clubs over concerns that more documents were stashed there. also ahead, a big win in the fight against the big lie. we ll go through the monumental decision from the supreme court and we ll get expert analysis on the situation in eastern europe following a failed revolt against vladimir putin. secretary of state, antony blinken will be on the show this morning. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday june 28th. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay and white house editor for politico, sam stein. joe is is on assignment but willy and i are here and donald trump is rolling out yet another excuse for that leaked audio tape that appeared to have him showing up classified documents to people. in an interview with fox news digital yesterday the former president professed his innocence and accused the media, even fox, of conspireing against him. here s a portion of the leaked tape from augus
his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a densely p
or terms. our support to israel s right to defend itself is ironclad as you ve heard me say a number of times, and that s not going to change. it s critical, as i said earlier, that hamas not be able to threaten israel from gaza or even threaten gaza anymore. you know, that s an interest that we all share. that s a common interest with all of us, and so today we had great discussions about the status of the campaign, about goals and objectives, and about how to reduce harm to civilians in the battle space, and to and the need to ensure a sustained flow of humanitarian assistance into gaza. you know, we can offer some insight based upon our own experience in fighting terrorist groups and certainly that enabled us to have great discussions and we also have some great thoughts about how to transition from high intensity operations to lower intensity and more surgical operations, so we had great discussions on all of those issues. on lebanon, we ve been clear that we don t want
hello, welcome to the programme. a deep dive coming up tonight on the story that has dominated headlines this week. we will dig into the digital footprint that led investigators to the door of national guardsman jack teixeira. we will look at the laundry list of charges is facing and we will find what it means for us intelligence. also tonight handsfree driving on uk motorways. ford s bluecruise system allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel, at speeds of up to 70mph. but how advanced is it? we will talk firearms. nada tawfik will be here with her investigation into so called ghost guns. as we ll check in on donald trump and his republican presidential challengers who are in indineapolis right now seeking the blessing of the all powerful national rifle association. interesting week to do that, after that mass shooting in louisville kentucky. but we start tonight with the frantic search for the leaker of the classified pentagon documents, that ended last night in mass
with us. biden flying home after 72 hours in europe. an undercover trip to kyiv, a defining speech and today a huddle with allies on nato s front lines. his parting message colliding with the new joint effort to condemn the west and promise, quote, new frontiers. plus this is their mess. the president puts the job of cleaning up a toxic rail spill on the shoulders of the southern railway. but stern words from the president come only after ohioans impacted say they believe the president has i ignored them for weeks. and the new republican majority, one ally calls for red states to lead the union. and an alabama republican want the enshrine the ar-15 as the national gun of america. fist, a split on the global stage. president biden in war saw and vladimir putin in moscow. their agendas underline the state of play in ukraine right now. there s no end in sight for the war. right now, president biden is on air force one. his trek home capping a three-day trip jam packed with h