made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics. plus, reckless. a security threat, a consummate narcissist, two former trump officials warn another trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his gop rivals showed they re willing to confront him head on. a debate from affair over race on this juneteenth holiday. the first black president and only black republican in the u.s. senate disagree on how much progress america has really made on race. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, the american secretary of state takes a big trip and a big risk. today, antony blinken stood shoulder to shoulder with china s xi jinping. that handshake, 35-minute meeting was even possible, sends a signal that china and the u.s. are serious about taking the teeth out of tough talk these past few months. listen to the u.s. secretary of state as he strikes a realistic, but generally posit
from the president. plus, i would ask politicians in texas and washington how we get past empty platitudes of thoughts and prayers to create real change. i m a gunman, i have guns, i m a former police officer, i m a former army officer. these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets where this is gonna keep happening. or this is gonna keep happening. also, this hour, new legal questions surrounding former president trump. what did he really know about the classified documents in the basement of barr law go? we re gonna dive into what the special counsel was trying to learn. the surprising reason why it s great test scores and u.s. history are dropping around the country, a hint, the nation s covid lockdown three years ago is only partly to blame. and then, coming up in our next hour, one man is doing everything he can to help migrants left on el paso streets. my conversation with his concerns for so many people right now and when title 42 ends in just four days time. we w
the manhattantoday. they will be in tomorrow. but they won t be working on the donald trump hush money case. at least not right now. and that is about all that we know at this moment. it is unclear when the grand jury will be meeting on donald trump again. there is a report saying the case is taking a one-month break starting next week, but our nbc news team says to treat that pronouncement with caution. at minimum, d.a. alvin bragg can still use the grand jury tomorrow, next monday or next wednesday on donald trump. as always, our sources add the agenda is fluid, and can change at any moment. we re going to get an update from someone who used to work in the d.a. s office in just a second. there are also developments in the january 6th special counsel investigation. former vp mike pence now says he and his team are considering whether to appeal a federal judge s order to force him to testify. here he is in iowa today. when are you going to decide on any possible appeal of t
far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe
sophisticated serve-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. in our hearings you will see elements of each element of this plan. donald trump and his advisers knew that he had, in account fa, lost the elections, but despite this, president trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the elections from him. on this point, there is no room for debate. those who invaded the capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what president trump had told them, that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful president. president trump, summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. republican congresswoman and committee vice chair liz cheney cutting straight to the heart of the case there that the panel will continue to lay out over the next several weeks, but you don t have to