Here tonight because Rupert Murdock, who is the ceo James Murdock, i should say is the ceo of fox, the son of conservative Rupert Murdock is pledging to donate 1 million to your organization, the antidefamation league. You spoke to him. Whats your reaction . Im certainly humbled by jamess generosity. Its an the n credibly bold thing to do. When he has a particular set of corporate interests to play. Hes an american and what we saw in charlottesville and the reaction of the past week has been in contrast to our core american values. So when you get James Murdock on the phone, what did you think . Well, ive gotten a lot of these calls over the past week, to be honest, don. We got calls in advance of the march. We got calls literally over the weekend with people saying how is this happening in my country that theres a debate over nazis marching in the streets . And it was somehow leaked, right . James stepped forward and said we want to do something, he and his wife, catherine. He not onl
Dream of racial harmony, the president is on the attack against the democrat who publicly confirmed that mr. Trump used vulgar language to insult african immigrants. Before leaving florida for washington, mr. Trump posted a tweet accusing the Senate Minority leader of misrepresenting his remarks. Senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate, is standing by his statement and hes challenging the vague and confusing denials by mr. Trump and two republican senators denials contradict by multiple sources. Theres no denying that this controversy has helped derail efforts to protect young immigrants who came to the United States under the program known as daca. In his tweet tonight, mr. Trump is blaming senator durbin and democrats even though the president personally shot down a proposed bipartisan deal. It is all adding more uncertainty to the latest efforts to avoid a Government Shutdown with the deadline just four days away. Were also following the fallout after a false Nucl
Stories you are looking for, not just today, but in the weeks and month ahead . Looking ahead, the president and axios right now we have a globe thats been turned into a rubiks cube. Because the president has so much on his plate. He has two nuclear standoffs hes looking at, iran and north korea. And in addition to that, the early beginnings of a trade war on multiple fronts as weve been seeing here and throw into that the distraction of an investigation, a hot summer ahead. Indeed it is, mike allen live for us in washington, d. C. , appreciate it as always. Well see you back on morning joe in a few minutes and well be reading axios a. M. In just a little while. You, too, can sign up for the news letter by going to axios. Com. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, morning joe starts right now. Meet the man who wants to put Martha Stewart in jail. Martha stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is, but because of what she did. 42yearold james come
Inhumane. Different elements of the strike of a very complex, but the president definitively acted today. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts off tonight from the north lawn. It is an aboutface for the president who insisted up until surveyed the only congress could fix the problem but its highly questionable whether this executive order will even go into effect. We are going to have a lot of happy people. Under mounting political pressure, President Trump moved to solve the crisis on the border, signing an executive order to keep Families Together. Ivanka feel strongly about it. My wife feel strongly about it. I feel strongly about it. I think anybody with a heart would feel very strongly about it. We dont like to see family separated. At the same time, we dont want people coming into our country illegally. This takes care of the problem. The order seeks to keep Families Together but does not end zero tolerance. President trump directing dhs to keep families in custody
Separated from their mothers and fathers of public backlash forced him to scrap a policy which took two thousand children away from their families well get the latest from washington. Plus campaigning for the next election in heir to ones in turkey. Turns away International Observer from germany we ask how widely is sundays election to be fair. Also coming up on the show were heading to the world cup or argentina clash with her. And there were some spectacular goals on show me the action from that and all of thursdays other world cup game. Im broke off its good to have you with us tonight the European Unions volatile stance on migration is on display yet again emergency talks are planned for sunday and italy has now confirmed it will take part but it came only after germanys chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to scrap a pre prepared joint statement about the meeting anti immigrant leaders from Central Europe say that they will boycott the summit its a sign of worsening divisions over migr