every other american citizen in this situation. that was the chairman of the january 6th select committee, bennie thompson, weighing in on the report that former president trump plans to run for president again to help him avoid criminal charges. good morning and welcome to morning joe. we ve got a lot to get to on this tuesday, july 19th. in a moment, we re going to talk about the two trump white house officials who will testify in thursday s primetime hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump during the attack on the capitol. plus, a defendant without a defense? opening arguments in steve bannon s contempt trial get under way in a few hours, despite the judge dismissing almost all of bannon s legal options. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham is fighting a subpoena in georgia, but the court documents only refer to him as mr. graham. we ll explain why that s significant. dozens of deva
used for medical reasons. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, former president trump is signaling he s going to stick to his old playbook as he appears poised to run for the white house again. trump seemingly undeterred by weeks of damning evidence presented by the january 6th select committee or by a dueling speech delivered today by his former vice president. here is cnn s chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. former president donald trump returned to washington tonight for the first time since leaving office and picked up right where he left off. i ran for president. i won, and i won a second time, did much better the second time. did a lot better. reporter: what began as a policy speech about crime, immigration and the border turned to grievances as he inched closer to launching a bid for the white house. we may have to do it again. we have to straighten out ou
Like fentanyl. A white house summary of the call included a few others like chinas unfair Trade Policies and venting access to technology. On the chinese Side Resident Xi called on any taiwanese independence a redline and accused the us of trying to suppress chinas development of advanced technology. Overfour development of advanced technology. Over four days of meeting treasury secretary jenny yellen is expected to meet with some of chinas top political and economic officials as well as American Business leaders and chinese professors and students. She is expected to warn china against flooding the market with cheap, clean energy the things like Electric Vehicle and lithium ion batteries. The white house is trying to bolster that industry domestically by offering its own tax brea ks breaks and subsidies. Tesla shares have fallen almost 5 percent. Thats after elon musk s Electric Vehicle maker reported deliveries have fallen sharply in the First Quarter of 202a. The company handed over
others, like china s unfair trade policies and preventing access to advanced us technology. and on the chinese side, president xi reportedly called us support for any taiwanese independence effort a red line and accused the us of trying to suppress china s development of advanced technology. over four days of meetings, treasury secretary janet yellen is expected to meet with some china s top political and economic officials, as well as american business leaders and chinese professors and students. she is expected to warn china against flooding the market with cheap clean energy exports, things like electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries. the white house is trying to bolster that industry domestically by offering its own tax breaks and subsidies. let s get you up to speed quickly with an earthquake this morning in taiwan, because the well s largest contract chip maker has told the bbc it has evacuated some of its facilities there. the company says it is estimating th