happy friday, thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we are tracking multiple breaking news stories this friday. in texas, a community flattened by a tornado leaving three people dead and dozens hurt. the town of perrington with over 8,000 people took a direct hit. dozens of homes now wiped off the face of the earth. the trailer park that the tornado first hit, there s probably 25 to 30 of those homes that are completely destroyed. and complicating the rescue and recovery efforts, a brutal heat wave descending upon the lone star state, some areasly c degrees. we re keeping a close eye on the supreme court this morning where at any moment the justices could release decisions on major cases, the fate of affirmative action and student loan forgiveness among them. we ve got a preview straight ahead. and remember this? eight years ago today donald trump announced his campaign for president. lately he s been making m
newspaper clippings and documents with him after leaving the white house, something his aides apparently refer to as his beautiful mind boxes, this as trump s defense comes under scrutiny even by some conservatives like carl rogue who say trump invited this indictment. plus, there s even more legal trouble for the former president as writer e. jean carroll s second defamation case gets a court date. we ll run through it all straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 16th. we are all glad it is friday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. so one week after the latest indictment of donald trump, there s new reporting that pokes holes in one of the former president s defenses. despite claiming earlier in the week that he, quote hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes that he took with him to mar-a-lago, former white house aides are telling the new york times that trump was unusually attached to those boxes
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check under your chairs. i m kidding. anat s monday y. let s welcome tonight s guests. she s an independent, but she knows kurt loder, host of the kennedy saves the world podcast. kennedy. to he brings florida heat to hisrea congressional seat. florida congressman byron. she s like a blow dryer full of hot air and usually in the bathroom. but snooki dream here catches and finally hammers out his roller skates. my match sidekick and the nwa world heavyweight champion tyrus. it s hot in here. i think it s obviousere.. all right. so before we get to some new stories. you know, it s friday, so that s when we do this greg s leftovers. idn mm. yeah, it s leftovers where i read the jokes we didn t use this week. and as always, it s my first time reading these. so if they reading , blame me.bm blame joe machi, one of our writers, as you can tell by his pasty countenance, pudgy, pale sad joe machi. all right.e go sorry. . thewow. r acti here we go.vi flaswhite house h
long. morning joe starts right now. are you ready? food for everyone. food for everyone. okay, that s great. he paid everybody. food for everybody. what a guy. he was arrested. what a guy. and released. he kept everybody s spirits up. by buying lunch for them. food for everybody. local cuban restaurant in miami. willie, that is so kind of him. maybe he has been misjudged after all. willie, what do you think? i think mika called this in real time and every day since, but i ll let you reveal the story. well, the miami new times revealed nobody ordered anything during his ten-minute stop, and trump didn t pay for anything. i don t think there was an offer to do so. yeah. willie, nobody ordered nothing. nobody paid for nothing. there was no paying. i know this is going to shock you, coming from donald trump, it was all a scam. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s friday, june 16th. along with willie, joe, and me, we have former aide t