find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
at least not at a sufficiently high level. that s a concern. i think yellen s trip is a positive step. when it comes to ukraine, you know, i think a lot of us for a long time have thought china could play a productive relationship for several reasons. obviously, the russia and china relationship. you have the ukraine and china relationship. ukraine or china is ukraine s largest trading partner. i don t think a lot of people understand that. a final point, too, when it comes to kind of the doomsday scenarios, of what if putin decides to do something drastic, i think there is a recognition in u.s. policy circles that china can help. that china can certainly, you know, nod to moscow and say, hey, you know, nothing in terms of blowing up the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant or use of tactical nuclear weapons. china has a role, a significant one. i m glad the trip going forward. yellen one of the slightly less hawkish members when it comes to china. reaction is pouring into a