trying to appease other people. they tried to present it as him being, you know, a bold leader on this issue. i think in reality he knows that he s losing and donald trump is setting the tone on this issue, and i don t see that changing any time soon. we ll certainly watch the fallout in the weeks and months ahead. msnbc political analyst brendan buck, thank you as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. right now millions of americans are getting blasted by a heat wave. when you show the weather app it shows the middle finger emoji. so hat in maine the lobsters will be getting in pots just to cool down. [ applause ] it s so hot in new york this week the rats are wearing crop tops. [ laughter ] it is so hot in south dakota, kristi noem s dog good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very going to be a very hot wednesday, june 19th. jooernt. we ll bring in the former communications
joining us now, nbc news chief political analyst, chuck todd, the man behind the article and nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. chuck, when you go back and look at 2020, and why donald trump lost, is there a definitive answer for why he lost? i think if you surveyed political strategists and political scientists, you wouldn t get a definitive answer. i think he lost simply because of covid. there s a lot of people because of what happened after the election with january 6th, they think about his antics, the first impeachment. then we had the second impeachment that sort of took place right after the inauguration. we never really had that sort of consensus, you didn t have the after action reports because you have one party was in denial that they actually lost, so they didn t do an after action report. but in some ways, neither did the democrats and i think that what i feel like i m watching is what the biden campaign thought their theory of the case was in october of
tonight. i have this new podcast, it is called rachel maddow presents ultra, season two of ultra. episode two of that is out today. it starts with a really cheery little episode, i guess. a really cheery little thumbnail sketch of a doomsday weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for ats? episode two of ultra is out today wherever you get your podcasts. thank you. all right, that is going to do for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. episode two to look forward to because of, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book. i spent the weekend. i have to do an event with him at the 92nd street y on thursday night, which i am sure by the time you are halfway through your first comments, was sold out for thursday night. and rachel, the book is so rich, as you know that was the tip of the iceberg discussion. you can do, i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginnin
that s next. josé, take it away. good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i amjosé diaz-balart. in a few moments, a major announcement from the white house. today president biden is set to announce new actions that would protect undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens from being deported. the policy would allow them to obtain work permits on a case by case basis, and they must have lived in the u.s. as for three years as of yesterday. and it would allow daca recipients to have work permits. joining me, monica alba and julia ainsley. what else do we know about the president s executive actions and when could families begin to apply? it s significant, josé, for several reasons. first of which this is the component president biden was teasing when he announced he would use the authority and executive action to temporarily shut down the border to certain asylum seekers, and he said in the weeks to come he would announce new steps to make the immigration syste
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