Lies, and we will go through each and every one of them for you. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday, june 22nd. Welcome to morning joe. With us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, former aide to the george w. Bush white house and state department, solis jordan, jon meacham, and capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. And joe will be back tomorrow. Were going to get to the fact check of the president s rally in a moment. Theres a lot of work to do to get all of those facts checked, willie. Yes. There were quite a few doozies in there. Its kind of uncomfortable. Well its so uncomfortable to see a president i mean, can you remember having to go through lies after lies after lies from the president of the United States . Well, i know were going to talk about this in a second, but the one interesting thing is the one piece of legislation he can tout, which is the Health Care
First of all, wren, what can you tell us . What do we know . Reporter we know the fbi has taken the lead on this investigation and they are investigating to see if this is terrorist related. At this point they have not made that determination. But we know that officers name, it is lieutenant jeff nebill. Hes with the police force there. We know from members of Law Enforcement that this attack happened at about 9 00 this morning at Bishop Airport, on the public side of that airport. So this suspect had not yet gotten through security. That officer, were told was stabbed in the neck and in the back. Lieutenant nebil was taken to a hospital where he is reported to be in critical condition. He is reported as being stable, hes not getting better, hes not getting worse. That suspect is now in custody, being questioned by Law Enforcement at this moment, while of course the fbi is there on the scene at Bishop Airport, along with the atf, we also know that there is canine units sweeping that ai
Country. By america in higher american, all right . Buy american. Speak to kristen, tell us about the made in America Showcase we will see this week. Hello, sandra. Today, products made it almost all 50 states are going to be on display at the white house and to show how the president s effort roll back regulations reform the tax code could help move American Companies to make affection more in the u. S. Before the white house can fully focus on tax reform, they need to figure out Health Care Reform, and over the weekend, the Senate Republicans effort to do just that hit another major setback. This time, it had to do with senator john mccain. He will be out of washington for at least the entire week after undergoing surgery for a blood clot above his eye. And remember, this is a bill where every single vote counts. Senate majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, delayed the vote until senator john mccain is back, leaving ample time for senators to change their mind. One senator says he will n
To the gulf coast. In fact, people there are bracing for potentially lifethreatening floods as rising water levels have washed out many roads. Up to a foot of rain is expected and predicted to fall on parts of louisiana coastline. Already it is proving deadly in alabama where a 10yearold boy was struck and killed by debris blown ashore by the storm surge. Joining us now from new orleans is nbcs jay gray. Jay, good to have you with us this morning. A lot of people there concerned. The storm is expected to make landfall in louisiana soon. What are you seeing there in terms of the preparations . Not just here in new orleans but all along the central gulf coast. A lot of people making sure they have enough food and water to stay inside if necessary, and we have seen a lot of people taking the storm very seriously. Especially in this area where theyve already seen some local flooding if areas that take on too much water too quickly. Thats going to continue. The rain is going to continue. Th
Where there were reports of frustration and tension between white house officials and the president s private attorney, Marc Kasowitz, who had a very rough week after the release of some o of some private emails of him and a critic, explicit laden and he apologized for that. Though kasowitz will stay on as the private attorney, they need to do more when it comes to russia. Again, not just legally, but also in the press. Ana . Alise, back to that meeting at trump tower. It was pitched as an opportunity to learn something that would hurt the clinton campaign. So what about this man who was there, the washington lobbyist, former soviet officer, rinat akhmetshin. What do we know about him and what interest would he have in a meeting like this . Well, we know he was well known, ana, in washington circles. He was a russian lobbyist, working for this russian lawyer who was also in the meeting. Natalia veselnitskaya. And he was lobbying on behalf of trying to get rid of the legislation, this m