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trying to appease other people. they tried to present it as him being, you know, a bold leader on this issue. i think in reality he knows that he s losing and donald trump is setting the tone on this issue, and i don t see that changing any time soon. we ll certainly watch the fallout in the weeks and months ahead. msnbc political analyst brendan buck, thank you as always. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. right now millions of americans are getting blasted by a heat wave. when you show the weather app it shows the middle finger emoji. so hat in maine the lobsters will be getting in pots just to cool down. [ applause ] it s so hot in new york this week the rats are wearing crop tops. [ laughter ] it is so hot in south dakota, kristi noem s dog good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s a very going to be a very hot wednesday, june 19th. jooernt. we ll bring in the former communica ....
i was pretty certain i was going to die. and we speak to the surfer who s now safe in hospital after a dramatic rescue he d been stranded at sea for 30 hours. in the end, they saved my life. i can t thank them enough. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. why european success is now the priority for manchester united over their league form as they plot a route into the champions league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after nearly 70 years in the public eye, prince philip has decided it s time to call it a day. he ll retire from royal duties in the autumn. his decision, which has the support of the queen, is not related to any health issues. there have been tributes from public and politicians alike, with theresa may praising what she called his steadfast support for the queen. in a moment we ll look at the prince s contribution to national life but first our royal correspondent nick witchell on what s prompted this decision. it is an image to which ....
mr macron says it s fake news and lies . plus all the other days news including the announcement that the duke of edinburgh is to retire from his public duties. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable health care act. this is how the vote broke down. there were just four votes between the yeses and nos and it s likely to face even bigger hurdles when it goes in front of the senate. scrapping so called obamacare, which offered medical insurance to millions more americans, was a key pledge of donald trump s presidential campaign. he suffered an embarrassing political set back on the issue in march and his team has lobbied hard since then to secure wavering republicans this time. but donald trump is celebrating now. he s delayed an official visit to washington to celebrate the health care victory. here he is speaking at the white house just a few minutes ago. i went through two years of campai ....
is going to be a long night. much more for you anytime, of course, on the bbc website. now on bbc news, the bbc website. now on bbc news, the latest business news live from singapore. china s first commercial aircraft is ready for takeoff, but can it compete with airbus and boeing? and the challenges of doing business in myanmar. we speak to a regional boss. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. glad you could join us. it s a friday. the first made in china passengerjet will fly for the first time this morning. it is called the c919, and it is built by komak. it will not be delivered to airlines until at least 2020, but the industry buzz around the aeroplane is huge. it has been in the works for nearly a decade as china tries to rely less on european airlines like boeing. we had a sneak preview. made in china, those three words now applied to commercial aircraft. this is the c919, china s first home made commercial aircraf ....
sacking of the fbi director is mired in yet more confusion and controversy. mr trump has poured scorn onjames comey, calling him a ‘showboat‘ and a ‘grandstander‘. he s denied putting pressure on the fbi chief despite admitting to three conversations about whether he was under investigation. he s also claimed he would have sacked mr comey anyway, having previously said he acted on legal advice. here s what donald trump told nbc news. he isa he is a showboat and a grandstand. the fbi has been in turmoil, everybody knows that. you look at the fbi one year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. it has not recovered from that. on monday you met with the deputy attorney general. did you ask for a recommendation? what i did, i was going to fire comey. i had made the decision beforehand, i was going to fire comey. mr trump has always maintained that james comey lost the confidence of his staff. but in another damaging move, the man who s taken over at ....