hurt its investigation. all of this as the former president s fight with the fbi could be on the verge of a new escalation. cnn learning that some trump allies are pushing him to publicly release surveillance video of that fbi search. i want to get to cnn s jessica snyder. the justice department has warned that make thing affidavit public would cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation. this is high stakes for the doj, alex. this hearing just started. we re seeing that the federal judge has just taken the bench. what we expect is the justice department prosecutors will be arguing to continue to keep this affidavit out of public view, keep it sealed. media organizations on the other hand, including cnn, are asking for the unsealing of this affidavit, saying in their filing it s in the public interest to get more details surrounding the mar-a-lago search. notably, they said it hasn t been since the nixon administration that government use
hello, i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez. on this new day, the july 4th holiday off to a rocky start for some. more than 1,000 flights canceled this weekend and it may be the same story today. why it seems more likely this morning the house s january 6th committee will issue a criminal referral for president trump. after weeks under scrutiny, the uvalde police chief is resigning from the city council. how the community is reacting this morning. an incredible story of survival. hi brother rescuing his teenage sister after she s attacked by a shark. you ll hear from them directly as they join us live. so peppy. love that festive music. good morning. we re waking up here. good morning to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. today is monday, july 4th, and america is ready for a celebration. so ready that many cities kicked off the independence day festivities one day early. milwaukee, we are looking at you. this is your waterfront. thousands of people on
invasion of ukraine. and i will just end by saying that according to officials, there was a discussion of a possible face-to-face meeting going forward. there s no timeline for that, but they are going to follow up and set up that meeting. mj lee, thank you. let s turn now to selena wang in beijing, gathering chinese reaction to joe biden and xi jinping s phone call. what did china have to say about mo pelosi s possible trip to taiwan? reporter: while the readout did not specifically mention pelosi, they gave a strong warning about playing with fire when it comes to taiwan. in that readout, xi jinping said, we firmly oppose taiwan independence and interference of external forces and will never leave any space for taiwan independence forces in any form. if you play with fire you get burned, and i hope the u.s. side can see this clearly. america is sending in one of its top politicians to taiwan, is treating taiwan more like an independent country that. is a clear red line
comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, july 27th. i m willie geist, we the host of way too early and host of the politico, jonathan lemire and the author of the book the big lie and mike barnicle and katty kay. morning, i want to begin with the investigation to overturn the 2020 election. four people familiar with the matter telling the washington post federal prosecutors have now turne
stolen by fraud. that was testimony from former attorney general bill barr, played during the second hearing into the attack on the capitol, saying donald trump was detached from reality, as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we will have the key take-aways from day two of testimony. plus, after yesterday s intense sell-off, stock futures are in the green so far this morning. as investors brace for a larger than expected interest rate hike. we ll have the latest read on the economy. and the race to turn that bipartisan compromise on gun safety into law and the process of writing the bill hits a snag. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with the second hearing into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the house select committee made the case yesterday that donald trump had an inner circle of advisers telling him the truth, that the election was not stolen, but t