Brandnew hour and fox news alert. Former President Donald Trump staring down four federal charges stemming from Special Counsel jack smith investigation into january 6th. Im sandra smith in new york. A brandnew hour of America Reports starts right now and it is a treat to have you here today. Hello, rich. Rich great to be here, sandra. Thanks so much. Im rich edson, john roberts has the day off. The former president is expected to be arraigned in Federal Court In Washington tomorrow. Sandra many think the latest indictment will do that again. Rich aishah, what are lawmakers saying . Rich, congress is still on its august recess, but we are already seeing House Republicans begin to strategize on what actions they might take next in response to this latest indictment of the former president , including pulling on the purse strings, that is congresss power. Republican firebrand matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene are calling to defund Special Counsel jack smith. Some folks are eyeing the
Social media. Hello, well come everyone, sandra smith in new york. We have made it to wednesday, rich. Rich we have indeed, im rich in for john roberts. According to documents, white house officials asked facebook if it could provide special access to tools that would target users hesitant to take vaccines and spreading misinformation. Sandra also show Biden Administration officials berated facebook employees for not sharing enough data and alluded to the site being more difficult to deal with than other social media platforms. Rich Hillary Vaughn is live on capitol hill. Hillary, did the white house try to have more control on covid content on facebook than it originally claimed. Thats the big take away from the documents that we obtained. Really publicly the white house was claiming they were just trying to help facebook combat misinformation on their platform. Behind closed doors, it is clear that white house officials were trying to have much more influence on the platform and get
joe: another beautiful performance by the u.s. air force heritage of america band. they do this all morning, brightening our day with patriotic tunes and beautiful music. rachel: thanks for joining us. we begin with a fox news alert. protests continue in france for a fifth straight night after the shooting death of a teenager last week. joe: the team was laid to rest yesterday. will: 700 arrests were made according to officials, the violence reaching of the home of a french mayor who says they rammed a flaming car into his house injuring his wife and one of his small children. rachel: french president emmanuel macron pulling out of a visit to germany. joe: he was seen at an elton john concert when the violence had several locations in paris. will: there s a need to understand what is happening in france. there is a sense under the surface the reminds us of 2020 and we hope is not some type of foreshadowing into something that could happen in america. the reason, france has
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
history with your help. don t sit, even if we are winning by a lot. i like being the under dog. ok, you are the under dog. i think we have done it right here. i think you are going to see that tonight. today is the day we make history because we tune out the noise of the media, we tune out the noise of the politicians, and we raise the voices of americans that say we want a better day, we are gonna make it happen. john: after months of hard fought campaigning against iowa s 99 counties, the wait is almost over. just hours from now, the hawkeye state will make its voice heard over who should be the 2024 republican nominee for the white house. hello, john roberts in washington and sandra, that four years went by quickly. sandra: and this day is finally here. this is america reports . 40 delegates up for grabs and candidates have been busy making their final pitches to caucusgoers. tonight s results could be a make or break moment for those hoping to upset former