move in the middle east this morning. he began a meeting with the prime minister of israel just a few moments ago. we re following that. a news conference is set to begin in about an hour. we ll be monitoring. of course, all of this happening ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented, direct flight to saudi arabia. good morning. a lot to cover this morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 14th. joe is off. later this hour, we ll speak with capitol police sergeant gonell, who was forced to retire after the injuries he sustained by the pro-trump mob on january 6th. he s testified before the committee. on tuesday, he embraced one of the rioters and accepted his apology. ahead this morning, former oath keeper spokesman jason van tatenhove, who testified before the committee on tuesday, will also be our guest. he broke from the group in 2017 and is now speaking out about why. willie. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with the latest on the january 6th investigat
volunteering information so we can understand what in the world happened down in that white house. so why do you think, nick, he s not? the idea he could have such access and give firsthand accounts of trump s efforts to seize the power of the doj as we heard from one hearing to corrupt it. the idea of the scheme to try to oust the acting attorney general but i suspect to the extent that cipollone is trying to carve out certain areas he doesn t have to talk about, i m assuming privilege will be a part of this and obviously, he can bend the ear of the president. will that be enough you think to overcome the obligation john is speaking about and is it valid? not at all. i mean, look, there is no attorney client privilege for starters. the white house counsel does not represent the president of the united states personally. he s not his personal lawyer. so there is no personal attorney client privilege. the only question is whether or not there is any valid executive privile
emergency. the question is what will our leaders do about it? here at home president biden is in somerset, massachusetts today at a former coal-fired power plant that now manufactures parts for offshore wind energy. the white house says the president will announce moves to bolster the offshore wind industry, home assistance for low-income residents. excessive heat records are at stake in dozens the states, straining power grids as people crank up the a.c. to stay cool. but do these moves go far enough? democrats blocked by republicans and joe manchin in the senate have turned to the president, upping the pressure to declare a state of emergency, unlocking the power of executive orders to fight climate change, the without would not say if he will do so. across the atlantic there are big out of control and deadly fires across multiple countries. tens of thousands of people in france have been displaced and many of them are at risk of permanently losing their homes. firefighters
on new reporting that shows its resources are at a breaking point. plus this. in point. plus this. she doesn t know that we don t have a home, because to her. i m sorry. to her, wherever i am is her home. the reality of being kicked out of your home. why so many american families struggled to keep their homes during the pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions. also, this hour. maybe we can find five more republicans who want to enable same-sex marriage to be supported. let us hope so. the world did not come to an end with the supreme court decided on roker felt which was the same sex marriage issue. and the world and come to an end . why senator hirono earlier on msnbc, how likely is congress to protect marriage equality, and what else is at stake. i m going to ask the lead plaintive, jim obergefell d, who led the fight in that supreme court. case and, please hold for the president. what we know about a new phone call between joe biden and john. stuart plus, an e
justice. plus, joe biden s primetime punch. the president tonight will use a national address to warn republicans are actively working in his view to undermine american democracy. and sarah palin loses in her alaska comeback attempt. a democrat won the special house election. so did advocates of what is called rank choice vote. a first for us, though. a court showdown next hour over the fbi s search of donald trump s mar-a-lago. the justice department says it did everything by the book and that its investigation should continue full speed ahead. team trump, though, is objecting and asking a judge to name a special master. that s an independent third party to review the materials taken from the former president s hotel, home and office. the hearing is before a trump-appointed judge who is already on record leaning in favor of a special master. team trump last night responded to a detailed government filing asserting that trump had no standing to ask for a special master and as