Enough is enough. The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough. Georges name mean something. You have the opportunity here today to make your names means something too. If his death end up changing the world for the better, and i think it will, then he died as he lived. It is on you to make sure his death is not in vain. Incredible strength. One day after laying his brother to rest. It is. Its amazing. Is what that a black man is worth in 2020, 20, if his death changes the world, then he will have died as he lived. That plea at the very end so moving to ensure that george floyd did not die in vain. That was George Floyds brother appearing before the House Judiciary Committee has Congress Debates the way forward on Police Reform legislation. Good morning and welcome to morning joe, its thursday, june 11th, along with joe, willy and me we have former chairman of the Republican National committee Michael Steele joining us, nbc news correspondent and host on msnbc ka
White house officials continued to insist that bannon still should not answer the committees questions. Yet the white house said this about testimony. No one has encouraged him to be anything but transparent, but there is a process of what that looks like and what that process should go through. Weve been completely cooperative throughout this entire process. Were going to continue to be cooperative. But were also going to maintain some of the executive privileges here at the white house that have been practiced for decades and that need to be maintained. The committee recessed and one member suggested bannon would be back on thursday. The republican leading the investigation had this to say. The subpoena remains in effect. There are questions we asked that were not answered. And were going to resolve those issues to get the answers to our questions. We will get the answers from mr. Bannon that we did not get answered today. New reporting next hour on morning joe. The secretary of Home
Background checks will be fully backed by the white house. He goes on to say, legislation moving forward, bump stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to state law. Armed guards is a deterrent. And then adds, on the 18 to 21 age limits, watching court cases and rulings before acting. States are making this decision and things are moving rapidly on this, but not much Political Support to put it mildly. Now this is obviously a president , john, who never slowed up a decision before. For this, he says he going to wait to see what Court Actions say about raise the age limit to 21 after a lot of criticism from the president who initially raised that idea back at the end of february after that shooting but then seemed to back off of it, did not mention it in his proposals put forth by the white house last night. I also have to point out that it comes after the president was critical of senators manchin and toomey for not including hig
Like soy beans. The Hightech Industries that china vows to dominate. American companies will pay the tariffs when they import the goods. They will absorb the costs or pass them along to consumers. Thinking of everything from cell phones to shoes, but the u. S. Will not be able to avoid those goods if the president follows through on his threat to target some 500 billion. It is roughly the total amount that we imported from china last year. Good morning, terry, it is tough to know what to make of the politics because people are giving him credit for the economy, who would be hurt by the trade war. Mostly the people will be hurt in places iowa and wisconsin. These are places that trump wants Republican Party to hold in the midterm elections. The governors race in wisconsin. A trade war in those states would not be good. When you look, of the counties looking to be affected by the retaliation, 82 were trump categories. But how impenetrable are those poll numbers. Among republicans he has
Yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. We have a lot of news to get to. First a state of emergency in alabama after two powerful tornadoes tore through the eastern part of the state killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more. According to the National Weather service the first tornado was half a mile wide or more, lee county sheriff described the damage as catastrophic. The governor has declared a statewide emergency. On twitter President Trump urged residents to be careful and safe. Rescue crews used drones last night to search for survivors but the effort was scaled back due to dangerous conditions. Intense ground search is expected to resume this morning. Nbc news correspondent is in lee county, alabama with a look at some of the destruction firsthand. Tammy . Reporter good morning. Im in lee county where two tornadoes touched down, numerous deaths, numerous injuries. Among them an 8yearold girl. Residents here just trying to piece together whats left, coming back and for t