here is a question that you don t normally hear a candidate get asked that one of his final campaign stops before a presidential debate. are you worried about going to jail? no. are you worried about going to jail? that s a fair question. after all, the debate is on thursday and trump sentencing is exactly two weeks after that. let s hear the answer. no i m not worried at all we have a corrupt group of people. it is really working out. we just got the highest poll numbers we ever had. they cheat so much 10 points is not enough. we need to get more. if we don t win the country is finished. allow me to translate. if we don t win then i m worried about going to prison. he should be worried. as serious as the trump convictions are the more serious are still hanging out there. for all of this talk about a corrupt system he s getting a lot of help for now. take a look at exhibit a. after judge aileen canon was assigned to the classified documents case, two of her more ex
okay. here s a question that you don t normally hear a candidate it asked at one of his final campaign stops before a presidential debate. that s a fair question. after all, the debate is on thursday, and trump s sentencing for 34 felony convictions is exactly 2 weeks after that. it doesn t bother me. we have a corrupt group of people. and you know what? it s really working out the other way. we just got the highest poll numbers we ve ever had. they cheat so much, it helps us in the end. because if we don t win, our country is finished. allow me to finish. if we don t win, that i m worried about going to prison. and he kind of should be worried. because as serious as the new york convictions are, the much more serious charges are still hanging out there. and for all of his talk about a corrupt system, he is sure getting a lot of help on that front right now. just take a look at exhibit a in the new york times this week. after trump appointed judge eileen cannon was assign
how to prepare when your opponent plays fast and loose with the facts. top of the hour with a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with extreme weather, with more than 90 million americans under heat alerts as temperatures reach triple digits in some areas. at the columbus, ohio zoo, workers are working around the clock to keep those animals cool. our polar bears have a cool pool. they also have access to an air-conditioned building. are red pandas have boxes and they have air-conditioning in them, and we allow that has many choices and options as possible, so they can use the environment to alleviate themselves from the seat. meanwhile, people are flocking to the beach today from some relief from the sweltering temperatures. we have several reporters in place covering all these developers for us. we will begin with nbc s george sully s outside a hospital in philadelphia. i hope it is not too
the federal election case brought by special counsel jack smith has been on hold for more than six months now. that in and of itself a victory for trump as he uses every lever of the justice system available to any criminal deft to his advantage. to avoid standing trial before the election in november, at which point if he prevails and is elected, he can dismiss the felony counts he faces for attempting a coup. as we have pointed out on this patrol before, every day that goes by without a decision one way or the other from the supreme court is a victory for trump. it s a day that trump gets closer to his goal. it s a glaring delay for many other reasons as well. there s the fact that not one but two of the nine justices are facing calls for recusal. one whose home flew a flag flown by the january 6th insurrectionists at the catch toll on his property. the other has a wife who was involved in urging state legislatures to overturn joe biden s victory. there s the facts at hand
doc ronnie johnson. everybody know the congressman from texas? he was the white house doctor. no, actually, they don t know him. they don t know ronnie johnson. who is ronnie johnson? nothing like mocking your opponent there is a randy johnson. mental acuity when messing up the doctor who administered your test who is sitting in the audience. person, man, woman, horse, ronnie johnson. the name of trump s former white house position turned u.s. congressman is ronny jackson. wait, what? not johnson. what? good morning. welcome to morning joe. that s confusing. monday, june 17th. what else is new, right? with us, we have nbc news national affairs analyst and a partner and chief political analyst at puck, john heilemann. pulitzer prize winning writer and analyst eugene robinson. peter baker. symone sanders townsend. thanks to all of you being in early on monday morning. john heilemann. right. i m new at this politics thing, but i m guessing i