him love. if he ends up running against donald trump, how accurate will the so-called approval numbers be. because it still looks like it will be donald trump as the republican nominee. he just raised gobs of cash. polls show him trouncing ron desantis, who is by far his nearest competitor, and despite the indictments, the alleged carelessness around classified documents, and the potentially criminal carelessness for this country s democratic process, republican voters are clearly still on his side. but is anyone else? or to put a finer point on it, will any general election that includes donald trump be anything more than voting for or voting against donald trump? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. punch bowl news cofounder and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman, and former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steele. jake, as somebody who knows mccarthy best, can you give us a sense of why he has not endorsed the
republican nomination, donald trump is bringing in a good deal of cash, but there are questions about where all that money is going. we ll look into it. also ahead, more on the story we ve been following all week. the cocaine found at the white house, we re learning where exactly it was discovered and who had access to that area. plus, treasury secretary janet yellen kicks off high-level meetings in china with criticism of how beijing treats american companies. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 7th. joe and mika off this morning. with us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. jen palmieri. and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. we re going to dive in with president defendant s co-defendant and personal aide, walt nauta. he has been arraigned on charges in the classified documents case. he pleaded not guilty in court in florida yesterday. this was the third attempt to arraign nauta, who was finally able to hire a
also breaking this morning, signs that the labor market, which has been stunningly strong for so long is now cooling. fed watchers and wall street very warily awaiting these numbers. i ll talk to acting labor secretary julie su for her take on the numbers and the strength of the u.s. economy. and later, more heat for an already weather-weary nation. over a dozen dead nationwide from the high temperatures. i have asthma, so the air quality is really hard on my lungs, and then with the heat on top, it s like having a meltdown all in one. when could we get some relief from the brutal and record-breaking heat? let s begin with the war in ukraine and the breaking news. we ve now confirmed that the u.s. will send cluster munitions to ukraine. these are large bombs containing smaller explosives inside them which then disperse and can kill in record numbers. these weapons are so dangerous that more than 120 countries including many u.s. allies have agreed not to use them, but
stor y out of washington. now back to regular programming already in progress. dosee the unrwa, which, by the way, claims to providepale assistance to palestinian refugees. now, according to the documentsn while 12 employees took part in the october 7th hamas terror attacks, including seven who stormed into israeli territory or allegedly responsibleg seve r truly despicable acts and intelligence shared with thedespicab united states, estimates that about 1200 abployees of this agency have links to hamas or the palestinian islamic. orin light of these allegation, the u.s. and many other countries, they have cut funding. s spar so to the agency, which haske sparked outrage from the radical left. even congressman cosio cortez calli is calling for funding to beng restored immediately. shocker. as did bernie sanders, who said, quote, we cannot allow millions to suffero said because of the alleged actions of 12 people. echoing remarks from the white actions house. take a look.
this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. still winning, that s the focus of tonight s angle. now, our nation s billionaires did not get rich and powerful because they like to make bad investments. they got rich and powerful because they made good investments. at least one high profile nikki haley donor has decided she is a bad investment we learned linkedin founder reid hoffman a biden supporter and haley backer announced ending support for her after double dignity new hampshire loss. also more bad news for nikki. a republican fundraiser told . a republican fundraiser told cnbc on wednesday that three clients who each helped haley raise upraise $1 to $100,000 for the campaign are now opting out of her. so this bad fundraising newsn followedfollow pitiful post losy spinner among it is just sad at this point to run around the country carrying water for the people who despise the g.o.p. base as n otthe frenetic sarah goods tryig to convince you of the collapse