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 princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
ruled that donald trump s role injan 6th riot at the us capitol meant he was ineligible to run for office again. the ruling referred to clause 3 of the 14th amendment of the us constitution that prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office. the supreme court has since taken up that case. and before them in support of colorado is a brief signed by twenty five historians, all of them experts on the civil war and reconstruction. in their submission they write, that, contemporary evidence from the decision makers who sponsored, backed, and voted for the 14th amendment, demonstrates that decision makers crafted section three to cover the president and to create an enduring check on insurrection, requiring no additional action from congress. there are diverging legal views on whether trump must actually be found guilty of the crime of insurrection before he can be deemed constitutionally ineligible, and whether congress needs to play a r
griff: we begin this second hour of fox & friends with this: secretary of state anthony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are expected to head soon to mexico to meet with mexico s president obrador about the growing migrant crisis. joey: this is coming as a massive caravan can you see it there is moving toward the u.s. why cbp faces a record number of migrant encounters. carley: david spunt joins us live from washington with more. hi, david. hi, this is a big trip for secretary of state blinken and homeland security mayorkas. a way to end a record year for illegal border crossings into our country. cbp sources reveal to fox news more than 35,000 migrants crossed the border over christmas weekend. adding to more than 730,000 migrant encounters in less than three months. as we have reported, some people aren t getting court dates for seven or eight years from now because of the backlog in immigration courts. now, what to do. well, the ad
newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we re following some breaking news out of florida right now, during the busy holiday shopping season, law enforcement officials say multiple people were injured at a mall in 0 call that, north of orlando. the mall is being evacuated, but add there is no longer a threat in the area, and that the suspect has fled the scene. moments ago, police holding a news conference, said one person was killed in this shooting, one person was seriously injured in this shooting. and they say at this point, the shooting appears to be a targeted act of violence. we are closely following this story, we ll bring you any new developments that come in throughout the evening, so, stay with us, but in the meantime, just want to reiterate, police just held a news conference in ocala, florida, they are seeing one dead, one injured as a result of a shooting at this mall. of course, this very busy holiday shopping season taking place across the count
soften penalties for violent crimes including carjackings, murder and sexual assault! the upside? well, now the courts won t have to deal with violent offenders. they could be free to prosecute gas-oven owners, and it s about time! the overall city s criminal code includes reduced maximum sentences and the elimination of nearly all mandatory minimum sentences. this is crazy! there s also provisions that let violent criminals ask for early release 20 years into their sentences in case they were too stupid to demand they go to the women s jail. grow your hair out for god s sake. so if you re in a drug cartel, maybe that migrant bus taking to you d.c. isn t such a bad idea after all. they initially passed this code in november but democrat mayor muriel bowser vetoed it. listen. anytime there s a policy that reduces penalties, i think it sends the wrong message. it s the wrong way to go. greg: hm. her insurance must have approved stem cell treatments because it sounds like