still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
this morning starts right now. this breaking overnight, hunter biden is facing nine new criminal charges as federal investigators say he avoided paying $1.4 million in taxes, instead spending that money on an extravagant lifestyle, how high the political cost may be for his father. donald trump set to testify monday in his new york fraud trial after calling it a disgrace to america. why his own lawyer is telling him not to take the stand. plus, shots fired outside of a synagogue before the first night of hanukkah, what the suspect said just before he was arrested. cnn this morning starts right now. it is friday, we re so glad you re with us, i m poppy harlow, with phil mattingly in new york. the 2023 campaign trail is running through the courthouse or courthouses, hunter biden facing nine new federal criminal charges, accused of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes, in 2016, through 2019. and instead spending his money on things like drugs, escorts, pornogr