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arraignment wraps inside that manhattan courtroom. as i said, that image you see on the right-hand side of your screens with the president and his attorneys as he sits at the defendant s table in the courtroom just moments ago. so obviously as we have said quite a bit today, but it s worth repeating, this is a historic moment. we have never seen this before in the united states of america. a former president under indictment, under arrest and now being charged with 34 counts of felonies. former attorney general bill barr is standing by with us, brit hume is also here to weigh-in momentarily. first we go to bryan llenas who is live at the courthouse where we expect shortly the president will be exiting soon. hi, bryan. hi, martha. that s exactly right. two big questions right now ahead of us. when will the former president come out. should be any moment. will he say anything to the cameras. what will he say now that he knows the charges. the second question is, knowing ....
unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not influence our decision making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. that s attorney general merrick garland striking a defiant tone as he defended the justice department during a contentious hearing between house republicans. we ll show you how it unfolded and what happens next as garland faces a potential contempt vote in congress. plus we ll dig into donald trump s new comments that he may jail his political opponents if he is re-elected to a second term. and also ahead president biden signed an executive order drastically tightening the border, and now he s getting backlash from some democrats. we ll break down the divide in his own party and what the issue of immigration could mean for his base in the fall. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden issued an execut ....
Is going to spend some time in paris with french president emmanuel macron including a state dinner. you just wrote for politico about the relationship between the two. tell us a little bit about it. yeah, the relationship between washington and paris has always been somewhat fraught. the entire 70-year anniversary or history of nato. there are some tensions here. macron and his government have pushed to send more military advisers toia crane to train ukrainian troops. biden does not want to do that whatsoever. biden not interested in sending more troops. france recently banned israeli companies from participating in a major defense show happening outside paris later this month. again, biden is not about to do something like that. there s been some tensions over policy in the indo-pacific and places like that. so the relationship is good. it s better than it was a few ....