good day, and thank you for staying with us. i m jose diaz-balart this hour on msnbc, extreme weather and a new round of deadly storms tearing across the south leaving hundreds of thousands without power amid blistering heat. we ll have a live report from texas and your weather forecast as well. former president donald trump facing blistering new criticism from members of his own cabinet including his own defense secretary and former vice president mike pence questioning mr. trump s conservative credentials trying to stand now the a crowded 2024 field. on this juneteenth, msnbc s trymaine lee travels to galveston, texas, the birthplace of juneteenth to look at the ongoing struggle by black americans for freedom and equality we begin this hour with severe weather warnings across the country. 12 million americans across the south are at risk after 14 tornadoes touched down in nine states, killing at least six people and leaving thousands without power in record-high heat
statement of general granger and en route to houston to the antioch baptist church where free slaves purchased the land and parks in 1866, where this church was organized as i say happy juneteenth, let me also say that fight that galveston went through after hurricane ike, i was glad not to be in it i wish that did not happen, but to fight for the return of the public housing and as well support this new surge of life for galveston. this is what juneteenth is it s a resilience of a people. it is a holiday, jose, for all of america this is not a black holiday. this is the first time in the history of the united states that we ve ever acknowledged the brutality of slavery it existed it was there the goodness of america is that one man among many others decided that the nation s presentation was worthy of fighting over ending slavery
the daughter of barack obama or chelsea clinton? we ll have that discussion. julie: we take you to a live picture of air force one there in houston. you are looking at the ellington field joint reserve base where the president is about to depart his plane there. he traveled to texas to expect to be meeting with relatives of the victims from the deadly shooting at sante fe high school a couple weeks ago. and the white house is saying that he will personally meet with families and offer his condolences and support. some interesting news that actually took place on board this plane while en route to houston. we re told per a pool producer, that s a producer that travels with the president and then shares the coverage with other affiliates. that they were speaking with the president off camera mostly off the record on a number of issues. there was something interesting that came up that was on the record. you remember recently the