fast track a vote on banning bump stocks following the supreme court's controversial decision to make them legal again. and we'll have new reporting on just what donald trump is looking for in a possible running mate as we're now less than a month away from the republican national convention. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, june 18th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a lot of news to get to this morning. we'll begin here. president biden will take new executive action today that will remove the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people who are married to united states citizens. the program known as parole in place would apply to about a half a million undocumented immigrants. it would allow them to stay in the country while applying for green card status. the current law requires them to return to their home countries to start such a process, which can take years to complete. to qualify new applicants must have lived in the u.s. for at least ten years as of yesterday. the president will also announce an executive action that will allow daca recipients and other dreamers to quickly receive work visas if they have graduated from a higher education institution and have a high-skilled job offer in their area of study. meanwhile, the biden campaign is calling out donald trump for saying he would take questions after a speech in detroit over the weekend and then leaving without doing so. in a video posted to twitter x yesterday the campaign played the two moments back-to-back in response to trump attacking biden for allegedly never taking questions from reporters. >> at the end of the speech i'll be taking some questions, so this is different than joe biden. he isn't taking any questions. ♪♪ >> additionally, the white house is joining the biden campaign in pushing back against recent video clips that have gone viral online that make president biden look as though he's confused during the public events in other appearances. white house press secretary karine jean pierre blasted the misuse of the edited videos which is made to make the president look bad. >> they are cheap fakes videos. they are done in bad faith, and some of your news organization have been very clear -- have stressed that these right-wing -- the right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem because of the fact checkers have repeatedly caught them pushing misinformation, disinformation. i think that it tells you everything that we need to know about how -- how desperate -- how desperate republicans are here. and instead of talking about the president's performance in office -- and what i mean by that is his legislative wins, what he's been able to do for the pattern people across the country, we're seeing these deep fakes, these manipulated videos. and it is, again, done in bad faith. >> the republican account, rnc research, that had been circulating many of these cheap fakes reacted to the white house on social media claiming the videos unedited and promised to keep posting them. last week "the washington post" posted an video online about these cheap fakes. the posts show the edited clips alongside the original source videos or from different angles revealing how they were altered or manipulated. but there is growing concern that attempts to fact check these videos may not be able to keep up with the spread of the deceptive clips online. elsewhere in washington, a bill aimed at banning bump stocks could come to the senate floor as early as today. the vote is in direct response to a ruling from the supreme court last week that voided a trump administration era federal ban on bump stocks and other gun accessories that allow rifles to fire quicker. senate majority leader chuck schumer will seek to fast track the legislation hoping to pass it through a unanimous consent vote. the trump administration imposed the ban after a 2017 las vegas mass shooting that killed nearly 60 people and injured hundreds of others. the shooter at that country music festival used bump stock-equipped guns to open fire. senator schumer referenced the tragedy when he announced the vote. >> the maga supreme court is now even further to the right of donald trump, who's very hard right himself, so this week the senate will step in to try to fix the chaos the maga court just unleashed. passing a bill banning bump stocks should be the work of five minutes. most americans support this step. poll after poll show that a majority of people including independents support restrictions on ar-15-style rifles, which are what bump stocks are designed to emulate. shouldn't we all agree that preventing another tragedy like las vegas is just plain common sense and a good thing? >> democratic senator jackie rosen, who's up for re-election in nevada this november, is criticizing republican senator j.d. vance for remarks he made yesterday about bump stocks. vance, who is widely seen as one of donald trump's top vp contenders called leader shumer's efforts to ban the devices a distraction. take a look. >> look, i think that we have to ask ourselves what is the real gun violence problem in this country? and my very strong suspicion is this legislation is aimed at a pr problem, not something that's going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in this country. >> this is not a fake problem. let him come to las vegas. let him see -- let him see the memorial for those people who died. let him talk to those families. las vegas was changed forever because of what the shooter did and the bump stocks helped him. and let j.d. vance come, and i'm going to take him to the memorials, talk about our first responders, our ambulance drivers, our police, firefighters, people at the blood bank, regular people. shame on him. shame on him for disrespecting the dead and why they're dead. >> elsewhere, house speaker mike johnson paid a visit to donald trump at mar-a-lago yesterday. the pair met with republican national committee chairman to reportedly discuss campaign strategy as house republicans try to hold onto their razor thin majority in the chamber. johnson posted this picture on social media writing in part "i am confident we will send president trump back to the white house, win back the senate and grow our house republican majority." shortly after meeting, trump went to truth social to offer up multiple endorsements for republicans expected to face close races this fall. joining us now congressional reporter for the hill, good morning. thanks for being here. let's start there, the meeting between johnson and trump, it comes on the heels of trump's trip to washington where he urged marjorie taylor greene and others to back off johnson, let him keep his job. what can you say we should read into this as to the state of the republican party? >> yeah, a lot of face time between speaker mike johnson and former president trump just in the last week as you mentioned, both yesterday in mar-a-lago and last week in washington. i think this is two pronged, jonathan. "a," first off, republicans are trying to show their reunited in november. the past year and a half of the # 118th congress has been marked by chaos, whether it's chaos in the conference, in the speakership, mccarthy losing the speakership, having to find a new one. when you look at the fringes, those against trump, who are for trump, sort of seeing them work through that dynamic, this past year and a half was mark by gop dysfunction. top republican leaders now are trying to show they're on the same page as we're now about five months out of from the election, so that's the first thing. and "b," we've heard speaker johnson say this on a number of occasions, he wants to prepare for the case republicansvise, the trifecta come next year, control the white house, the house, and the senate. johnson has said he doesn't want to put the cart ahead of the horse. he said that multiple times, but nonetheless he wants to prepare if republicans get that trifecta. it's both showing that unity, "a," and showing they're able to govern and they have plans to get that trifecta next year. >> we shall see what happens in november. let's go back to the bump stocks vote. schumer trying to call this now it comes on the heels of some folks that had ivf or birth control, which he knew would lose but want to get republicans on record. is this simply another show vote, sore there are a chance this could happen? >> this is thing that has bipartisan support, right? banning bump stocks has enjoyed bipartisan support up on capitol hill, but there are a few details here. "a," schumer is going to try to do it through unanimous consent. it's a fast track process, but the pit fall that comes with that it only takes one individual to oppose that and stop it in its tracks. that's expected to happen with the number of republicans who are against this effort. so that's the first thing. "b," a lot of republicans are criticizing schumer of going through this path of trying to force a vote on the bump stocks and not working on a bipartisan group to come to some sort of consensus. someone like tom tillis says he doesn't see this as a true attempt by schumer to make law because he's just bringing this bill to the floor immediately without having conversations in a room with a small group of bipartisan senators to try to come to some sort of consensus. at the end of the day, again, bump stocks banning them does enjoy bipartisan support, so one would thing this would get bipartisan support on the senate floor today especially in the wake of the supreme court decision, but republicans are apprehensive to hand president biden a decisive win in an election year, nonetheless so close to an election year especially as something on polarizing on guns where an achievement on gun legislation would be massive for the president. >> politics coming first there. and the supreme court decision was criticized in many quarters. lastly, just a quick second on your latest piece you're writing reporting about how donald trump is trying to navigate abortion and other reproductive rights issues, which has been an electoral loser for republicans since the dobbs decision. what's the latest. >> typically when you look at the relationship between donald trump and moderate republicans, those running in districts president biden won back in 2020, donald trump has been an issue for them, and moderates sometimes try to separate themselves from him bombastic style and his controversial positions. this time it seems like donald trump has learned his lessons from 2022, seeing how the issue of abortion galvanized democrats, and he's sort of giving these moderate republicans space to speak about the issue in a way that caters to their constituents. so he had that closed door meeting with house republicans last week, told them to talk about it, quote, correctly in a way that caters best to their constituents, backed exceptions for rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is in danger. so it's really fascinating to see how he's navigating this issue, and bottom line, jonathan, it shows republicans are recognizing this is so important after 2022. for republicans and democrats they've got to figure it out and we're so close to november. >> they've got to figure it out every step of the way. coming up here we're going to look ahead to one virginia primary today pitting former president trump against the chair of the house freedom caucus. plus, it was indeed a big night for boston with the celtics winning the 2024 nba championship. banner number 18 has arrived. oh, yes, we'll bring you all the highlights. those stories and a check on the forecast when we come right back. ght back here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? 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18th time in franchise history, breaking a tie with the los angeles lakers for the most titles of any nba team. the celtics never trailed the dallas mavericks last night, leading by as many as 26 points with jason tatum, who was terrific last night. he scored a game high 31, nearly had a triple-double on the way to a 106-88 victory. jalen brown chipped in 21 was last night and was named final mvp with the series average more than 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and great defense. winning on the 16th anniversary of their last nba title, the celtics finished the post-season 16-3 with a league best 80 and 21 overall record. the celtics mean a lot to that city, that region. to my family, i loved watching it with my boys last night. this core have come so close in years before they deserve it. congratulations. we are thrilled. meanwhile in the nhl, the florida panthers will have a second chance tonight. edmonton run game four, but florida is up 3-1. meanwhile, rory mcllroy says he's 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6-0 in the grimace era. time now for the weather. michelle, i hate to see it. it's going to be really hot around here. >> i know this is like your worst nightmare. we're looking at temperatures so above normal this time of year. we're not just talking today. it's tomorrow, thursday, friday, throughout most of the weekend and build in more before it retreats to the south. that's the big weather headline. the second one is we have a tropical system that could develop into a tropical storm. regardless we're going to see tropical moisture moving onshore and could see 10, 11, 15 in portions of. that fire risk does continue out west, but this is the major story. 73 million people waking up and walking out the door this morning to heat alerts in major cities like detroit, cleveland, philadelphia, boston, even into new england. i know a lot of people don't have air-conditioning there. we're looking at a prolonged event and not getting enough relief at night. the big bubble of high pressure bringing in warm air. it will feel like over 100 degrees on friday. >> all week long. obviously let's hope everyone gets through this safely. michelle grossman, thank you so much. talk to you tomorrow. next up here we'll bring you the latest on donald trump's search for a vice president. we'll bring you the latest on what kind of candidate he's looking for. that's next when "way too early" returns. looking for. that's next when "way too early" returns. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry. so this is pickleball? it's basically tennis for babies, but for adults. it should be called wiffle tennis. pickle! yeah, aw! whoo! ♪♪ these guys are intense. we got nothing to worry about. with e*trade from morgan stanley, we're ready for whatever gets served up. dude, you gotta work on your trash talk. i'd rather work on saving for retirement. or college, since you like to get schooled. that's a pretty good burn, right? got him. good game. thanks for coming to our clinic, first one's free. welcome back to "way too early." it is just about 5:30 a.m. here on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this tuesday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. as we turn to politics noup. as the trump campaign veep stakes continues we're getting somewhat of a clearer picture what the former president environments may have a running mate. the paper writes donald trump is looking for a fighter as his running mate in this year's presidential election in regards to factors such as their gender or race as irrelevant, according to sources close to the former president. instead trump who is still trying to make up his mind wants a candidate who is media-savvy and will fight for him on adversarial tv networks. onetrism ally told the guardian trump is looking for someone who is everything that mike pence wasn't. now, let's remember pence was extremely helpful back in 2016 to shore up trump's christian conservative support. they are leery of trump, but trump has not forgotten his vice president's refusal to help him overturn the 2020 election results. pence was a loyal vp throughout until the last moment. trump will never forgive him. joining us now for more on this national politics reporter for bloomberg, stephanie. i know you've been following the vp search as well. we know some of the names, tim scott, j.d. vance, doug burgham. talk about their candidacies and others who might be on the list. >> to start they all have their pros and cons. as you mentioned the president has been looking for someone who will exhibit characteristics of someone who will be super loyal to his america first agenda. they've also been discussing people who are good on tv, who can vouch for him and his policies in the next administration. but i think what's particularly interesting in some rallies and interviews that he's done is that former president donald trump has mentioned that he's also looking for someone who would be a good president, which in my mind alludes to two things, one someone who could take over the reins, be a good leader for the nation should something happen in this next administration, but also someone who can lead the party in a new generational energy and leadership coming in. and when we look at the three or four candidates that have risen to the top spots, you know, senator tim scott, north dakota governor doug burgum, senator marco rubio, all these folks in many ways on top of being loyal, on tv, they also bring high net worth donors into the campaign, which is something they'll very much need going into november as this is a very long and could be very expensive general election. >> good point on the fund-raising potential there since the trump team is still well behind president biden's re-election squad on raising money. there are a couple of big set pieces in this race coming up. of course we have the first debate just a week erso away. the summer's national conventions as republicans gather in milwaukee in about a month on the heels of donald trump backing a host city. give us the latest on how the two campaigns are preparing. >> for one the debate next week is likely going to be a game changer. you know, depending how these candidates perform could really change the trajectory of this general election. should biden outperform voters might -- you know, maybe they might look past his age and would consider him more energetic than what they've been giving him credit for. should donald trump perform well, this could also boost his campaign. they have been quite close in terms of polling. some polls show trump ahead in certain states, biden ahead in others. and so what happens in this first debate could really change the narrative and convince swing state voters, independent voters, what have you to back one candidate over the other. and we're really looking right now how both candidates are preparing. some folks have been saying the trump campaign has been undergoing policy platform sort of sessions to prepare, whereas biden is heading to camp david to do a more traditional sense of debate planning this thursday. >> yeah, he heads thursday night and will spend a few days there getting ready. national politics reporter for bloomberg, stephanie lai, thank you and good to see you this morning. next up here we'll go live to cnbc for an early look what's driving wall street as the day ended its four day losing streak, plus berkshire hath away sells its shares in china's biggest electric vehicle maker. we'll break down the decision and what that could mean for the industry when we come right back. d mean for the industry when we come right back old spice gentleman's super hydration body wash. 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>> yeah, so one thing that has actually been happening -- let's remember this is the same company that cut their stake in amyl not so long ago as well. it's not as though they don't reassess. they've seen a slow down for evs globally and that has happened quite significantly. even though they've drawn this down, they've had 7% stake then in the business. that's now been dropped down to 6.9%. it does give you a sense it is sizable but not necessarily market moving in that sense then for a company that owned 225 million shares when they bought the company or when they bought those shares back in 2008 for $230 million. now they're selling off 1.3 million of those shares and that's worth nearly $14 million. a clear sense how valuable that investment has actually been for them. >> speaking of china it may target european pork prices in retaliation for tariffs on electric vehicles. what's the impact going to be? >> yeah, so this impact could really be quite massive then. it's at least the sales of this last year were around $6 billion, then, which came through from china in terms of sales. it's a $3 billion industry which is being touted that the first the chinese will retaliate towards after those ev tariffs that were put on chinese companies then by the european union. now, let's remember that this is small in relation to the rest of this market, and it's an investigation that is set to continue until at least june next year and may extend even further. what this might also be is also representative of china saying we see your tariffs and we would like to engage you a bit further, otherwise we'll start an opening salveole of trade tensions, which of course europe started itself. >> all right, we'll keep an eye on that. cnbc's arabile gumede, live from london, thank you as always. still ahead here, it's been 50 years since the legendary stone pony opened up in new jersey. we'll dive into a new book that looks at the music venue's historic past and how bruce springstein played a key role. we'll be right back with that. n. we'll be right back with that. has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? 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[ laughter ] i'm coming for my revenge gru. who's the loser now? loser loser. -loser, loser. welcome back. a new book is highlighting the incredible story of a legendary nightclub that changed american music as we know it. the stone pony in asbury park down on the jersey shore is one of the nation's most famous venues and celebrating its 50th an very this year. bruce springsteen helped make the rock and roll hole famous first appearing there nearly five decades ago. and springsteen has continued to show up repeatedly. his incredible relationship with the stone pony is just one of the stories in the new book, which bears the title" i don't want to go home, the oral history of the stone pony" which includes interviews of djs, local officials, employees of the club, and even a few governors. joining us now the book's author, nick corasaniti. he's also national politics recorder for "the new york times." it feels like summer, the right time to talk about a music venue on the jersey shore. so you do it as an oral history. talk to us about that decision and just some of the dozens and dozens of very memorable characters involved. >> so i think when you have a history of 50 years like you said there's so many characters involved who are such good story tellers. we had some of the best story tellers in american history bruce springsteen, stevie vanzant, these are asbury artists through and through, and they can tell their story better than anybody else. as i set about how do you bring this place alive, and how do you bring readers inside the walls of the stone pony, this legendary rock club that you really kind of want to be inside. it hasn't changed. the walls are still black and crumbling, there's tar everywhere, the floor is still sticky, who knows how many years old beer. i just think you needed to hear from the horse's mouth. they were going to be able to own their stories and tell their stories better than i ever could with my own words. so it felt like the oral history format was the best way to bring those voices alive, bring those stories alive and bring readers kind of into the circle. >> we know bruce springsteen and steven vanzant were at the stone pony. we know a few others like the jonas brothers and russell crow. >> the jonas brothers were trying to make it before any of their success. so in 2005 before they got the support of disney and major record labels they were playing a gig at the pony as young teenagers and they had to hustle to get people to come. they had to play early because they weren't of a drinking age. they were running around the boardwalk and in 2005 not exactly a safe place. they were getting heckled because they weren't exactly the kind of artists you'd expect to see at the pony. it was important to them and so foundational to their growth when they were some of the biggest superstars in the world they came back to play the ponies for vmas in 2019. russell crow he had this band called 30 odd foot grunts which maybe not a lot of people know about. and they had booked the tour and they're playing a lot of clubs, and so the pony was the main one he wanted to play. he also booked the mad stn scare garden theater, which has a cap about 60,000. as that got bigger and sold out and live nation rules or whoever the company was at the time you have to pick one and they assumed he'd pick the garden. at the time it's about six times the size of the stone pony. he said, no, i'm playing the stone pony, this matters to me. turns out that might have played a vital role in his life because he was set to stay at the thompson hotel in 2001 for the madison square garden gig. when he told me that it had a little extra resonance not just as a career goal to play the stone pony but where he was in his career. >> lastly and briefly rock music is sort of in decline right now in terms of record sales and streaming and such, though still a potent force on the road. what's the look at the future of what the stone pony is going to be? do the artists feel like its future is safe? >> i think so because i think asbury politicians and developers there's condos going ever where and you do risk overdevelopment, they know the beating heart of asbury park is the stone pony, and it's got this spirit of what the town's about, this music town. it's like a square mile but i think there's as many stages there as in like all of brooklyn. and the stone pony is that reason for being. even as know the place needs to exist. it's on some of the most priceless real estate on the east coast and on the jersey shore and literally across the street from the ocean and nothing in between it. yet, exactly at that time, it's staying true to itself. >> the new book, i don't want to go home, the oral history of the stone pony" and it's now now and pick up a copy. nick, great to see you here, my friends. the latest out of jerusalem where thousands of israelis took to the streets in protest of benjamin netanyahu's government and his prosecution of the war in gasses rah. coming up on "morning joe," president biden announces a new executive action that will protect undocumented spouses of the u.s. citizens. we will break down the policy and how republicans with reacting. hakeem jeffries will be a guest also. don't miss that. dr. anthony fauci will join us with his side of the story of what it was like in the white house during the covid pandemic and revelations about his clashes with donald trump. 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>> had he no choice. the cabinet had two centrists on it, benny gantz and another one anchoring the middle of the line, if you will, when they bailed out as i think any centrist would do given the netanyahu policies. netanyahu faced a choice of either bringing in some additional right wing people or dissolve the whole thing. he did the latter. in terms what have it will do going forward, it won't change much, unfortunately, jonathan, because those two centrists and former leads of the israeli defense forces were, i think, the voices calling for more humanitarian aid and, therefore, they are gone. this is just going to allow the right wing hard liners, if you will, to continue military operations. >> so nato, of course, is subject near and dear to your heart. we mentioned the secretary-general is in washington now. it's ahead of the nato summit next month. the 75th anniversary of that organization. this summit is being held in washington. and, of course, the war in ukraine will be a central focus. so let's start with simply your assessment of the strength of nato right now. >> never been stronger. you mentioned in your read, the addition of not only sweden and finland and two turnkey militaries and employed with us in afghanistan and they have tremendous capability. as you're showing, the geography is very difficult for putin's gives him an additional 600 miles of border. the secretary-general, put a smile on the face of the former allied commander announcing 23 of the nations are now hitting the 2% goal. hey. when i was supreme allied commander, that number was nine, so that is a major testament to the strength of the alliance and, of course, all of it is the result of the greatest salesman for nato in history, vladimir putin. he has finally gotten the europeans to wake up and spend on is that defense. >> the secretary-general will be a guest on "morning joe" later on. so the summit comes as the war in ukraine continues. russia has floated some sort of peace proposal that ukraine seems likely to reject out of hand. give us your assessment, admiral. >> total nonstarter. it not only calls for ukraine to formally hand over crimea and four of its major provinces, effectively legalizing a land grab of 20% of their nation and absolves vladimir putin of any sanctions going forward, no war crimes tribunals, and ukraine would be -- their military effectively stripped away from them, force neutrality and it would put ukraine as a sitting duck for putin to come back for another bite at the apple. it's a nonstarter. >> so, therefore, the war seems to continue even in sort of a stalemate. we saw the u.s. and its allied at the g7 to send more funding to crane and trump-proof it so it could continue no matter what happens in november's election as the war seems to likely drag on for quite some time. we appreciate the analysis, from you, admiral. thank you. thanks to all of for getting up "way too early" for us this this morning. 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