still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and the new super mario film breaks box office records despite a series of terrible reviews. hello and welcome to the programme. preparations are in place in belfast to welcome the us presidentjoe biden on tuesday to mark 25 years since the signing of the northern ireland good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by the then british prime minister, tony blair, and irish prime minister, bertie ahern. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end, 30 years of conflict known as the troubles. the current british prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland, to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political deadlock and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. our ireland correspondent, chris page is at stormont, home of the northern ireland assembl
where china has finished a third day of drills, rehearsing how to effectively seal off the self governing island. taiwan s defence ministry says it detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around its territory 39 of which entered taiwan s air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills, released by china s military, and shown on the country s state television. it all comes after taiwan s president tsai ing wen met with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week, angering beijing. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer, through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. shaima khalil reports. a show of force and fury. for the third and final day, china s military continued what it called 0perationjoint sword, aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island,
taiwan to resolve their differences peacefully. xi countering that taiwan is a, quote, red line issue that the united states must not cross. selena wang is outfront tonight from beijing. reporter: u.s. president joe biden s first face-to-face meeting since taking office with chinese leader xi jinping. translator: i look forward to working with you, mr. president, to bring china-u.s. relations back to the track of healthy and stable growth. after the meeting, biden tells the press i do not think there s any imminent attempt on the part of china to invade taiwan. reporter: but despite the optimistic tone an smiles, the possibility of armed conflict still looms. xi just days before wearing camouflage uniform at a military command center in beijing telling china s army to prepare for war. his visit met with excited applause from top military officials. beijing has stepped up pressure
on self-ruled democratic taiwan after house speaker nancy pelosi visited the island in august firing repeat the missiles and encircling taiwan in a practice block aid. she vowing to reunify the island that china sees as a breakaway province using force if necessary. yes, we have a commitment to do that. meanwhile biden infuriating beijing with his repeated comments that america would come to taiwan s aid in the event of a chinese invasion. washington promises to brief taiwanese officials on the outcome of the biden xi meeting angering beijing even more. this is truly egregious an china firmly rejects this. state media writing facts show that the u.s. understanding of the red line. china-u.s. relations is far from adequate. that tense atmosphere a far cry from the smiles and warm handshakes during their many