tony blinken met with the china president xi jinping today in beijing. the atmosphere has been tense. you just said that china did not agree to military line of talks. did xi jinping just say no ? it s a work in progress. it s every parent s worst nightmare. holiday weekend celebrations in cities have been torn apart by gunfire. several people have died in a series of shootings. i was pleading for help. i thought that i was going to die. jericka: in our new series we explore one reason the country is facing a shortage of ob-gyns and the impact it could have on your health. the criminalization of providing medical care is the primary driver. we will introduce you to the program increasing diversity in classical music, and meet the young harpist playing her way to success. it allows me to express myself in ways that sometimes words can t. jericka: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this juneteenth ho
intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51
there are warnings of possible dispersal of radioactive particles. in the uk, the two candidates trying to become the next prime minister set out their plans to deal with forecasts of an economic downturn. chinese fighter jets fly close to taiwan s coastline, as bejing halts co operation with the us on key issues including climate change. and europe s record drought leaves more than 100 french towns without fresh drinking water. now on bbc news, take me to the opera zeinab badawi finds out how the opera world is making itself fit for the future and what it takes to become a top opera star. i have been an opera fan for decades and they want to share my passion with you. so ir minor mission to find out how opera is making itself it for future find out how opera is making itself it forfuture i am on a mission. i have come to munich to meet one of my all time opera the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who is widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. operatic singing.
the 16 committee, hinting at criminal acts by the former president and his posse. mark garland says no one including trump is about the law. well, is he about to prove it? this is american voices. we begin this hour with the misogynistic politics of the republican party. well, sexism is nothing new in american politics. the lasting effect of trumpism continues to fuel absurd attacks against women. this weekend, in a conference for young conservatives, florida congressman matt gates called abortion rights protesters, disgusting, and unattractive. and said, quote, nobody wants to impregnate them. now, it s not surprising and matt gates said this. he has said something like this before. he will likely do it again. and what i generally don t like to reward the congressman from florida with the attention he clearly so desperately craves, which was striking to me was the cheers from a crowd that reports to be the youthful future of the gop. this behavior, a move right out o
questions so to be answered on that front. a lot of questions still to be answered. and in a new column for the washington post, ruth marcus writes, quote, a select committee has performed a vital public service by amassing the record it has, amidst the place to continue. especially for those who doubted that this enterprise was worth the effort is the critical role of congressional oversight, for posterity as well as the president. but another lesson, one manifested during watergate, is that oversight has its limits. federal prosecutors possess unrivaled power to assemble evidence, and about testimony overcoming bogus assertions of privilege, and granting immunity when warranted. our justice department officials preparing to deploy that authority, when it comes to the events surrounding january 6th? joining me now to discuss, msnbc contributor and former u.s. attorney, joyce alene joyce vance. she is now a law professor at university of alabama. also with us, national co