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still wrong. >> that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. professor at...

more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," defense secretary lloyd austin finally taking questions more than one month after hiding his diagnosis and surgery for prostate cancer from public and from the president. >> we did not handle this right. i did not handle this right. i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis. i should have also told my team and the american public. i take full responsibility. i apologize to my teammates and to the american p...

conference to live for any moment now as it happens. investigators say burham use of bedsheets who climbed up in the roof of the warren county jail on thursday night. he is accused of murdering his girlfriend and kidnapping an elderly couple is stealing their car back in may. he drove the couple all the way from pennsylvania down to south carolina. cb cotton standing by live in warren county with what we expect in this news conference any moment. apartheid era, that is right any minute...

then, donald trump lashing out after a court appointed monitor found more deficiencies in his companys finances. and, president bidens next move in response to the attack that killed three american soldiers. a remembrance of their service and sacrifice, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. good to be back here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, house republicans are moving forward with their push to impea...

on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. heres what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia ...

a vote to impeach alejandro mayorkas is heading to the house floor after a 13-hour hearing that stretched into the early hours of this morning, and ended with a gop party line committee vote to advance. but will it advance out of the house and to a senate trial? that is not clear. just like the vote for speaker, republicans have a tight margin. already two members are expressing doubt the gop has enough evidence to impeach mayorkas. are there more out there? that is not the only risk. ...

israeli troops disguised themselves as palestinians to kill a suspected terrorist in a west bank hospital. hamas political leaders do not rule out a hostage deal. with me this hour, former bush national security advisor steven hadley on the tensions throughout the region and mike lawler and jared moskowicz to punish iran. house republicans prepare to vote on launching impeachment hearings against homeland security secretary mayorkas, what could be the first impeachment of a sitting c...

with something that e. jean carroll said, just this morning, that really stuck with me all day. >> what was it like being in the courtroom with donald trump? >> well, terrifying, until i got there. the weeks leading up to it, no sleep, couldnt eat, couldnt do -- and then, i sat down, robbie said, good morning ms. carroll, can you please spell your name for the court. i spelled my name. i looked out, and it was like, he was, like, nothing, like an emperor without clothes. all my terror ...

so it was called "damn love," d-a-m-n love. it was a game you played on your cell phone. now ill tell you, the premise was little bit dark, but el straight forward. you see there is a grumpy looking person in the foreground on the left and a happy couple on the right. the grumpy person in the foreground is supposed to be you in this game. and your goal as a grumpy little troll is that youre supposed to break up the happy looking couple behind you. now you play against an opponent, and ...

another american city, another mass shooting. this time in washington, d.c. police say nine people including a 9-year-old were shot outside during a fourth of july celebration. it happened in a neighborhood about five miles from the capitol. d.c. police updating the media near the scene. injuries are said to be nonlife-threatening. and they are looking for a dark suv. this comes just a day after mass shootings in indianapolis, ft. worth and philadelphia. the philly suspect said to be a...