Tonight the justice department is releasing more videos never seen before of the violence of the january 6th insurrection. At the capitol, slo showing pol officers being beaten. The fbi director saying 500 people have now been arrested. Republican senator mitt romney and democrat joe mansion saying tonight the bipartisan group of ten senators has reached an infrastructure deal with the white house. But do they have enough votes to get a bill passed? and britney spears pleading with the judge to end the courtordered conservatorship she lived with since 2008 saying the situation is quote abusive. I want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst ellie. Good everyone to you. We have a lot to discuss. These videos are horrific. They re going to keep coming possibly for years. How important is this evidence not just in court but exposing the truth about january 6th? don, legally these videos are going to be the heart of the prosecutions of these capitol insurrectionists. As a prosecutor, this is
John lewis voting rights act. So i feel like you re giving us a diversion from the real issuele and that leads us to the splitscreen moment facing america this juneteenth. Republicanled states all over the nation have enacted or are considering legislation that many activists argue would make it increasingly difficult for people of color to vote, their constitutional right at americans. While signing the juneteenth legislation, president biden highlighted how juneteenth would be hollow if the right to vote is not protected on the federal level. It s not going to be fulfilled so long as the sacred right to vote remains under attack. The assault from restrictive laws, threats of intimidation, voter purges, and more, an assault that offends our very democracy. We can t rest till the promise of equality is fulfilled for every one of us in every corner of this nation. That to me is the meaning of juneteenth. That s what it s about. With me now, reverend william barber ii judith brown, and n
Breaking news. The new york state attorney general expanding its investigation of the trump organization, saying it s actually investigating the company in a criminal capacity along with the manhattan district attorney s office. It s also continuing its own ongoing civil investigation. The house expected to vote tomorrow on the creation of an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly january 6th capitol riot, but gop leader kevin mccarthy trying to derail the commission before it even gets off the ground, now saying he s opposed to it, siding with republicans who are trying to downplay the violence that day. It s important to point out that mccarthy originally blamed trump for helping to incite the insurrection. The president bears responsibility for the attack from mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. But then two weeks later, mccarthy completely changed his tune. And let s not forget that mccarthy made a pilgrimag
First openly transgender athlete to compete in the atlantics. All parties here simply follow the rules? mlb hits first home run but dad stealing the show. Hits it high and deep and gone. Home run. Let s get it started in here. Let s get it started in here. Ainsley: when i think of norfolk, virginia, i think of the military. So many men and women trained there look how gorgeous it is. Brian: do you know what i think of. Steve: what about our fox news affiliate? brian: same thing. Ainsley: we appreciate all of you there who listen to brian on the radio and listen to our morning show. Brian: everyone in uniform or was don t try anything. Steve: welcome to wednesday, we have got a busy day today. Later today the president of the united states is going to come out and say you are right, there is a crime problem but i m going to fix it. I m going to do something about guns. Brian: right. Apparently what part of his crime prevention plan that he is going to unveil today will stem the flow of
We will tell you about that new reporting just ahead. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, june 23rd, along with joe, willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle in new york and here in washington columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, new york times washington bureau chief elizabeth buh miller, national political reporter for axios jonathan swann and white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of the playbook eugene daniels. Willie, you all had a mayor s race in gotham. There was a mayor s race, no talk of suing snl or yanked off the air for mean impersonations they may have done. Yes, the vote was in, ballots have been cast and the primary race for new york city mayor but we are not going to know for a couple weeks who won. The ranked choice voting system prevents us from telling you who won exactly but for now we know that new york city police officer eric adams is the early leader with 32% of the first voice vo