heading back to north korea, secretary of state mike pompeo will return to pyongyang this week for talks with kim jong-un. this comes after nbc reporting that north korea is pushing ahead with its nuclear program. plus, as early as today president trump could be meeting with two or three more potential supreme court nominees. he sat down with four potential picks yesterday. and it's been almost two weeks since president trump signed an order to stop separating children from parents at the border. now health and human services won't say how many minors are still in their care. ♪

good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, july 3rd. we begin with reports that north korea is up to its old tricks. secretary of state mike pompeo is heading back to pyongyang. pompeo is set to arrive on friday for a two-day visit. it is his third trip to the dprk and first by a senior u.s. official since the singapore summit. pompeo is scheduled once again to meet with kim jong-un whose regime is reportedly trying to deceive the u.s. about its nuclear stockpile, arsenal and secret production facilities. nbc news learned they're continuing to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons according to multiple u.s. officials. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked about it during yesterday's briefing. >> we aren't going to confirm or deny any intelligence reports. what i can tell you is that we're continuing to make progress. one, in the last eight months you haven't seen missile launches, you haven't seen

nuclear -- you haven't seen the nuclear detonations. again, these conversations are continuing to evolve. i'm not going to get into the details, but i can tell you that progress continues to be made. >> there was a report that it is even kind of maybe on the table that president -- >> kind of maybe, that sounds solid. >> would invite kim to new york around the u.n. >> we don't have any announcements or plans to roll out at this point. >> and president trump will continue meeting with potential supreme court justice nominees as his administration races to find a candidate to replace justice anthony kennedy. the president revealed yesterday he met with four potential picks, saying he has plans to meet with a few more this week ahead of his decision, which he says will happen this monday. the president met with each of the four candidates for about 45 minutes according to the white house. while the president wouldn't name names, he touted their credentials nevertheless. >> they are outstanding people.

they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academically and every other way. i will be meeting with two or three more, and we'll make a decision on the united states supreme court, the new justice. that will be made over the next few days, and we'll be announcing it on monday. i look forward to that. i think the person that is chosen will be outstanding. >> while the president was tight-lipped on his meetings, "the washington post" and associated press report trump med with federal appeals judge raymond kethletge and others. senate minority leader slammed kony barrett, saying she was a judge that could put the affordable care act at risk. schumer penned a report for the now times saying our rights hang in the balance. one or two votes in the senate

will make the difference between confirmation and rejection of a nominee. if the senate rejects an extreme candidate, it would present president trump the opportunity to select a moderate consensus nominee. meanwhile, sarah huckabee sanders was questioned yesterday by hallie jackson on whether president trump would like to see roe v. wade overturned. >> would the president like to see roe v. wade overturned? >> once again, i'm not going to get into any specifics that we would be looking at. >> i'm saying does he himself as just a matter of how he feels, his own policy, does he want to see roe overturned? >> again, as it is ongoing i'm not going to weigh into anything specific on that point. >> this is a policy question. >> i understand, and i'm telling you while we're in the middle of the process i don't have an updated comment on that. >> when it comes to the supreme court's decision on roe v. wade, a new poll finds a majority of american voters agree with the court's ruling. according to quinnipiac

university, 63% of national voters stand by the 1973 supreme court decision on abortion rights, 31% disagree. looking at where the court stands politically, 19% of those polled say the court is too liberal while 31% say it is too conservative. 41% say it is about right. asked if they would like to see the supreme court be a check on the president, 65% of voters said yes while only 24% said no. those who would like to see the court act as a check on the president includes nearly half of republicans at 48% as well as 66% of independents and 82% of democrats. >> all right. joining us white house reporter for the associated press, jill colvin. jill, good to have you with us on this tuesday morning. let's start with president trump for a moment. he melt with four candidates for the open supreme court justice spot yesterday as we were reporting there. what do his early interviews tell you about what he is

looking for in a potential nominee? >> reporter: firstly, think it is important to note he is moving very, very quickly. the president sort of set this deadline for himself of next monday, the 9th, before he leaves on his trip to nato and to meet with putin so it is a very quick process that's happening. what it tells us though is that the president is sticking very closely to this list of 25 people, that the campaign and his white house had rolled out months and months ago. this is a list that was mostly provided to them by the federalist society, which is very conservative. these were judges selected because they checked the boxes for conservative activists, which includes many of them being hostile to roe v. wade, being hostile to abortion rights. the president is going through this group. notably, there is a woman who is part of the mix there. they were careful to interview her as part of the first batch which has, you know, some people very interested. >> let's switch gears for a moment and focus in on north korea because the reports that north korea has upped its

nuclear arsenal. what might the tone of secretary of state mike pompeo's upcoming trip to that country be like given the new revelations? >> reporter: pompeo has now been to north korea. he's met with kim jong-un multiple times now. you know, they had a -- what they -- the president touted, what the white house touted was a sort of framework for a deal in place. the president held up that point form bullet-point agreement with a lot of fan fare when he was in singapore meeting with kim. this now is not good for the president. this is not good for mike pompeo. this is not what they agreed to, these reports that not only do they have no intention of getting rid of their nuclear arsenal, they're looking for ways to try to hide and conceal the weapons that they have right now. this is not good news for the president, and i would anticipate this is going to be a pretty tense meeting between pompeo and the north korean officials. >> yeah, no doubt that the white house, including mike pompeo, have really staked a lot on the

line with their own personal reputations in terms of how much they've defended this overture by the white house. thanks, we will touch base with you in a little bit. the department of health and human services said yesterday it is no longer providing the specific number of migrant children head in its custody as a result of the trump administration's family separation policy. quote, while we understand the interest in detailed breakdowns of this information, our mission has been and remains to provide every minor transferred to hhs, regardless of the circumstances, with quality and age-appropriate care and a speedy and safe release to a sponsor. hhs says there are currently 11,871 migrant children in its care. conflating those who came unaccompanied and those who were separated. yesterday 11 democratic senators sent a letter asking hhs and the department of homeland security to provide a list of children and parents separated at the border without identifications by the end of this week to prove

the government can find families for reunification. while an official says the dhs secretary nielsen made a trip to visit two detention centers near the border including the one where police were called on jeff merkley one month ago when he identified himself as a member of congress and asked to see inside. you may recall he was turned away but brought attention to the secrecy of the trump administration's policy which ended under pressure 17 days later. and the white house is using its official twitter account to attack two democratic senators critical of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. one tweet accused senator elizabeth warren of, quote, supporting criminals moving weapons and drugs across our borders. another tweet took on senator kamala harris saying she was supporting animals of ms-13.

she shot back that she went after gangs. that is being a leader on public safety. what is not is ripping babies from their mothers. both are considered contenders for the democratic party's nomination to challenge trump in 2020. senator warren called for the abolition of i.c.e., while senator harris recently said the role of the agency and the way it is administered should be reexamined. president trump told reporters he and mexico's president elect obrador had a positive call yesterday. >> i just spoke with the president elect of mexico. we had a great conversation, about half an hour long. we talked about border security. we talked about trade. we talked about nafta. we talked about a separate deal, just mexico and the united states. we had a lot of good conversation. i think the relationship will be a very good one. we will see what happens, but i really to believe it is going to be a very good one. he had a very excellent

election. did i would say even better than anticipated. i told him a number of years ago when i saw him campaigning for a different race frankly, a different year, a different race, i said some day he's going to be the president of mexico. so he remembered that and it turned out to be correct. we had a great talk. >> lopez obrador who called trump erratic and arrogant on the campaign trail tweeted there was respectful treatment during the call. acourting to "the atlantic" paul manafort would refer to his long-time aide as my russian brain, and now internal memos and other business records obtained by the associated press purport to show how , recently indicted by the mueller probe, worked with manafort to advance russian interests. it reported his dire reports,

quoting from the ap report showed that kilimnik had a propaganda operation intended to target washington and european capitals and train a cadre of leaders who can be upon in future governments. that he served as a key lee awn say between manafort and principle financial backers including a russian oligarch to whom manafort reportedly offered private briefings in 2016 while he served as trump campaign chairman. a federal judge ordered former national security advisor michael flynn to appear in court next week. this would be flynn's first court appearance since he pled guilty last december to a felony count about lying to investigators about his contacts to the russian ambassador to the united states. a hearing which has been set

next tuesday morning will be regarding a possible sentencing date for flynn. according to positive lit co, the repeated delays in flynn's sentencing led to speculation that prosecutors believe his testimony could be useful at a future trial or the sentencing process might disclose an aspect of the investigation special counsel mueller wishes to keep street. still ahead, the latest on trump's looming trade war with the european union and what american voters think about it. we will break down new polling there. later, scott pruitt's aides are spilling the details about his spending and management at the epa, including reports he asked his aides to help find his wife a job, one he hoped would come with a six-figure salary. those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. ♪ ♪

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president trump declined a request to lower the flags following the deadly shooting after the annapolis shooting. annapolis mayor put in a request to the white house, telling "the "baltimore sun"" he hoped it would keep national attention on the deadly attack which left five people dead. the trump white house has ordered the flags be lowered after other mass shootings, but mayor buckley says his request was denied. now, according to "the "baltimore sun"" the white house has not commented on its decision. >> president trump hosted dutch prime minister at the white house yesterday where they discussed security and trade. he said bluntly no. >> we are close to making very good -- i want to say fair, fair trade deals for our taxpayers and for our workers and our farmers and a lot of good things are happening. i think the eu, we're going to

be meeting with them fairly soon. they want to see if they can work something out. that will be good. if we do work it out, that will be positive. if we don't, it will be positive also because -- >> no. >> we will just think about the cars pouring in here and do something. >> we have to work something out. >> but it will be positive. >> that comes as a new poll shows that just 39% of americans think that trump's trade policies are good for the economy, and even fewer think it is good for their bank accounts. more than half of americans also think trump's trade strategy will lead to a trade war, while just 17% think that a trade war will be good for the u.s. economy. still, congress secretary wilbur ross says any tensions and hits to the economy are merely hiccups in the process. yesterday the white house also addressed the worsening trade situation with canada. >> we've been very nice to canada for many years and they've taken advantage of that, particularly advantage of our farmers. and at the g7 the president

actually proposed they get rid of all tariffs and drop all barriers and have really great trade, and they refused that. escalating tariffs against the united states does nothing to help canada. let's switch gears for a moment and get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. i'm not a meteorologist but i can tell you it is definitely hot. there's a heat wave at least in new york, i feel that. >> the problem with heat waves is the longer they go the worse they get and tend to be the most deadly, too. i'm happy to say we haven't had a lot of reports of deaths and fatalities from the gripping heat wave but it continues. we have 70 million people at risk, portions of philadelphia, new jersey and pennsylvania are under extensive heat warning, a lot of people under advisories. we're not record-breaking heat but it is exceptionally hot. these heat advisories in the ohio valley, south dakota, tulsa, into fort smith. the hottest temperatures will be in texas. that's the blue, 101 in

san antonio and 101 in dallas. when you add in the humidity, that's when you get the heat index. it will feel like 103 in d.c., 102 in charlotte, pretty much the same in texas. one of the hottest will be kansas city, 96, and humid too so will feel like 106. how about the 4th of july, does it change much? more clouds in areas like pennsylvania and washington, d.c. instead of mid 90s, we knock you down a little bit but still very hot in the middle of the country. look how hot the ohio valley gets on 4th of july, st. louis at 104. there's an end in sight with the heat wave. look at chicago, friday, down to 81, 82. baltimore drops from 89 friday to 8 on saturda-- 82 on saturda. you don't expect relief in areas like dallas until september or october, but there's some receive for some of us heading to the weekend. >> some good news. thanks for that.

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cousins. he signed a one-year $5.3 million deal, leaving his options open for the 2019 free agent market. cousins is recovering after tearing his achilles last year and hopes to get on the court around the new year. in case you are wondering, the warriors will have all stars from last season at every position, steph curry, klay thompson, kevin durant, draymond green and demarcus cousins. it will be an interesting nba season. from the hardwood to the pitch, in brazil yesterday dashed the hopes of mexico as brazil blanked mexico 2-0 yesterday. neymar led the way with the first goal and assisting on the second. brazil heads to the quarterfinals while mexico's fifth game curse continues. mexico has now suffered seven successive losses in the round of 16. very tough for them. turning to yesterday's second contest, which i would have to say was way more wild.

to the second half and with japan up 2-0, belgium went off, cutting the lead in half in the 69th minute. following that up five minutes later with the equalizer. belgium crushed the dreams of the japanese in the fourth minute of stoppage time. it is the first time a team has come back from being two goals back to win in regulation in a kno knockout stage since 1966. the range of emotions was unbelievable. later today sweden and switzerland square off in a battle of countries that start with the letter "s" and columbia takes on england. you can catch all of the world cup action on telemundo, amin, but that's what it is about. the japan match was unreal. >> i can't imagine what it was like to be a japanese fan yesterday because you were watching the game -- obviously they were the underdogs going against belgium. they take a commanding two-lead with about 35 minutes left in the game and belgium just turned

it on, and boy did they ever, scoring the goal in the final seconds. >> and both teams played so well. what was so tough for japan was that they had a shot on goal at the very end. >> yeah. >> of the match, and it was a fastbreak that really was the decider. that's the world cup for you. >> that is the world cup. how about the golden state warriors, man, stacking their team? i saw they now have 25 all star appearances between their five starters. that's pretty stacked if you ask me. >> it is unbelievable. >> thanks for that, louis. still ahead, we go inside michael cohen's efforts to make his voice heard with his legal fate in limbo. we have new reporting cohen has befun to reconsider his relationship to the most important business associate of his career, donald trump. plus, much more on the president's upcoming supreme court decision and the crucial vote he'll need in the senate. stay with us. ♪

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♪ welcome back, everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis burgdorf. the top stories. as early as today president trump could meet with two or three potential candidates to replace supreme court justice kennedy. the president has already sat down with four could-be scotus nominees. nbc correspondent hallie jackson with the latest on the selection process. >> reporter: the president playing coy on his court picks, not saying who he interviewed. >> mr. president, who did you speak to, sir. >> reporter: only how many

candidates he considered. >> during the morning i interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academically and every other way. >> reporter: academically, a supreme scholar seems to be a high priority. with people familiar with the process telling nbc news the president prefers a graduate from harvard or yale. he says he will have two or three more interviews this week before a selection, and then the senate sales pitch. republican susan collins, a crucial vote, is now drawing her line in the sand, tied to a key abortion rights ruling, roe v. wade. >> a candidate for this important position who would overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me. >> reporter: a new poll shows most americans agree with that ruling. while the president made this pledge during his campaign -- >> do you want to see the court overturn roe v. wade? >> well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, that's really what's going to

be -- that's what will happen. >> reporter: a deflection on whether that still stands. >> would the president like to see roe v. wade overturned? >> i'm not going to get into any specifics that we would be looking at. >> reporter: i'm saying does he himself as just a matter of how he feels, his own policy, does he want to see roe overturned? >> again, as it is ongoing i'm not going to weigh into anything specific on that point. >> reporter: the president has put that self-imposed deadline of monday, july 9th, six days away, to publicly announce his next supreme court pick. but, of course, he could make the decision even sooner than that. ayman, back to you. >> thanks to hallie jackson for that report. in the latest gallop tracking pole president trump's approval rating stands at 42%, up one point from last week. 53% of voters say they disapprove of the job he's doing. meanwhile, a new quinnipiac university poll finds if the election for the house of representatives were held today, 50% of voters would choose the democratic candidate while 41% would vote republican. but there is a big gender gap

there. men say they would vote republican by eight points, 50% to 42% for democrats. women would vote democratic 58% versus 33% for republicans. that's a 25 point margin. >> staff turnover inside the trump white house has hit a record high. this according to the associated press. the president has seen staff turnover in excess of 37% over the calendar year-ending june 30th. that's according to analysis of white house filings. according to the most recent numbers, 141 staffers that worked for the president at that point last year are gone with 138 new arrivals. however, the figures don't include those who arrived and departed throughout the year. you may recall short-lived communications director anthony scaramucci or even those who departed before june 30th of 2017. also, some 61% of trump's senior-most aides have left the white house. only the bill clinton's 42%

comes close for the last five administrations. incredible numbers there. all right. so two of scott pruitt's aides reportedly provided congressional investigators with new details about the epa administrators controversial spending and management decision. according to "the washington post" the house oversight and government reform committed con tukted interviews last week. the post says the conversations shed fresh light on pruitt's willingness to use his position for his personal benefit while ignoring warning even from allies about potential ethical issues there. the paper says that pruitt pushed the aides to find a job for his wife that earned $200,000 or more a year. it adds that pruitt initially asked one of the aides to contact the republican attorneys general association, which pruitt once led, as part of the job search. the aide told investigators she declined to make that call to avoid potential conflicts of interest. meanwhile, cnn is reporting that

pruitt and his aides kept secret calendars or schedules to hide controversial meetings or calls. the report citing a former official who is expected to testify to congress soon testified that epa members often met in pruitt's office to scrub or remove records from his official calendar because they might look bad. if that wasn't enough, pruitt has become the latest trump administration official to be ridiculed in public. a woman posted a video to her facebook page of her publicly confronting him while eating lunch yesterday, urging him to step down. watch this. >> hi. i just wanted to urge you to resign because of what you're doing to the environment in our country. this is my son who loves animals, clean air. he loves clean water. have somebody who actually does protect our environment, somebody who believes in climate change and takes it seriously to the benefit of all of us, including our children. so i would urge you to resign before your scandals push you

out. >> all right. long-time trump organization legal fixer michael cohen changed his tune yesterday from an unflinching defender of the president to wavering under the threat of federal charges. his comments to abc news that if given the choice between protecting president trump or his family, quote, my wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will. i putnamly and country first. "vanity fair" said that he viewed the interview as a way of repositioning himself between trump and prosecutors. this as more than 1.3 million items in cohen's files seized by investigators in april and reviewed under court order were turned over to federal prosecutors yesterday. meanwhile, president trump stayed silent about cohen on twitter. >> is the president worried after his comments this morning that michael cohen is going to flip and has he considered at all paying michael cohen's legal fees?

>> as you know, i'm not going to answer questions on this topic and refer you to the president's outside counsel. >> can you tell us whether the president watched the interview and how he feels about the idea that his former attorney said he would put his wife, son and country first but not the president? >> i'm not going to way into the issue. >> ahead on ""morning joe"" emily jane fox will discuss her reporting on reporting. let's start with the story about michael cohen possibly flipping. he is not mincing words anymore saying his loyalties are to family and country first. is that by your assessment a shot at trump that he could possibly flip? how do you interpret that? >> reporter: this feels like a public divorce with trump is what he is doing here. this is the man who spent, you know, a decade with the president, who was a very loyal

servant, who said he would take a bullet for the president, saying that now trump is not his priority. you also saw in the interview him breaking with trump on a bunch of issues, criticizing the way that the president has tried to malign the mueller investigation, criticizing that trump tower meeting that trump's son don junior and campaign aides had with the russian lawyer, making clear he is out on his own. what he is interested this is protecting michael cohen, doing everything he can to bolster his case and protect himself and his family. >> let's talk about another hot spot for this administration, the epa administrator scott pruitt. once again at the center of yet another controversy, this time though his top aides are not holding back. they've been divulging some of the details of their boss's questionable personal spending choices to members of congress. could some of these claims actually get pruitt into legal trouble if they don't get him into political trouble with the president? >> well, you're certainly not supposed to be using your

publicly-paid position, your taxpayer funded position to try to get your wife a job, and a job paying more than $200,000 a year. there has just been report after report after damning report of misuse of office, alleged misuse of office, alleged misuse of taxpayer funds, breaking various government rules. i think what is extraordinary here is the fact that the president has yet to fire him. this is a president whom aides say is very conscientious about spending, who doesn't like the idea of misuse of taxpayer funds -- that's at least what he tells people. i mean it is just one report after the next after the next. the white house has insisted that they're trying to wait until after the internal investigations are over. there's more than a dozen of those that are currently underway, and at this point from what sources say the president is still a supporter of pruitt. likes what he is doing at the agency, feels like he is rolling back the environment regulations the president wants rolled back. i think it is any observer watching this would find it

pretty extraordinary he still has the job. >> a lot of people made the point when you are working in the trump administration you are actually performing for one person, and that is for the president. jill colvin, great to have you with us. thank you. >> thank you. >> it is a motto we fully endorse on the show, drink morkovy. the new findings on how a cup of joe may help lead to a longer life. plus bill karins is back with a check on the courthouse including when the oppressive heat may finally break. stay with us. ♪ (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything

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of his family. a capitol police spokesperson was unable to comment on the instance ent. scary story there. let's get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. what is the july 4thth holiday forecast looking like? >> a few of us will be dodging the rain. it usually ends bye-bye t the s the fireworks. who has the hottest heat index we're waking up to this morning? dallas feels like 86 when you walk outside the door right now. look who is hottest. washington, d.c. feels like 87 degrees as you start your morning, not far behind is new york city at 82. we had rain yesterday, a little relief this morning, chicago at 65. enjoy it while you can. that's why chicago only will get about 89 today. there's a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms new york city to boston, areas of pennsylvania. that may cool you down a little bit. no such luck texas through central plains and you will be dodging on and off rain in southern louisiana. into the 4th of july holiday forecast, still watching the

channels for storms rolling through minneapolis and wisconsin. houston, eek. looks like downpours nearby and maybe a chance of flooding. you have to watch that closely, and there will be showers from pittsburgh all the way through areas of new york city. as far as the 10:00 p.m. forecast for the fireworks, hit and miss along the gulf, but in many areas the rain if you get it will be during the afternoon. it will land and then you will get your fireworks in. i think houston is one of the only areas, corpus christi, that may get rained out. fingers crossed to get it in. >> let's hope the sky stays clear. we need to see the fireworks. if you haven't, grab a cup of coffee this morning. we do, because a new report says it might help you live longer. a team from the national cancer institute used data for more than half a million people who volunteered to give blood and answer detailed health and lifestyle questions. the researchers looked at death rates over ten years of the study. the findings reveal people that drank coffee, no matter how much

or what kind, were less likely to die over the ten-year period than non-coffee drinkers. health benefits to coffee include reducing inflammation in the body and protecting against diabetes, parkinson's disease and liver cancer. >> i haven't had a cup of coffee in ten years, so i guess i'm about done, guys. >> all right. thanks, guys. still ahead, the president goes after u.s. allies, taking aim at spending levels of fellow nato members. plus, facebook troubles gets worse as federal investigators brought in their probe into the company's data and privacy practices. ♪ belly fat: the chili pepper sweat-out. not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool! coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. and no surgery. results and patient experience may vary. some common side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort,and swelling.

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welcome back, everyone. we are learning more about how president trump treats america's allies. "the new york times" reports that president trump sent sharply-worded letters to the leaders of several nato allies, lambasting them for how much they spent on their own defenses. trump reportedly warned allies the u.s. is losing patience and hinted the u.s. may adjust military presence based on that situation including a large-scale withdrawal from germany. the letters sent in june went to leaders of germany, belgium, norway and canada among others. two diplomatic sources tell "the times" a dozen may be sent in all. it comes following the disastrous g7 and ahead of the summit with vladimir putin as well as next week's nato summit

in brussels which trump is set to attend. let's turn to business. facebook's disclosure it shared block information with 61 companies caught the eye of several federal companies. cnbc's reporter joins us from london with more. how much regulatory pressure is facebook getting and how poorly is this going to affect the social media giant? >> reporter: yeah. good morning. so it's more bad news for facebook. according to the "washington post," the s.e.c. and fbi will join the department of justice and the s.e.c. in probing how cambridge analytica purchased user information in the first place. i should tell you on friday facebook actually submitted a 7 750-page document to congress describing dozens of company information even after 2015, and this is something that directly contradict what's mark zuckerberg said.

definitely a lot of scrutiny on the company. broadly speaking, shares are up and fully recovered from the loss of cambridge analytica. and lyft is wading into bike sharing. buying corporations of motivate, parent company of citybike and will rename it lyft bike setting them on a collision course with uber, also got into the bike sharing business in april acquiring a company. >> and last-minute items before toys "r" us. an anonymous person beat everyone to it. who was this and how much money did they spend? what can you give us as far as information? >> reporter: i can't tell you who the anonymous person was but we know the anonymous person was based in north carolina and bought up to $1 million worth of toying to distribute them to the kids in his neighborhoods, and we don't know who the person is.

at least it puts somewhat of a silver lining to a sad narrative. talking about geoffrey the giraffe checking out of the store on friday. smiles from kids' faces for the very last time. >> a little bit of a silver lining. talking 30,000 jobs lost and an ic iconic american brand gone. live from london, thanks so much. coming up, access has one big thing and mike pompeo set to return to north korea following the singapore summit. and the new reports that kim jongson trying to deceive the u.s. about his nuclear capabilities plus, "vanity fair," latest on cohen's speaking out and putting family ahead of president trump,

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welcome back. joining us from washington, d.c. with a look at saxios. what is the big thing? >> all the way to hack an election. americans vote in, of course, 50 separate straight-run elections. every single one of them has potential points of facial. think about it. voter registration. both when you go to fill out the form and once they collect all the data. voter tabulation, once you send it in. voter machine, third-party vendors. their problems becomes problems of american democracy and problems at the polls. polls books. sometimes online, sometimes on paper. what we learned from looking at

the list that just popped up on axi axios.com, look ahead at november. think about the fact intelligence agencies told us there are already intrusions in the midterm elections. that this is a huge fix and you think about the fact there are some states that don't even have a paper trail for think ballots. >> basically the point, on the eve of independence day when we as americans should feel the most about our country, are feeling vulnerable about the very elections coming this november? what are you learning about the election? we're at a crossroads of possibly a rigged election once again? >> when you put it that way, yes. no question. this is a place that america is far behind. intelligence agencies have been warning us that people are banging -- outside forces, banging on these elections looking for ways to get into the states. we know in 2016, at least in 18 states, there were efforts to infiltrate those elections and

we think those probably weren't successful, but what we're seeing is that in addition to the well-known efforts to affect the election environment and affect our social feeds and also physical voting now is very much in danger. >> let's switch gears and talk about internal democratic politics for a moment. how could the blue wave within the democrats' own party impact the candidate they put forth in the 2020 presidential race? it's been getting attention in the wake of the victory here in new york by ocasio-cortez? >> right. the energy we're seeing from democrats is great news for them. the bad news for them, and the reason that democrats are more worried than they were before, is this progressive blue wave that you see right there from axios officials. what we're seeing is that the wings of the democratic party are fighting each other instead of just focusing on republicans. so that amazing interview we saw

with conor lamb here on "morning joe" after his victory in a democratic primary, democrats then said, oh, but the path to swin to have moderates, but now we're seeing this progressive wave, and including in states where democratic legislators have been beaten in primaries from the left in a couple of dozen cases. so can democrats focus on republicans? can they figure out a way to keep these two wings of the party from swapping each other? >> mike allen, thank you very much. reading ax yous inin inaxios, newsletter. that does it for us. i'm ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. good morning. and welcome to "morning joe." it's tuesday, july 3rd.

with us, politic editor for the "daily beast". >> hold on a second. hey, ayman. >> what? >> japan, man! >> just talking -- >> what happened? >> man a complete and utter collapse. >> japan? come over -- yeah. look at that. he's at the louis burgdorf hollywood desk. come over to husband. a pan of 2-0. second half. looked totally in charge to have a commanding 2-0 lead against belgium, 35 minutes to go in the game. >> insane. >> yeah. exactly. a complete collapse. at that level of the world cup, completely heartbreaking. to belgium's credit, they knew they had a fighting spirit. considered one of the fathe favd showed why. >> the last goal, amazing. >> here we are. i mean, it's judst -- japan goe up 2-0 at the half. >> the final goa