now. all right. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re with us. really significant developments overnight, perhaps after you went to bed. happy to have phil by my side. good morning. good morning. how are you doing? you know those moments when you see a transcript of something, i really like to listen to the actual tape. then cnn obtains the tape. and the tape is just as bad, if not worse, than the transcript was. and you think, oh, wow. this is huge news. then a former president is at the center of it. that s what we re going to get started with this morning. five things to know for this tuesday, june 27th. first on cnn what we were just talking about, that audio tape central to the prosecution s case of donald trump, trump s mishandling of classified documents you ll hear from the former president in his own words telling people, quote, this is secret information. look at this. and just hours from now, we may get a glimpse of how trump s political rivals lev
war plans against iran, with people who were at his golf club in new jersey two years ago. we re going to have expert legal analysis on this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. it comes as the justice department will meet this week with someone who stood up against trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. trump s lawyers are also busy in new york trying to get the ex-president s hush money case moved to federal court. we ll have the latest on that. we ll also get a live report from moscow for an update on that revolt against russian president vladimir putin. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, june 27th. joe is on assignment, but willie is back. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former press secretary and now msnbc host, jen psaki. founder of the conservative website the bulwark, charlie
we re going to have expert legal analysis on this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. it comes as the justice department will meet this week with someone who stood up against trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. trump s lawyers are also busy in new york, trying to get the ex-president s hush-money case moved to federal court. we ll have the latest on that. we ll also get a live report from moscow for an update on that revolt against russian president vladimir putin. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, june 27th. joe is on assignment, but willie is back. with us, we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house press secretary now msnbc host, jen psaki, and founder of the conservative website the bulwark, charlie sikes. a lot going on, willie.
declassiied it while president. quote, now i can t. this is still secret, highly confidential. the indictment cites the recording and the testimony from people in the room saying you showed it to people there that day. you say tape it s just the opposite. that you can t declassify, so why have it, is my question. when i said i couldn t declassify it now, i wasn t president. i never made any bones about that. when i m not president, i can t declassify. that s what you said. you did say that. i said i couldn t. i could have declassified it. there was no document. that was donald trump last week telling fox news that there was no classified documents mixed in with the papers he reportedly showed to people at his golf club in new jersey after he left the white house. but there is new audio that appears to undercut that claim. welcome back to morning joe. it is tuesday, june 27th. jonathan lemire is still with
reportedly showing off u.s. war plans against iran with people who were at his golf club in new jersey two years ago. we re going to have much, much more about this seemingly damning piece of evidence in just a moment. plus, the latest from russia following a failed revolt by the leader of a mercenary group against president vladimir putin and his defense leaders. and also back here at home presidential candidate ron desantis unveils his hard right immigration and border policy ahead of a day of dueling events in new hampshire with trump. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 27th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. weeks after donald trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts