that is our broadcast on this monday night. as we start a new week, thank you so much for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. headquarters here in new york. amid rising tensions in iran, the acting secretary of defense announces plans to send 1,000 troops to the middle east after authorities accuse iran of attacking two oil tankers. president trump officially launches his reelection supporters have already started lining up in orlando, florida. and president trump's former campaign chair paul manafort has been moved to a prison in

manhattan. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 18. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside white house correspondent jeff bennett. the move comes amid tensions in iran and in addition to the roughly 1,500 troops trump announced he was sending in late may. pat trick shanahan says it is, quote, to address air, naval and ground threats in the region. the u.s. has accused iran of a string of attacks in the gulf. the u.s. central command says limpit mines were used and released a video of a iranian boat removing an unexploded mine

from one of the vessels. these images have been released. iran denies these allegations. in an expected move, tehran has announced in less than ten days, it will break the stockpile deal established. the deal was struck in early may. let's talk bhor this. joining us now from at the monday, -- middle east. there are real concerns things are getting closer and closer to that very real outcome.

>> reporter: the situation is becoming more hazardous and delicate. i've been reporting from here for a long time. i can't recall circumstances being so dangerously unpredictable. in the absence of any dialogue or diplomacy, it makes the situation all the more volatile and increases the possibility of actions. i'm not saying we are on the precipice ofhe a war but all of these moving parts are unnerving. i've never seen the people of iran so unnerved. talk of war and anxiety about war is a daily conversation in

this country. the u.s. sending battleships to the b region, bolstering their troops. iran rolling back its commitments from the nuclear program. these are all very worrying circumstances that could have much wider circumstances on both sides. if iran pushes forward with y r uranium enrichment, it could lose european support. democratic calls for impeaching donald trump continue to grow. california congresswoman katie porter is the latest to come out in support of the impeemt inquiry. >> after weeks of discussions with orange county families, i've decided to support the

impeachment proceedings. >> her southern california seat had been in gop hands since 1983. congresswoman porter is only the second freshman democrat from republicannd leaning district t do so. the first was from new jersey. according to washington post, democrats are widely concerned that the discussion is overshadowing the agenda. the post reports in recent weeks, congresswoman, the chairwoman of the committee has briefed fellow house leaders in private meetings about focus groups in three political battlegrounds. the upshots is that the public's impression with the new house majority is boundho up in the

battles with trump, not in its democratic agenda. according to those briefed on the focus groups, which were conducted earlier this year, voters are largely unaware of political developments that don't involve the president. >> the democrats that i've talked to said they learned this lesson in 2018. they didn't focus so much on trump but on the economy and health care and they were able to flip the house. do you think that informs the strategy? >> absolutely. i think they are nervous about the fact that polls show most americans are enthusiastic about

impeachment. sometimes, i think the narrative there is a little hyperbolic. if you look at the freshman of 2018, they avoided speaking about trump and addressed the issues. i think that won over a lot of voters including in some purple districts. >> you have a lot of lawmakers facing some competitive races. how important is this battle over impeachment going to be to their reelection chances? >> i think it is difficult to predict at this point. it is still very early on. polling has showed that americans are not enthusiastic about impeachment.

they are more concerned about health care. what we are seeing is that trump is really good at controlling the narrative. he's going to go on the trail saying they've tried to remove me from office. theme message will be the same. trump's numbers have been relatively stable across the board. he has a very steady base. even if they do move for impeachment, it is hard to see his numbers changing. >> is this a messaging problem? they should be able to do both. >> they have a constitutional mandate and also need to focus on legislation too. >> that is absolutely a messaging problem and unity problem. >> we have loud voices on the left calling for impeachment. some moderate freshman and veterans saying let's pump the

breaks a little bit. voters are not aware of what they are doing right now. >> thank you for your time. the number of migrant families crossing the u.s. southern border illegally has fallenle according to figures fm u.s. customs and border officials. authorities detained more than 85,000 unit members in may. the daily average of 2,800. the "washington post" reports since the beginning of june, that has declined by 13%. that period includes when president trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexico. officials warn it is too early to get a picture of the impact of the deal with the country. we are expecting an overall decline of border arrests of 15 to 20% since may. president trump tweeted that immigration enforcement agents

will begin making mass arrests of immigrants in the u.s. in whatin some is are describing aa scarein tactic. trump wrote this, next week, i.c.e. will begin the process. official wsz the knowledge of preparations were not aware of trump's plan to divulge their plans on twitter. still ahead, paul manafort appeared to be headed for rikers. mitch mcconnell says he doesn't know why jon stewart is, quote, bent out of shape over the s 9/11 victims fund. that and more when we come back.

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convicted former trump campaign chair is being held in custody in manhattan to keep him from going to rikers island complex. it was told to nbc news that mr. manafort's attorneys contacted the bureau of prisoners and raced concerns about his transfer. he be able available to the state when necessary. officials say new york prosecutors did not object and the arrangement will not have an impact on the state's proceedings. the supreme court held up a 170-year-old exception to the constitution, which allows for states to prosecute someone for the same crime. the case, gamble versus the united states drew a 7-2 majority decision and has gotten

a lot of attention because of former implications for paul manafort. he currently faces fraud charges in new york state while serving a federal prison sentence for the same crimes. president trump would not be able to pardon manafort for the charges he still faces at the state level. >> joining us here on set, msnbc legal analyst. what is your reaction to upholding the double jeopardy. >> not really. criminal defense attorneys will tell you, the reality is there are so many exceptions. a good example is a mistrial. can you go through the ago any of a trial and then one juror cannot make up their mind and

guess what, you can go through this again. as the justice said, it is allowed for in the fifth amendment. double jeopardy allows for the double offense. there has been a long-standing rule that is the state and separate province or kingdoms. one doesn't affect the other. the federal government doesn't have to listen to anything the states say. protecting different interests. upholding a rule that the federal government and state government even when the crime seens almost identical, it doesn't matter. they are separate kingdoms. what does this mean for paul manafort's offenses? >> the president can only pardon

federal offenses. even if the president wanted to pardon manafort, that would only work for federal crimes. state crimes cannot be pardoned. it would go forward and not be barred by double jeopardy because he was convicted in federal court. >> this was a 7-2 decision. what was the argument? >> it was a surprise to me there was any dissention. the reality is, we have long complained this whole double jeopardy protection is zero protection. there are so many exceptions to the rule. it doesn't feel right if you are charged with a state crime, in this case, felony in possession of a firearm and the federal government comes along and says, that sounds like our crime.

why don't we charge you with that too. it sure feels like you are going through two trials for the same offense. what the supreme court said is, the key is that it is the same offense. not the same conduct. >> i learned something this morning. i appreciate it. >> this morning, he learned something. >> danny, thank you. good to see you. let's get a check on the weather with bill karins. >> a lot of heavy rain will greet a lot of people. already soaking rain in pennsylvania, north of pittsburgh, starting to slide towards northern new jersey. it will be wet in new york city. heavy rain is about to move through nashville in the next hour or two. still pretty wet in the mid-atlantic. in all, 46 million people are

under flash flood watches. that is the concern. we could see possibility of some roads flooded and travel delays and things like that. from illinois to new jersey and this area from winston salem to southern areas of this area. here is how it is going to play out. today, areas of heavy rain will be shown in the orange. this is areas of nashville. in new york city, it looks like a line of thunderstorms from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. be aware of airport delays. hit and miss storms around d.c. like yesterday. you can see popcorn variety from atlanta, charlotte to raleigh and through the mountainous area. over the next three days, we'll do this on and off throughout wednesday. new storms in areas of indiana.

on thursday, we watch a slow-moving system hit the region. heaviest rainfall. this area of red, two inches of rain from areas of northern new jersey. that's when you get concerned. there is nice weather to be had today. chicago looks good, storms in areas of florida too. we'll talk about severe weather threat where we are focusing on the central plains again. looks like texas and oklahoma. still ahead, a violent scene in dallas, texas when a man dressed for combat opened fire into a court building. the only casualty was himself. that story is coming up next. go away.

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motive. an aggressive confrontation caught on camera has a family accusing phoenix of excessive force. they are getting the support of some big names including oprah and more. >> reporter: watch as an officer points directly at the suv. inside is the woman, pregnant with two young daughters. her fiance, handcuffed by another officer. police confronted the family after their four-year-old daughter walked out of a dollar store with a baby doll. one of the officers feared she was reaching for a weapon. she was unarmed. >> my daughter is terrified today of the police. wets the bed, wakes up crying. >> i thought we were all going to be executed.

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welcome back, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside white house correspondent jeff bennett. president trump kicking off his reelection campaign in orlando, florida. the first person on line said she got there 42 hours ahead of when p the event was to start. it grew to 250 by 9:30 last night. the president was tweeting that thousands of people are already lined up in orlando some two

days before the rally. this is sunday night's abc special turned out to be a rate gz bust. the show was third in the time slot with 3.91 million viewers. a sharp drop from the week before. former vice president joe biden is set to battle for new mexico -- new hampshire. the former vice president has been focusing on general election battleground states like pennsylvania and ohio. before heading to new hampshire, he will spend today meeting with large donors again in new york. some democratic voters look to distance themselves from big money contributors. during the poor people's campaign forum, biden argued he was the democratic candidate

that could beat president trump in the south. >> first of all, i plan on campaigning the south. i plan on winning georgia, north and south carolina. i believe we can win texas and florida, if you look at the polling now. it is a marathon. >> also asked about the prospects of working with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said he would try to do so. if he stalled legislation, he would campaign to get him out of office but that couldn't happen until a potential second biden term. look, you saw the vice president there and biden apparently told joy he would try to shame mcconnell into doing the right thing. any student of history knows he wasn't shamed into supporting

merit garland to the supreme court. >> i think this is biden staying with his message that he can unite america. that wasn't really the case when he was the vice president. he said he's not naive. he says i can bring consensus back to washington. i don't think there is much consensus for that. any student of modern history, if you are looking at mcconnell, history and evidence indicate he's incapable of shame. it's a gold strategy from biden. >> let's talk about the rally in orlando tonight. he's going to be kicking off the campaign. the line is getting kbbigger ase speak, i'm sure. >> we'll hear the president bash democrats. he's very upset over the leak of

this internal polling. we'll continue to hear him bash biden. i think he's enraged over this. >> and deny the polling. >> exactly. so, yes. he's going to stay consistent and remind voters of the strong economy. voters do approve of his handling of the economy. even if you don't approve of this handling of presidency. >> how big of a threat do you feel like the president is beginning to see senator elizabeth warren as? >> that's a good question. a lot of democratic candidates are seeing her as a bigger threat. rising in the polls. some of our own internal polling show that they would be satisfied with her as a democratic nominee and has surpassed sanders in our own

internal polling. i think he's going to look at biden as the top target but wael probably hear him attack warren more and more. heightened tensions with tehran. the united states is sending approximately 1,000 troops to the middle east. mike pompeo will meet with central operations command in florida to discuss the situation with iran. the state department also says pompeo had calls with multiple u.s. allies that share the assessment that iran is responsible for the attack last week in the gulf of onan. yesterday morning, i got a phone call telling me that pompeo was actually headed out and that was not on the state department's schedule. once we tried to make calls about it, they then said no, no. this was on the plan despite it

wasn't made public. he's meeting with glenl clark of socom. as we mentioned, 1,000 additional troops being sent to the middle east. it shows there might be unity of what's happening now because of the fact that the call came from the white house. that meeting happened yesterday in which they came out with acting secretary shanahan to increase the troop count. we remember back in late may, they asked for more troops than they got. they got 1,500 troops. they asked for more. i think this is a follow up to that considering the oil tanker attacks. >> so this is, what, a relatively small deployment? >> in the grand scheme of things, 2,500 troops is sort of the optics of all of it. >> got it. egypt's former president

morsi collapsed in a courtroom and died yesterday. morsi was ousted by the military in 2017 after one year in office was speaking from a glass cage where prisons were kept before a hearing where he collapsed. as a top figure in the now banned islamist movement muslim brother hood. it is said he died of a heart attack but activists and his family say he was not receiving treatment for high blood pressure. constantly held in solitary confinement. chinese president xi is expected to meet with trump. according to "the new york times," some say xi's visit is expected to help revice talks. kim has visited china four times

will reportedly host xi in the capital on thursday and friday. still ahead, the senator majority leader goes after the bashing of the congress. >> your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. ♪ [ laughter throughout ]

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next year. the majority leerd dismissed stewart's concerns which resulted in another response from the comedian last night. >> many things congress had, we have never failed to address this issue. we will address it again. i don't know why he's all bent out of shape. we will take care of the 9/11 victim's fund. it sounds to me like he's looking to take offense. >> you love the 9/11 community when they serve your political purposes. when they are in need, you slow walk. you don't get the job done completely. your answer to that charge is, yeah, duh. we are congress. that's how we do. if you are busy, i get it. just understand the next time we have war or you are being robbed or your house is on fire and you

make that desperate call for help, don't get bent out of shape if they show up at the last minute with fewer people than you thought were going to pay attention and don't actually put it out, just sort of leave it there smoldering for another five years because that's hows it [ bleep ]ing done around here. that's how it gets done. no offense. >> interesting mcconnell said it will get done eventually. but these are heroes. many of them are now sick because of it. they shouldn't be hung out to dry at the end of the day. they should recognize and know. >> john stewart is right. because lawmakers know this has to pass, they slow walk it and add other things to the bill to

get it across the finish line. let's take a turn now and check the weather. >> just following the political process, makes you want to pull your hair out. they did the same thing for hurricane response in puerto rico. >> we want to pull our hair out every morning. >> he's a little ahead of us. >> karins said it. welcome to the family. >> good morning. wet rainy day. we'll also see some storms. the green here is marginal risk. we are going to get downpours from d.c. to charlotte. watch out oklahoma city. a lot of wind damage and in areas of west texas from midland

to odessa. 46 million people at risk for flash flooding. let's get into the whole climate thing. with the warming planet, you get more water vapor and you can get more storms producing more rainfall. so far, 58 cities are on pace for a top ten wettest year on record. we've had a lot of reports of flooding in the mississippi, ohio and others. we'll continue to add to those numbers. it will be a rainy next couple of days. we head towards summer on friday. not going to feel like it. rainy, wet and cool. >> summer starts on friday? >> yes. it is not going to feel like it.

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welcome back, shares of cancer therapy company skyrocketed after pfizer announced it would be acquiring the company for $11.4 billion. what does this mean for the future of big pharma? >> this is another huge deal and example of big boys in the pharma space trying to bolt on capabilities focused around cancer treatment and drugs as it prepares for drugs including lyrica. they have one successful drug out there treating skin cancer and is preparing to treat the colocectal treatment. they've talked about this deal

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all eight boxes if you wanted to. >> which you know is going to happen. >> coming up, axios' nick johnson has a look at this morning's "1 big thing." and the trump administration takes newad action amid escalatg tng tensions with iran as the white house lays out its plans to seasoned nearly 1,000 troops to the region. >> and 2020 presidential candidate amy klobuchar joins "morning joe." and david cicilline and sharice davids talk aboutsh protections for the lgbtq community. "morning joe" is just moments away.

and joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m. is nicholas johnston.

nick, good morning. >> good morning. >> what's the thing thick you'"1 big thi you're tracking this morning? >> elizabeth warren has been rising in the polls, bolstered by her string of progressive policyof ideas that are startin to catch on with voters. that could become a big headache for joe biden, whether she wins or loses. democrats are telling us her big proposals are like an opposition to joe biden. she could join with other big progressive starts like a.o.c. to provide an alternative to joe biden. that couldte create a lane for other folks more in line with her line of thinking politically, such as bernie sanders and kamala harris. one nugget of reporting, this has even risen to the interest of president trump who has

noticed her recent surge and said he may have gone on the attack against her too soon and should have waited until later in the campaign. >>in i asked a guest earlier ho concerned the trump campaign is on elizabeth warren's rise. how concerned are biden's people about this? >> biden's people are downplaying this. they'reg saying elizabeth warr and biden are fighting for the same side of the aisle. they think methere's going to b an infight among the progressive wing and that's elizabeth warren and bernie sanders will duke that out and joe biden will rise above that and get the nomination. >> one more question about the former v.p. yesterday he threw out this rather boldhe idea that if he becomes president, he would try

to work with republicans, perhaps selectively. >> wow. >> what a concept. >> critics have said he's sort of selectively forgetting the takeaways ofin the obama years, which is republicans didn't want to work with him or president obama. o >> maybe he's hoping it will even out after the extremes. >> somehe of joe biden's campais there has been a wistful sense of back in the 80s when i was in congress and it was ronald reaganwa and tip o'neill and we were getting together and cuttinghe deals, if only we cou get back to that. he had pointed comments yesterday and a lot of people on the internet jumped on him immediately, his opponents jumped on that, this is someone not living in the real world right now, this is not what politics are like, he's a throwback to a long forgotten age and he's a fighter and will bust things up. bernie sanders and elizabeth

warren, that's not the way they talk about it, they talk about coming to war and not cutting deals at all. >> thank you. you can a sign up for the newsletter. >> that does it for us this tuesday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside geoff bennett. "morning joe" starts right now. >> for so many people here the key calculation here is would the benefit of impeachment weigh out in risk, although him leaving office is extremely unlikely. thattr would require 20 republin senators to vote against him. even if they did that, there is still no guarantee he would actually leave. he basically told us as much out loud. >> when you look at past impeachments, present and presidentts nixon, he didn't

leave, i don't leave. >> do you think he would look into a camera and say i was wrongsa and than he'd gracefull say i'll let somebody else be the president? then what? he'd pack a suitcase and physically walk out of white house? and notou be the president anymore? no. he'd make us drag him out like an uncooperative toddler. you know that's true. >> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." withe us we have mike barnicle sam stein, pulitzer prize winning columnist eugene robinson, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay and political reporter for "the washington post" and moderator of washington week on pbs, robert costa. good to have you all on board this morning. >> since we've got t