good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be at the
good morning and welcome to the saturday edition of morning joe weekend. it was a really busy week. let s get to some of the conversations you may have missed. gag order in donald trump s hush money case is an effect, but his attorney said, they will keep fighting to get it thrown out. that comes after new york s top court declined to hear trump s appeal of the matter earlier this week. the state court appealed trump s thing, there was no constitutional grounds for the appeal. that leaves the gag order imposed by judge juan mershon in place meaning, he could still face penalties in place for violating it. the order bars trump from going after witnesses, jurors, and others who were involved in the case. following his felony conviction last month, the sentencing is scheduled for july 11th. so, i guess first of all, do you expect this gag order to be put back before the sentencing? i don t, but maybe there is reason for it. and then, what do you expect for the sentencing?
the heat is bad for the bad between the hotter it gets, the harder it is to find your words. wow. cucumber. hot weather can result in lower scores on math tests as well as higher rates of aggression ranging from mean-spirited behavior to violent crime. well, that explains florida. the heat wave is also blasting washington, d.c. when people complain it being over 90 president biden is like see, 81 isn t so bad. just saying. i m not kidding. it s hot out there. i spent all day sweating like a fox news anchor trying to explainp juneteenth. good morning. welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, june 20th. millions of people from the midwest to the northeast will face extreme heat for a fourth straight day. the national weather service is predicting record highs again in several areas, and the heat is expected to last into the weekend. also, tropical storm alberto, the first named storm of the hurricane season, is expected to make landfall soon on mexico s gulf coast. the l
I kneeneed a trophy. Thank you, i appreciate it and happy friday. We start with the final fare wells to a giant of the House Of Representatives, Elijah Cummings. Funeral services are starting as we speak in his beloved baltimore. The church is so packed theyre having to turn some people away. You will see speeches live from Hillary Clinton and nancy pelosi this hour and later today from former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton. They have halted congressional action on the Impeachment Inquiry today, but there are still two big developments this morning. A top source is telling nbc news that investigation into the russia investigation is now a criminal one. Were going to explain what that means legally, the extra power the doj now has, and why democrats are livid. And just in the last couple of minutes, nbc news Learning Lawyers for ousted National Security adviser john bolton are in talks for a possible private deposition in the impeachment
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Were going to start with the Breaking News. House intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. Its the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. Also President Trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. But hes under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader baghdabu bak baghdadi and the other major story were watching is california in flames right now. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place. 200,000 people have been told to get out so far including hospital patients, jail inmate, College Students as well. Well go to california in a bit. We start with that Breaking News on capitol hill right now. A key witness has refused to show up to a scheduled deposition this morning and democrats are now preparing to hold it in contempt of congress. We move forwa