the heat is bad for the bad between the hotter it gets, the harder it is to find your words. wow. cucumber. hot weather can result in lower scores on math tests as well as higher rates of aggression ranging from mean-spirited behavior to violent crime. well, that explains florida. the heat wave is also blasting washington, d.c. when people complain it being over 90 president biden is like see, 81 isn t so bad. just saying. i m not kidding. it s hot out there. i spent all day sweating like a fox news anchor trying to explainp juneteenth. good morning. welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, june 20th. millions of people from the midwest to the northeast will face extreme heat for a fourth straight day. the national weather service is predicting record highs again in several areas, and the heat is expected to last into the weekend. also, tropical storm alberto, the first named storm of the hurricane season, is expected to make landfall soon on mexico s gulf coast. the l
between president biden and benjamin netanyahu after the israeli prime minister accused the white house of withholding military aid. plus, we ll have the latest from vladimir putin s state visit to north korea and the pact that he just signed with kim jong-un. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the race for the white house. and exactly one week before president joe biden and donald trump meet on the debate stage, we ve got new polling that shows that the sitting president has moved into the lead. for the first time since october the latest fox news survey finds biden ahead of trump, 50% to 48% among registered voters. now, to be clear, that 2-point difference is within the poll s margin of error. but this new survey marks a 3-point swing towards biden for last month and a 7-point swing for march. that number matters. the change is being driven
outfront mark hertling for the a general and juliette kayyem assistant secretary of hoemtds under president obama. juliette let s start with saudi arabia here. we have in happening. they are dlarpg the molden to avoid congress signing off. why? the president made history went to saudi arabia for the first trip. his son-in-law, sfon in law, crown prince. the saudi turned an entire black with the stay at the hoe pel tp spending hundreds of thousands at the trump hoe knell washington after the election. i could go on and on. saudi money matters. saudi money matters to trump as president and to trump as businessman. before i go on i want to thank the general and his colleagues and all those who served before this memorial day weekend for what they do to protect the united states. what the president is doing right now undermines u.s. security. he is in fact preferring or by
angela giron voted for those and fighting for their seats in recall elections this tuesday. they may be local races in two small state legislate ty districts but there are clear national implications here. outside money is pouring in from both sides. new york city mayor michael bloomberg spending hundreds of thousands against the recall. nra pouring in hundreds of thousands for the recall. political activity has been so high one county clerk extended early voting hours last week. polls are closed for the day in colorado springs but they are open in public leblo, and in tw it could send a shudder down gun control advocates everywhere or even in small town colorado, americans are okay with tighter gun laws. at the table is dave weigle of slate, and dick wadham and
san francisco, las vegas, phoenix, atlanta and los angeles. and as christine romans reports, you may be competing with buyers you wouldn t expect at the next open house. reporter: it s a saturday afternoon in this hong kong hotel. and chinese investors are enjoying a catered lunch while bidding on properties half a world away. [ speaking in a foreign language ] reporter: spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on properties they may never set foot in. the chinese are now second only to the canadians when it comes to buying real estate in the united states. but when they buy, they buy big spending on average $425,000 per property. and most of the time they pay all cash. all cash, preferring big cities like new york and their suburbs. so what s the draw? upside potential, surroundings. we ve got friends and folks who live there, so it s keeping up with the joness. reporter: for andrew chen a