summer. hey, do you work? what do you do? usually when an 81-year-old does that much traveling through europe, it s on a viking river cruise. [ laughter ] good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 13th. we re going to bring you the very latest from the g7 summit in italy. president biden is there meeting with world leaders and also talking support for ukraine. that s a top priority there. meanwhile, there s a lot happening today on capitol hill. donald trump will be in washington to meet with lawmakers from both chambers, setting up his first face-to-face with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell in more than three years. it comes a day after a partisan vote in the house, holding merrick garland in contempt of congress. we re going to dig into all of that straight ahead. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former treasury official and economic analyst steve rattn
your son, hunter, is on trial , and i know you can t speak about an ongoing federal prosecution. but would you accept the jeannie rhee jerry soutcome no matter what it is? have you ruled out a pardon for your son? john: president biden making it clear he will not pardon his son if he is convicted in the federal gun trial as prosecutor s rep of the case and the gents put the first witnesses on the stand. the court in a lunch break right now, but we are learning the president s brother, james biden, is expected to testify, and naomi has already taken the stand. sandra: we will bring you a live report on that and just moments. we also have an all-star lineup to take us through today s proceedings. jonathan turley, mercedes colwin, and mark eiglarsh are all on deck. they could have brought the case seven years ago. it s only when you run for office they bring cases. right after the announcement of this, more campaign funds were given to this campaign then any campaign, they
spending project in united states history. where is that money going to go? dan henninger writes that as soon as the bill is signed, covid is over. we ll talk about that when he and jason riley joins us. prince william speaking out about his brother s accusations. a royal insider that has more on harry and meghan with brand new response to the latest from prince william on this story that everybody is paying attention to. first, it is the case that caught the attention of the entire country. it s celebrated the black lives matter movement. third degree murder is now back on the table for derrick chauvin. he charged in the killing of george floyd. this broadened the possibility for the jury in their decision and that jury selection is underway. it s a difficult process as you might imagine. some are asking to be removed for fear of what could happen to them or their families. watch this. can you tell us why you weren t sure? it s more from a safety standpoint. as far as i
A roundup of the days events. The most powerful men in hollywood, ceo chairman of cbs les moonves under fire. And we hear from the reporter who broke the story, ronan farrow. Heres abcs chief National Affairs correspondent, tom llamas. Reporter tonight les moonves, one of most powerful men in hollywood, under investigation by his own company, cbs, after allegations of sexual misconduct. The accusations from six women from encounters that happened 20 years ago that range from inappropriate kissing to sexual assault, surfacing tonight in a new yorker expose by ronan farrow. In the article actress and writer Illeana Douglas tells farrow, what happened to me was a sexual assault, and then i was fired for not participating. She recounts an incident in moonves office. Moonves office. In a millisecond, he got one arm over me, pinning me, she said. Moonves was violently kissing her, holding her down on the couch with her arms above her head. Producer Christine Peters recounts a similar experie
A morning news show that includes interviews, features and banter among hosts. Pete and barack obama as well. That kind of anemic growth is the new normal. And a lot of economists said that as well. Griff, you brought this up. You should get credit for this. I will read it one of our reports in October Of 2016 cnn surveyed 11 economists on whether the economy would ever reach 4 g. D. P. All said no. Quote one economist his name is Robert Brewska he said pigs do not fly. Trump donald trump is dreaming that it would get to 4 . Breaking news this morning, pigs do fly. They actually do. [laughter] because we hit 4. 1 . If its on the folder its got to be true. Think about it, economists and everyone in the establishment said no, no, no. 4 cant happen. We are managing americas decline. We are a second rate power. Our economy is stuck in the mud. Trump said no we can unleash it again. America can be great. Economic engine of free market works. Abby we are still dealing with this. Griff the Pl