today on inside politics, cnn obtains audio that pits donald trump against himself. trump wants you to believe he was playing pretend, but listen here and you decide if it sounds like trump was telling the truth about showing off a classified document. this was done by the military and given to me. plus john roberts doesn t break. the chief justice with a theory to let states rewrite how they count your votes. and the house speaker opens pandora s box. kevin mccarthy suggests that maybe donald trump is not the republicans best bet to beat joe biden. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, which donald trump do you belief within the former president s legal team has to contend with a new problem. prosecutors can play this to a jury. isn t it amazing to have a big pile here? look. this was him. they pregnant prented me this. this is off the record. this was him. this was the defense department. this was him. this wasn t done by me. this was h
It might take several iterations of this going forward. Republican infighting and dysfunction, thats the theme in washington, d. C. Right now. Congressional investigations reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany, thank you. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early with us on this monday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Are you concerned about americas reputation on The World Stage given the level of brinksmanship we have seen this year . Based on the maga republican support, yes. Based on what my administration is doing, no. President biden blaming maga republicans as the country falters and how the movement is endangering democracy. This as House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy defied if right wing of his party. And partnered with democrats to Keep Congress running. Now his job could be on the line. Well discuss mccarthys fate and who he may need to turn for help. Plus, hours from now donald trump will appear in court in manhattan for the start of a civil trial scrutini
it a lot easier for him to win with a lower ceiling. before i let you go, you are having a big event there in iowa. the family leadership summit on july 14th. so far the only candidates confirmed to attend, i believe, ron desantis, mike pence, and v vivek. you invited the president. do you think he ll come? i think he will come, especially with this past weekend. i think he wants to come. i think it would be a mistake if he didn t. in addition to the three you mentioned, nikki haley will be there, tim scott will be the there, scott hutchinson will be there. so let us know when you hear from him, will you? will do. thank you. thank you. good to see you. just in, president obama is heading back to the white house. we ll give you details, next.