carefully what it comes from that tomorrow. general kellogg, come back. dana: halls of congress is buzzing with activity. lawmakers return to washington. republicans are going to take action against the head of the f.b.i. and justice department claiming they are politically biased against the gop. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. good morning. got through it. bill: back on the bike. dig it. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy and other top republicans have made it very clear they plan to hold merrick garland and f.b.i. director accountable for what they claim to be a dual system of justice. wray will appear on wednesday before the house judiciary committee where republicans have a lot of questions about everything from hunter biden s quote sweetheart deal to the investigation into classified documents at mar-a-lago. whether it s the way they misused fisa, which is a complicated issue but a very important one that deal
we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
how convenient. meanwhile, hunter s child support payments, the little girl in arkansas, innocent little four-year-old girl that he and joe and jill biden have completely abandon. anyway, the childcare payments were reduced a reported 75%. the girl does not get to take her dad s name. which might be a blessing in disguise. congrats to the bidens. we know they are probably overjoyed tonight. but one day joe and jill biden s granddaughter will know that her grandfather was the president of the united states and completely abandoned and disowned her. we will get to that. coming up we will hear from the attorney representing rapper kodak black who was sentenced to more than three years in prison. he was charged with the same federal robins climb a zero experience hunter biden. 46 months in jail. he also will hear from john solomon. he has exclusive new details from the irs whistleblower who accused the feds of giving hunter preferential treatment. but first tonight we begin with
the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now in a
cnn tonight with alisyn camerota is starting right now. hi. such a horrible story. we re going to be talking about the developments in that case as well. erary sad. that should never happy obviously, so we re going to try to figure out what went wrong. good evening. everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. why was donald trump s staff moving boxes of documents around mar-a-lago when they knew that the fbi was coming the following day to look for classified documents? the washington post reports that investigators consider the timing here a potential sign of obstruction. so what happens now? our panel tells us what this means for the investigation. plus that 11-year-old mississippi boy called 911 for help during a domestic disturbance, but when police arrived as you heard they shot him, so we ll give you new developments in this case. and mike roe is here to talk tonight about why college enrollment is at its lowest point in years. two trump employees allegedly mov