll speak at the famed point to hawk cliffs, a site of the d-day landings where allied forces fought back against infautsys while in normandy president biden will meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy to discuss the ongoing russia invasion. reuters reports the meetings over the next two days will focus on isolationism and the need to stand up to dictators. joining us now national security and political reporter for politico, paul mccleary. paul, good to see you this morning. so let s talk a little bit about this trip. it s obviously at its core to mark what happened 80 years ago the incredible heroism there on
approach. trump is unpredictable. we re not totally sure what he would do in ukraine. but biden last year it took seven months to get the $60 billion supplemental through for ukraine, but that finally got over the hump when republicans agreed to it. biden took that as a victy as he should, but it was hard and really did erode american standing in europe. nato leaders i talked to are spooked by that episode of not getting that package through for so many months, and it eroded a lot of trust in europe for the united states and even how long the united states will stick in with ukraine. the united states is not about to abandon ukrainian a second biden administration, but we don t know how much more money is coming, how much more patience the u.s. government and congress either controlled by democrats or republicans will have for continuing this funding for a war in ukraine. paul, then later in the week after the d-day ceremonies biden
years ago, but they don t see eye to eye. macron wants france to take a larger role in nato, wants europe to be strategically autonomous from the united states and nato, kind of european-ify nato more than it is now with the u.s. and the world. those are things happening on the side lines, but there are some issues to iron out here and there are some tensions between the two men and policy. you make a great point how europe and particularly france trying to trump-proof what they have there in case he returns to office early next year. good reporting this morning. paul, thank you. still ahead we ll go live to cnbc for an early look what s driving wall street as investors await new payroll data. plus, elon musk is accused of insider trading. we ll dig into the lawsuit filed against the tesla ceo over shares he sold nearly two years ago. we ll be right back with that. t ago. we ll be right back with that.
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