the new poll shows twice as many americans are worried about inflation compared to gun violence. inflation is the bane of our existence. what a terrible job you have. boy, does this seem like a bad gig. no. call me i m lifting it up pine brian a part of the show where the sun touches the water. it looks like it is touching the water. steve: that must be hot water. brian: the earth being round continues to rotate and the sun stays put. gradually comes up and the earth just pin spins. that s where the morning show not a nighttime show. the earth has agreed to move and the sun has agreed to shine. steve: we are orbiting the sun. brian: that was kill devil hills, north carolina. 600,000. area code 252. beautiful there. where the wright brothers national memorial is that s wherorville and wilbur along sand dunes launched that bicycle oriented airplane and changed everything. brian: we made improvements since their invention. ainsley: so beautiful there in
evening. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. we ll dive right into the house investigation into the january 6th capitol attack, which kicks off tonight in primetime. an aide tells nbc news the committee will present evidence never shown before which shows president donald trump at the center of a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election. the aide says tonight s testimony will serve as sort of an opening statement, and that the information we hear could go beyond the testimony we hear from live witnesses. as we ve reported, this evening s witnesses include a filmmaker who is embedded with the far right group, the proud boys, and a capitol police officer who was injured in the attack. the new york times reports the committee will also play video excerpts of the testimony from j
now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
and if there s not enough support in the senate for president biden s push to ban assault weapons, the debate tonight. why not raise the age to buy one from 18 to 21? after uvalde, not one republican senator has publicly supported raising the age to 21. so tonight here, our matt gutman takes us inside a gun show in texas. and what he heard from the organizer to a mother shopping with her own sons. raising the age on ar-15-style rifles. the other news this tuesday night, the economy and gas prices. at least 13 states now paying at least $5 per gallon. the questions, where is this headed? and for how long? we re also tracking severe storms as we come on the air tonight across several states. damaging winds, hail, possible tornadoes. the war in ukraine tonight. the new images coming in. intense fighting in eastern ukraine. russia tonight claiming it is gaining ground. what president zelenskyy is now insisting tonight. back here at home, in new york city, the scare on the
rifle from 18 to 21? the answer no. also tonight, the arrest. authorities capturing an armed man allegedly threatening to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. authorities on what they say he had with him. breaking as we come on the air, reports of a deadly military crash. martha raddatz with late reporting. the pandemic, and tonight, the major news on the next booster shot. moderna now saying tonight its new booster is up to eight times more effective against omicron. the prime time hearings live tomorrow night before the nation. nearly a year of investigating the january 6th attack. jon karl tonight with new reporting here. what can americans expect from the committee tomorrow night? jon on two of the witnesses americans will hear from. and ivanka trump and the trump children and videotaped depositions. jon karl is with us. the tornado watch across several states at this hour. flood watches and heavy rain from the south all the way up through washington, d