stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the ca
Right about that. Earlier this morning the president of the United States publicly hounded natos secretarygeneral, repeatedly disparaged germany and wondered aloud why america should be responsible for protecting europe against russia. Vladimir putin wants donald trump to break from American Allies. A few hours ago, that is exactly what he got. Wow. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 11th. With us, msnbc contributor mike ba ba ba barniccal. And David Ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt and former u. S. Ambassador to nato and former state Department Spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. Great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. What a start to the trip. And lets just play the clip. Heres donald trump actually doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would want him to do. Good morning. In many countries, they owe
insurrection. gary michael brown, might not sound familiar to you yet, but he s a form 0er aide to the disgraced ex-president donald trump and appears to have testified in court today before the federal grand jury. brown served as deputy director offee lection day operations for the trump campaign and seen today entering the space in the federal courthouse where the grand jury meets. accompanied by his attorney stanley woodward. new york times reported brown coordinated trump advisor boris epshteyn and mike roman the trump campaign s director election day operations in the leadup to january 6th. the january 6th select committee subpoenaed brown last year in connection with the fake i lectors plot alternate slates of electors were to be sent to congress. as reported some fake elector appeared before the grand jury last week. january 6th lead investigator our guest in the next hour helping us make sense what this means in terms of where jack smith may be in his criminal investigation.
especially on republicans or put it aside given what s gotten out. he was a form 0er member of congress, ran, top republican on the house oversight committee and who, there was a ton of theatrics when administration officials would not appear before congress at his request, of course, the obama administration officials at the time. so i m looking to see how many republicans are willing to vote for this. one thing that is clear, though, chuck, is that if there was any doubt, which there was a lot of skepticism, that another committee would be able to unveil new information about leading up to and what happened on january 6th, there has been so much great reporting on it, books written. other committees in the senate who detailed a lot, but the committee has made clear that there is a lot of information that we still don t know, and they unveiled some of that last night and this morning, chuck.
welcome back. president trump is getting backlash today after form 0er ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch s testimony in the impeachment hearings. house speaker nancy pelosi saying the president s action amount to witness tampering. he made a mistake, and he knows her strength and he was trying to undermine it. of course presidents appoint ambassadors, but people don t insult people, especially when they re giving testimony before the congress of the united states. i think even his most ardent supporters have to honestly admit this is the wrong thing for the president to do. joined now by nbc s mike viqueira at the white house. good to see you again. the president is fighting back about his actions and yovanovitch? you know, kendis, after that dramatic episode in that hearing yesterday a break in the hearing, and reporter, tried to