ahead of the tropical storm. what it means for families still looking for answers. and former president trump appears to acknowledge some of the tax schemes alleged by new york prosecutors in the case against the trump organization. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it is monday july 5th, we hope everybody had a great fourth of july. we ll start with president biden marking the celebration on the lawn at the white house. part of what he called the summer of freedom, giving new meaning to the independence day holiday as he spoke about the nation s progress against covid-19. this year, the fourth of july is a day of special celebration for we are emerging from the darkness of years a year of pandemic and isolation, a year of pain, fear and heartbreaking loss, just think back to where this nation was a year ago. think back to where you were a year ago. and think about how far we ve come from silent streets [ cheers and applause ] from silent streets to crowd
some of her hotels bragging about how rich and exacting she was and how she needed all of the best stuff. she insisted on it in all of had err hotels and why you should come stay at her hotels. kind of familiar but it worked for the 1980s until it didn t. turns out despite being a billionaire and not only the image of immense wealth. leona helmsly and her husband had engaged in a couple of chizling tech cheats including a couple of renovations done at a vacation home in connecticut. renovations like putting in a dance floor but she billed the renovations to the hotel company. she had the hotel pay to do those renovations on her private home that had the double benefit of not having to pay for those and also her hotel company got to deduct the payments as a business expense, even though they weren t. it was just stuff she wanted personally. yeah, she went to prison. the trial where she got convicted probably made her even more famous than the hotels. only the little people pai
as much we don t know. one of the select committee members jamie raskin joins me tonight. plus, the 15 count criminal indictment against trump s business and his chief financial officer. and as climate change gets cut from the infrastructure bill, and lobbies reveals just who he is talking to. joe manchin, i went to his office every week he is the king maker and he s not shy about changing the thing. when all in starts now. starts now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes it has been a very very news day on this july 1st, lots of moving pieces. today has shown above all else, i think the big takeaway, would unifies the american riot in this moment and why it is so dangerous. although we should start with one of the big headlines which is among disunity among republicans. liz cheney, conservative royalty, superconservative, has one fault in the eyes of her fellow conservatives that she states the obvious truth he lied about it lied about using it and made a mob att
cocaine addict. republicans hoping for so much more blamed the justice department. there continues to show a two-tier system in america. if you are the president s leading political opponent, the doj tries to literally put you in jail. if you are the president s son, you get a sweetheart deal. howard: and donald trump likened it to the a traffic ticket, but president biden who has often said his son has done nothing wrong was tight-lipped after announcement. [inaudible conversations] i m very proud of my son. howard: now, you can find similar cases where defendants drew hard hard harsher punishment, but this is no hunter biden has been an embarrassment, and this is hardly the end of the story. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, my sit-down with chris christie and my interview with conservative firebrand marjorie taylor greene. the pundits immediately clashed over hunter biden plea deal coming just a week after donald trump was formally charge
and right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news, extreme weather turning deadly in texas. at least four people killed after torrential rain and tornados rip through the lone star state. we have the latest from houston. plus, michael cohen dueback on the stand monday. has the defense delivered any knockouts to the prosecution s star witness. and desperately needed aid finally reaching gaza by sea. why humanitarian groups warn it s not nearly enough. we made it to friday. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with that breaking news from texas where at least four people have been killed from a powerful storm system. it knocked out the lights to more than a million homes along the gulf coast, spawning tornados and floods, destroying property. here s a look at some of the debris flying just outside the lobby. this is a houston skyscraper there, and then look at that, the blownout windows leaving gaping holes all the way up the side of