still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
first time today. the bullet still lodged in her chest. her lawyers say the school was warned three times on that day that the boy could have a gun. the war in ukraine. and tonight, president biden revealing he plans to send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. tonight, germany and nato allies now agreeing to send leopard tanks, as well. martha raddatz standing by with what these tanks can do and why this is so important for ukraine. the mass shootings in california. tonight, near san francisco, after that suspect and the dramatic takedown, today, he was in court. families of the victims right there, too. he s now charged with seven counts of murder. and just 25 days into this new year, at least 40 mass shootings here in the u.s. tonight, the case making national headlines. the once prominent lawyer, husband, and father accused of killing his wife and son. opening statements now and prosecutors say he shot his wife and son at close range. what the defense attorney then said. a d
and what we learned for the first time today. the bullet still lodged in her chest. her lawyers say the school was warned three times on that day that the boy could have a gun. the war in ukraine. and tonight, president biden revealing he plans to send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. tonight, germany and nato allies now agreeing to send leopard tanks, as well. martha raddatz standing by with what these tanks can do and why this is so important for ukraine. the mass shootings in california. tonight, near san francisco, after that suspect and the dramatic takedown, today, he was in court. families of the victims right there, too. he s now charged with seven counts of murder. and just 25 days into this new year, at least 40 mass shootings here in the u.s. tonight, the case making national headlines. the once prominent lawyer, husband, and father accused of killing his wife and son. opening statements now and prosecutors say he shot his wife and son at close range. what the def
the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian writer who explains what the protestors want. and at a time when economies are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. energy security has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington these days is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief in the power of markets and trade. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how
unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a