if you cannot catch it all live, set your d.v.r. and watch back later. john: warning a considerable risk of nuclear war, after top u.s. military officials said the goal in ukraine is to see russia weakened. anita in for sandra smith today, and this is america reports. defense secretary lloyd austin is responding to that threat in an exclusive interview with our own jennifer griffin. we have said over and over again that a nuclear war cannot be won by either side. and so i think saber rattling and rhetoric like that is just unhelpful. john: on the battlefield, airstrikes pummel cities like kharkiv. vladimir putin refocussing his violent attacks in the donbas and luhansk regions after failing to capture cities like kyiv. united nations secretary general is in moscow to meet with putin and other kremlin officials, now reporting about one key russian figure who has so far avoided sanctions from the west, putin s rumored girlfriend and mother of his children. fox t
up way too early on this thursday morning. we ll have coverage of the state of the union tonight. morning joe starts right now. january 6th was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of domestic business they didn t not like. fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. they stormed the senate floor. they tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. they built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. they did this because they d been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. because he was angry and lost an election. former president trump s actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. therefore, i am endorsing donald j. trump. you know, the one thing we cut off there, and maybe it s not fair to mitch, is that at the end of it, right after that, he broke into a rousing tune, had a band, happy days are here again. it was like
all five people, including a 19-year-old, on board a titanic tourist submerible died while diving toward the ship s wreckage. it comes as we re learning the u.s. navy may have actually picked up the implosion sounds on its underwater microphones. meanwhile, there are more prominent voices criticizing the vessel, pointing out its fatal flaws. james cameron, yeah. also ahead, we re going to go through indian prime minister modi s state visit at the white house and the impact it could have on u.s. relations with other world powers. plus, two outspoken, far right republicans trying to rewrite history on capitol hill. we ll explain. and is it possible? tomorrow marks the one year since the overturning of roe. we ll take a look at new polling on the supreme court s decision. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 23rd. good to have you with us. also with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lem
i m sandra smith in new york. we will get the latest in the twist of the classified document scandal, ongoing at this hour, quickly becoming president biden s biggest headache, i should say biggest headache yet, right? new at 2:00 with the fox news alert. john: still early. a question we are hearing more and more, and harder to answer, what in the world is happening in the nation s school. from critical race theory and rewriting history, redefining centuries of science, the push to go woke in the nation s classrooms is no longer causing controversy, but real world consequences parents say are hurting their kids. sandra: supporters say it s making sure every student is regarded equally. angry parents say the focuses on differences like gender and race only serves to further divide us. in fairfax county virginia, and the merit awards scandal has the governor taking action, a total of 17 high schools in three virginia counties admitting to withholding national merit awards f
as well as his delaware garage. john: oversight committee chairman james comer says he wants to know who met with the president at the penn biden center and what role chinese donors played in funding that think tank, where the classified documents were found. in just moments, comer will give an update what the committee will be looking for as the scandal grows. sandra: and here we go, john, as we begin america reports with a new mexico district attorney announcing involuntary manslaughter charges against actor alec baldwin for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer of the movie rust. john: john roberts in washington. decision comes 15 months after the initial incident. during a reher sal, he pulled the hammer back on a gun thinking there were no bullets in it, but it killed halyna hutchins and injured the director. sandra: and the armor will also be charged in the incident. michael and mercedes standing by. sandra: matt, what are we hearing in terms of reaction