talking about the case over the weekend. it comes as trump s rivals for the 2024 nomination rally to his defense. some of them do. we will have the comments. some of them do. some don t. some do and don t. mixed bag. you know? what is the strategy there? sad thick. the latest from ukraine with the counteroffensive claiming small victories over the russian forces. also ahead, an update on the i- 95 collapse. a disaster that has shut down the section of one of the busiest highways in america. good lord. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. if is monday, june 12th. with us we have the host of way too early, eddie claude jr., and richard hoss joining us. richard, jonathan, so much news. we cannot talk about sports. is there a minute? not even a minute to talk about what happened at yankee stadium or the stadium as they call it. the red sox taking 2 of 3. we don t have time to talk about it? we don t have time to talk about it. the little league team
the republican party gets trashed in the areas because of abortion and january 6th, and you add this, my god, i promise you, this morning there s republicans in those states going, do we just pull up the tent stakes? we can t take anymore on board. so let s get to chuck rosenburg. despite the claims from trump that it is a witch hunt, quote, did far more than merely lay out the crimes against the president. the strength of mr. smith s case will be tested by mr. trump s lawyers, the evidence was abundant and varied.
he is already starting to take a victory lap. is he already trying to get the american public to accept the fact that we re going to be out of there in seven days, eight days no matter how many americans and afghan allies we end up leaving behind. i don t understand this political calculus the veterans community mobilized to help out their friends, the diplomatic community, the congressional community. we are mobilized to get americans out. and president biden wants to pull up tent stakes and it s unfathomable. rachel: congressman, some people have speculated the reason we have this timetable of getting out right now instead of more of a slow exit was that the biden administration or joe biden himself wanted this september 11th like this moment, this september 11th coming up and we are out of afghanistan and some sort of-do you believe that? is there any explanation that you have of why this happened on this particular timetable and without leaving, as pete mentioned, some sort of forc
for a holiday weekend, closing state parks. mike tobin is live with this unfolding story. reporter: there is not much getting done in minnesota today. the road projects are stopped. 23,000 state employees are looking at the future of no paychecks. campers out for the busiest weekend at the minnesota state parks. we are told, pull up the tent stakes, park is closed. state employees are told, take home their plants if they need water, this could be a little while. republicans and democrats a half billion apart and absolutely opposed. the governor was elected on increasing the burned on the wealthiest minnesotans. the past six months i proposed raising tax ts on only the wealthiest 2% of all