thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. ♪ just days after nearly 300 children were removed from a troubled texas border patrol facility, there's new reporting that 100 of those children have been moved back. plus, former special counsel bob mueller has agreed to testify before congress about the russia probe. he'll be appearing before the house judiciary and intelligence committees next month. and the first 2020 democratic debate kicking off tonight in miami. we're going live to the sunshine state for a preview of tonight's event. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, june 26th.

i'm yasmin vossoughian. amit outrage over living conditions at a border patrol facility in quint, texas, there's new reporting about 100 migrant children have been moved back into the facility. the transfer came just days after about 300 children originally housed at the border station were moved to other facilities to relieve overcrowding. lawyers who visited the site last week reported that children were not being given adequate food or even water. and described unsanitary conditions including outbreaks of flu and of lice. in an interview with msnbc this week, texas gop congressman michael burrges suggested that children are not leaving because they're well taken care of. >> yes it's a restored walmart. you know what, there's not a lock on the door. any child is free to leave at anytime. but they don't, you know why?

because they're well taken care of. >> okay, not what we're hearing. meanwhile, msnbc is also reporting that a border and customs agency was not running low in supplies, that's in response to reports that people looking to make donations were being turned away. >> are you concerned about the condition of these boater facilities? >> yes, i am, i'm very concerned. and they're much better than they were under president obama, by far. wo and we're trying to get the democrats to really give us humanitarian aid, humanitarian money. >> this is all about the people trying to get across the border. disturbing images of a father and daughter who drowned at the banks of the rio grande is highlighting the perils that many face and desperation as well. before we show you these images, a warning that what you're about to see is incredibly graphic and very sad. the man and his 23-month-old

daughter, they're laying face down in the water. his shirt is hiked up with the girl's head tucked inside and the arm around his neck. the image was captured by a journalist and published by a mexican newspaper. it's so incredibly disturbing. so according to the associated press, the journalist reported that the man was frustrated because he was unable to present themselves to authorities. so he swam across the river on saturday with his daughter, that small girl, valeria, he set her on the u.s. bank of the river and started back for his wife, but seeing him move away, the little girl, because she knew no better threw herself into the waters herself. the man returned and was able to grab valeria but the current swept them away. telling the associated press that the remarks were from the wife at the scene amid tears and screams because she watched the

whole thing unfold. so, amid the growing fury of migrant children of about herent conditions in texas, the acting head of the agency has announced he is resigning. acting commissioner john sanders made the announcement yesterday say, he would step down next friday, july 5th. he did not give a reason. it's another layer to the ongoing migrant crisis and the latest existence of happened turnover enforcing trump's hardline immigration policy. the president was asked whether he asked sanders to resign amid all of the backlash. >> i didn't speak to him. i don't think i've actually spoken to him. i don't know anything about it. i hear he's a very good man. i hear he's a good person. i don't know him. i don't think i ever spoke to him. all right, everybody, the countdown begins.

three weeks from today, former special counsel bob mueller is scheduled to testify on capitol hill. smith and jerry nadler subpoenaed mueller's testimony for back-to-back hearings on july 17th. mueller will appear before open sessions of both panels and later his staff will answer questions in a closed hearing. all of this after mueller insisted he has nothing more to say which chairman schiff reacted to. >> i will not provide any information beyond what is public in congress. >> what they have represented to us is that they view themselves as prosecutors. and prosecutors don't normally talk outside of the trial, doubts of t outside of the indictment. but let's face it, it's not a normal prosecutor case.

and bill barr has felt able to speak round the mueller report. if he's able to speak beyond the four corners of the mueller report, show should robert mueller. >> president trump responding i think his testimony is going to be just like his press conference, totally useless with him respepeating i can't make uy mind. the president appeared to react, he wrote presidential harassment. and intense response from iran with an official saying it signifies the permanent closure between the two countries. the iranian president hassan rouhani mocked president trump calls it identification idiotic. saying they do not understand reality. any attack by iran on anything

american will be met with great and overwhelming force in some areas. overwhelming will mean obliteration. no more john kerry and obama. speaking to reporters in the oval office. the president discussed the content with iran. >> in a back and forth with the leader of iran by tweet, what message did you want to send? >> there is no message. the message is when they're ready, let us know. whatever they want to do i'm ready. >> do you have an exit strategy for iran? >> you're not going to need an exit strategies. i don't need exit strategies. >> okay. so the first democratic debate of the 2020 presidential race kicks off just hours from now and nbc and msnbc and telemundo will be hosting live. ten candidates will take the stage this evening. ten others debate tomorrow night as well. our msnbc special coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern,

with the main event kicking off at 9:00. and tomorrow morning, joe will break it all down live from miami. joining us from miami, nbc news political reporter ali vitelli. >> reporter: the american i'm looking at specifically is elizabeth warren. when you look at the top on the stage, she's on the stage by herself. elizabeth warren really does have a chance to be the commanding presence on the stage. she's coming in on a surge. we were reporting on a moveon.org poll. showing a pretty standard part of her base. but really, they've been making that surge through policy proposals. and one of the things she came out with last week feeds into what she's doing today. she made a policy about banning

private prisons like the one here in homestead, florida. and she's going to that detention facility today. listen to what she said about it at a rally last night here in miami. >> just 20 some odd miles away from here in homestead there is a children's prison. and i'm not going to call it a temporary interment facility. i'm going to call it what it is. it is a prison. so, tomorrow, i'll go to homestead. if you can come, come and join us. >> reporter: i'm told by her campaign that elizabeth warren a visit. we've seen her on the campaign trail over the past couple months. she is regularly takes questions from reporters and voters so that's a lot of her prep. she told me recently, the one thing she's been working on, keeping her answers short,

yasmin. >> tonight could really be her night to stand out. we'll see you in a bit on "morning joe." joining me now from miami, national political reporter from the associated press wanna summers. thank you for joining us. in the chaos of the southern border, ohhow do you think thiss going to play out on the debate stage tonight? because this is not about policy, it's about emotion when so many unbelievable images are emerging from this. >> you're absolutely right. in a battleground like with such a significant share of the voters being his panic. particularly that shelter that ali was mentions with hundreds of migrant children are. where some activists have said they want to hear more specific plans for how to handle the

immigration crisis in this country. to getting to the recent news in washington in terms of the customs border and protection bureau. you're going to hear a demand for more pressure points. this is something that the moderators are going to focus on the wednesday and thursday debates. >> your time is limited after answering these questions. you can't exactly lay out a comprehensive immigration plan in 60 seconds. but that's what a lot want to hear, they want to know what are you doing at the border and how are you going to change it? because we understand how d.c. is kind of at a gridlock or standstill. let's turn to the bob mueller testimony that we got last night, breaking news overnight, that he was going to testify july 17th it seems. quite a surprise to some. not necessarily knowing it was go fog happen. we've been talking about it for weeks that it may or may not happen and when. what do you make of? >> when i heard about this, i thought of the rare public at

the same time that robert mueller made in may. he said if he was to speak out, his comment would not go beyond the scope of the report. the question is shot whether he will speak. he's answered that. it's what he will call. we've heard calls from democrats repeatedly. they want to hear more details but it's not clear how much more we'll actually get. for democrats who support full blown impeachment, this is certainly going to add fuel to that fire. they're hoping to get more that paints a clearer picture. >> juana summers, thank you. the justice department filed a lawsuit against omarosa. her lawyer claims denial. plus the president named a new press secretary to sarah huckabee sanders those stories and a check on your weather, when we come back.

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all right. the department of justice filed a civil lawsuit against former white house aide omarosa manigault newman, alleging she failed to file a financial disclosure after her firing. the lawsuit seeks a fine up to $50,000 against the former "prentiss" contestant for knowingly and willing failing to file the paperwork after repeated reminders. omarosa manigault newman's attorneys say it's untrue. he calls suit an attempt to retaliate against the former aide who has been outspoken and critical of the administration since she was ousted back in 2017. joining me to talk about this, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. good to see you, danny. >> good to see you, too. >> let's talk about the doj lawsuit despite the reminders that say she was required to file these financial disclosure

reports. omarosa, and that she violated the ethics and governments act. what does this mean for the former "prentiss" star. >> the ethics and government act is designed to keep high-level government employees like omarosa honest by requiring that they form disclosure forms before and after they leave the employ of the government. that is what this lawsuit alleges, that manigault newman failed to file the forms. the key here is why would doj file suit against her knowing it would open up an issue of discovery. this is an administration that should avoid discovery, rather than inviting more discovery. but the law itself is relatively straightforward. she has to file. if she didn't do it in a required amount of time then she is subject to a fine. >> so her attorneys are arguing, obviously, that these allegations are untrue but the white house saying she needs to

file. >> it's an equitable argument, saying if she's in violation, you folks, the white house, held on to documents that we need in order to file the actual reports. >> but they're going to say it's a smear campaign? >> essentially. or that a lawsuit wasn't necessary at this stage. they could have waited a little while, given us the documents, then we could file and then this could be worked out. instead, now it's in the courts and now we're going move into a discovery stage which maybe the administration and the doj might regret with this president. >> let's talk about mueller, july 17th is a big day that we're going to be seeing bob mueller finally testify on the hill. what are you looking forward to mueller's testimony here? >> in the season of fireworks in july, this may end up just being a sparkler. you know what a sparkler is, right, yasmin? >> a very unexcited fire work. that's what mum lets you play.

mueller has told us again and again, either explicitly or between the lines that he if called to testify does not want to testify. and he would likely open the record and read is verbatim. that might be what we see when he comes to testify. >> what about the optics of it, the fact that bob mueller is going to be on the chill testifying in a public forum. something that we've waited for months now and to walk through the 480 pages of the mueller report. >> and something she does not want to do. and you're right, the reason that the optics are so important that the reality is a lot of americans have not read the mueller report. -them did and maybe they learned from that this. but this may be an opportunity for a high-profile reading the report which admittedly, a lot of americans just haven't paged through the 400 pages and looked

at the information there. it may be a compelling way to disseminate this information. even if we don't learn anything new from mueller. >> we're going to have a lot of what if conversations, what is he going to say. but it's really going to come down to -- >> it's not going f ing to be t exciting. hold me to it. it's the sparkler. >> danny cevallos, thank you. stop waving your hands. still ahead, president trump presents a medal of honor to the first living hero of iraq war. we'll have that next. vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals your body needs. all with guaranteed great taste. and now try new boost® peaches and creme natural flavor. with 27 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein.

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living iraq war veteran. nbc's peter alexander has his harrowing story of bravery in battle. watch this. >> reporter: for american troops it was the bloodiest fighting of the iraq war, the second battle of flallujah. and staff sergeant david bellavia. bellavia and his staff, in this hbo documentary. >> open up. >> reporter: at the ambush, bellavia and his team, trapped in the dark, facing relentless fire. >> you don't know how many. who's shooting. what's the situation. it's total chaos. >> reporter: bellavia squeezed the trigger of his machine gun until it was empty. saving the soldiers' lives allowing them to get outside. later, bellavia went back in. >> you're waiting for your life to end. there's no chance of getting out of it. >> reporter: an assault at close

range. first, targeting insurgents prepared to fire a rocket-propelled grenade. how many guys did you take out? >> four and mortally wounded afifth. >> reporter: bellavia became the fifth to receive the honor. >> we salute your service. >> reporter: bellavia emphasizes a message of unity. >> it doesn't matter who you love. what god you worship. there's no dog tag that has a political affiliation, we're in it forever. >> reporter: a life of sacrifice that bellavia hopes resonates with new soldiers. peter alexander. >> we applaud them every single day for help keeping us safe. still ahead, the house passes a $4.5 billion aid package meant to address the humanitarian crisis at the border but does it stand a chance in this senate?

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just text listen5 to 500500. ♪ welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. it's the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top story. despite the apprehensions of some congressional democrats about providing the trump administration with more funding at the southern border. last night, speaker nancy pelosi led the democratic caucus to pass a $4.5 billion emergency aid bill to address the humanitarian needs of migrants.

the vote was capped largely along partisan lines with republicans holding out for more funding for enforcement and immigration courts but speaker pelosi focused on new health and safety standards it would establish for the youngest migrants held in detention eliminating stage at the shelters like at texas. watch this. >> this situation is child abuse. it's an atrocity that violates every value that we have. no matter who we are and from where they came, they all are god's children. they have a spark of divinity that we must respect. and remember our own spark of divinity as we view these children and our responsibilities to them. >> however, the trump administration opposes the democrats' bill and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is urging pelosi to change up his chambers emergency funding which does not provide the same protections for migrant children

in u.s. custody. and the man who will likely replace john sanders as acting commissioner of border protections is a trump administration participant already well versed in the migrant crisis. sourcing telling nbc news that mark morgan is a favorite to replace sanders. though morgan is not locked in yet. he has since become a vocal support of president trump's immigration enforcement strategy and has frequently appeared on fox news to praise the president and make comments like this one. >> i can tell you again because i've worked there as a chief. i've been in detention facilities where i've walked up to these individuals so-called minors, 17 and under. and i've looked at them and i've looked at their eyes, tucker and i've said that is a soon to be an m-13 gang member.

>> president trump. and the new yorker reports that the chi chaotic policy has some i.c.e. officers longing for the order of the obama days. president obama was never popular among i.c.e.'s rank and file but the detailed list of priorities which he instituted back in 2014 which many in the agency resented as micro management now seemed more sensible. one saying i never thought i'd say this but i miss the obama rule. it was much easy when we had the priorities, it was cleaner. since the creation of i.c.e. back in 2003, the enforcement was premised on the idea that officers would go for deportation, trump who showcased his toughness has abandoned that framework entirely. saying, quote, i don't even know

what we're doing now. a lot of us see the photos of the kids at the border and we're wondering what the hell is going on. and first lady melania trump announced that stephanie grisham will be the press secretary. she is replacing sarah sanders who will be leaving her post friday. she will step into the position left unfilled. joining me once benefit national reporter for associated press juana summers. what do you make of stephanie grisham and her role in the white house? >> this is an interesting position for her. she's known as a loyal protector of the trump family. there's an unique arrangement going on here, she's going to oversee overall communications strategy. as well as handling the east wing. i think the big question for a

lot of people in our line of work is whether or not we'll see a return of daily briefings that have been absent from the trump white house for months now. what we're hearing from sources that there is internal deliberation that are unclear and in what form and what capacity they will. that's really the big question. i think that shows again smith who has been with the trump administration for years now who is being rewarded for loyalty in the white house but for many time known for it. and it's interesting to see what she'll make of the relationship that sarah sanders has had with reporters. >> the last time we had a white house briefing it seems was back in march. and there was only one back in march. and it lasted 32 minutes. so it's been quite some time. before that, january. it's been quite some time we had a daily press briefing to say the least. so it will be interesting as you mention as to whether or not

that's going to come back. let's turn back to the $4.5 million aid package passed in the house yesterday. where are the democrats with regard to negotiating with the senate to appropriate more money for humanitarian needs. >> setting the table for negotiations that are high stakes. they come not just in the background of the heart wrenching images that we're seeing, including that photo of the father and toddler that the associated press, my employer, just published. it also comes from president trump to engage in it, possibly but although he's delayed, the mass deportation of immigrants and their families. democrats have been reticent of not having an administration that deals with both of those things. it's unclear what kind of compromise will pass. but there's no question there's a lot of pressure on congress and both parties to do something because of how gut-wrenching this issue is and what we'll hear a lot of candidates on the

stage here in miami talk about. it's a key issue. >> we touched on in the last half hour, juana. as you know, tonight is the first of two nights for the first democratic debates for 2020. elizabeth warren a big standout on the stage. she's been rising in the polls. she's been number three in the polls. just a couple points away from senator bernie sanders. what are you going to be watching? >> one of the big things i'm watching is how the democrats decide to handle the issues with immigration. senator elizabeth warren saying last night that she will travel to homestead that facility where a number of young people are being held. beto o'rourke also planning to head there later this week. i think there's going to be a lot of hunger for these democrats to address the issue of immigration from a humanitarian angle. what kind of policies are actually going to be possible to broker in a bipartisan way in

washington and what they can do to solve the problem. i think it's impossible not for the focal point that is a battleground for hispanic and latino folks as well. republican congressman duncan hunter facing allegations that he improperly used campaign funds to pursue what the doj is calls a series of intimate and personal relationships. court documents hunter and his wife illegal diverted a quarter of a million dollars of funds for their kids' school tuition. using money to fund at least five extramarital relationship. including where hunter took a lobbyist on a double date to virginia beach. and then charged his campaign for the hotel room and the bar tab. politico said in 2015, hunter

allegedly took a house leadership aide out for cocktails, and then took an uber back to his office after they spent the night together. hunter's wife has pled guilty and agreed earlier this month to cooperate with prosecutors who had a motion to commit her testimony at a trial scheduled for september 10th. hunter said the justice department's actions were politically motivated but told reporters yesterday he would not comment on the latest filing. ahead of president trump's trip to the g20, the chief of protocol has been removed from his role. sean lawler has been suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of an investigation. a third official is telling nbc news that lawler planned to submit his resignation to the president at the g20 summit which starts in japan on friday. the u.s. officials who told nbc

news about his situation declined to provide the specific details about the allegations saying that numerous employees in his office had resigned in protest after management and of his behavior. according to two u.s. officials lawler, quote, was known to carry a whip at work in what was perceived as an attempt to intimidate his colleagues. as the chief of protocol, lawler was responsible for ensuring diplomatic etiquette. and the state department declined comment on lawler's removal. lawler declined to comment on the record as well. and many republican lawmakers are standing by president trump's denial of the latest sexual assault allegation leveled against him. politico confronted 16 gop senators and half a dozen house members about the issue, many of whom offered little to no comment or claimed to be unaware of the story making headlines over the past week. for the few that did go on the

record, they maintained the president's innocence. including south carolina senator lindsey graham. he said trump's denial was firm and unequivocal. adding i have no reason not to believe him. here were the responses from both house and senate gop leader. >> i know the president said this is not true. i haven't -- don't know anything about it. >> do you believe the president? >> yes, i believe the president. >> the president says his latest accuse is not his type. that an appropriate response with allegations of rape? >> i don't have any comments about that. >> so, only two republican senators seemingly broke from the party line and called for more information. just information, about the allegations. utah's mitt romney and maine assess susan collins. a new trump official, the new reporting on secretary of

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"mr. big shot's" got his own trailer. ♪ wheeeeeee! believe it! geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. welcome back. secretary of state mike pompeo may have a tough decision to make ahead of the 2020 election. according to new reporting from politico, pompeo will have to decide whether to stay as one of president trump's most trusted advisers or seek a senate seat in kansas that could potentially set up a presidential bid in 2024. an effort senator mitch mcconnell is actually pushing for. earlier this year, pompeo said that he had, quote, ruled out a run in 2020. but he has also spoken privately about the prospect of a future presidential run. associates they pompeo will continue to focus on his current responsibilities and will take his time in assessing whether a

run in 2024 is a right move for him. let's get a check on weather with nbc's bill karins. hi, bill. it started last night. so warm and muggy. >> yeah, the humidity is all over the east coast. the humidity is the thing that makes it feel very uncomfortable. that has been the case in much of june throughout the southern half of the country now it's finally spreading to the north because the north actually hasn't had that warm of a month. here's how the month is setting up, typically, a quiet weather pattern. a warm weather pattern. you don't get the big storms like do you in the wintertime. and that's the case. a strong high pressure is in place, that's going to bring the warmth from the gulf northward. some of the worst in florida. tampa is 105, orlando, daytona beach, miami, very uncomfortable as of late. they were 98 two days ago. they're going to feel a heat indices of 102.

continuing to spread northward. d.c. should be close to 90, three, four days in a row. and new york city coming close to the first 90-degree day. this is warmth. this is typically summerlike. what we're dealing with across the pond is not typical. it's something that most people have never lived through before. we're seeing a jet stream, a big dip, bringing very hot air from northern africa into europe. we're expecting about nine countries to break their all-time high temperature records this week. areas as far north as netherlands will be in the 100s which they've never seen before. it's going to be fascinating to see the effects of this. obviously, heat is a huge killer. >> yes. that's going to be intense. i also hope they're cranking the ac in the debate haul. and ties to the ongoing

migrant crisis. plus, american companies are apparently finding new ways to get around the trump administration's fight to dispute with china's huawei. details driving your business day, next. it's funny what happens when people get together. we're there. so you can be too. holiday inn. holiday inn express.

welcome back, everybody. e-commerce retailer wayfair stock took a hit yesterday after news surfaced that the company had reportedly supplied children's beds to a migrant detention center and made a

multithousand dollar process in the process, prompting protests from employees as well. cnbc's joumanna bercetche so ju recap what you're saying, about 500 employees today are looking to stage a walk out and are signing a petition in protest of the company's sale of $200,000 worth of mattresses for a detention camp along the migrant border. the employees are trying to sever their relationships they have with the nonprofit charity that placed the order in the first place. they have asked wayfair to donate the profits to the refugee and immigration center for education and legal services, a nonprofit that operates in texas. we haven't heard from wayfair, however, the stock was down 5% on the news and there's a lot of political scrutiny on the company today as you can imagine. another story we're focussed on is a report in the "new york times" saying that some key u.s.

chip makers are still actually selling millions of products to huawei, despite the white house administration threats and ban to continue selling products into the chinese telecom leader. the sales will help huawei to sell products such as smartphones and underpins the issues the administration is having and police saying the sale of the products between china and the u.s. >> let's talk old navy here, we know the classic fourth of july shirts, they're getting a purple makeover it seems as part of the new campaign for their 25th anniversary. talk to us about this. >> that's right. i actually discovered this today but if you combine the colors red, white and blue, you get purple, so that's a sign of unity, and this is a message old navy is sending. purple the 4th, part of the 25

year celebration. they are including other social media groups such as love is love for pride, and international women's day, and old navy spokesperson said this isn't about taking sides. it's about leaning across the aisle, finding a place of understanding and respect that exists right in the middle. coming up, everybody, axios has a look at this morning's big thing. coming up on morning joe, the backlash over the trump administration's migrant crisis intensifies, the latest on the growing pressures the president is facing over living conditions of migrants. house homeland security member xochtl torres weighs in on that. "morning joe" moments away. tha. "morning joe" moments away

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reporter for axios, alexis, i want it congratulation you on being the national association of black journalists 2019 emerging journalist of the year. we're so proud of you. i know axios discovered you or you discovered yourself but you do appear on your program a lot. >> i do, and you have been instrumental in my success. >> you're just saying that because you're on air with me, but thank you. >> give axios one big thing. >> is there something going on in miami, all about 2020 democrats debate survival guide. after talking with several democratic strategists, what i have learned is the best way to stand out no matter if you're andr andrew yang, the best way to stand out is ignore the viral moment. candidates should focus on telling voters their story and who they are, and maybe even taking on president trump directly because these

strategists say that's a way candidates could try to take on joe biden indirectly. all this matters because this is the opposite strategy we have seen from campaigns on the campaign trail. we have seen mayor pete, and beto o'rourke who were once little known candidates soar to the top of the pack because of viral moments in town halls, and voters don't ask about president trump on the trail. >> which candidates are you going to be watching tonight especially night one, and then night two as well. but to have these breakout moments in these debates, throughout the show we have been talking about elizabeth warren because she has been ticking up in the polls. she could have a big breakout moment. >> that's certainly right and she's clearly the front runner on her stage line up. i think she could benefit from taking on president trump directly, and also someone who could benefit is senator amy klobuchar from minnesota, showing that the idea of being

tough on trump is not just about trading tweets with him on twitter but showing that she can win in republican won districts and districts that he won in 2018. someone like julian castro could benefit from telling his story to 20 million plus viewers. he could talk about how he's a young progressive leader who has experience in the obama administration in a way that might gain traction on a debate stage that hasn't necessarily on the campaign trail. >> let's talk former vice president joe biden here. he has been holding a very strong lead in the polls up until now. axios has found another area that he's dominating in right about now. what is that? >> we got some new data from this company called news whip and it's showing that joe biden is dominating the 2020 democratic field in terms of online attention. any article that's written about joe biden gets far more interaction, like 43 and a half million interactions he has garnered in the last ten weeks compared to every other democratic candidate.

bernie sanders's was something like 23 million. there's a big gap, and that matters because social media attention is overlooked in terms of campaign strategies in elections but it measures emotional feelings around the country and has a far greater sample size than a poll we might see online would have. >> alexi mccammond, thank you. >> sign up at axios.com. that does it for me on this wednesday morning. big night ahead. i'm yasmin vossoughian, "morning joe" starts right now. texas senator ted cruz. d crz >> businessman, donald trump. >> florida senator marco rubio.

>> former florida governor jeb bush. >> wow. >> let's hope tonight's ten candidates have an easier time finding the stage than the seven republicans did in 2016. remember that. awkward. good morning. and welcome to "morning joe" wednesday june 26th. debate night. this is the big night, along with joe, willie and me, we have political reporter for the "new york times" and political analyst, nick confasori. the host of saturday night politics on msnbc donny deutsch is with us and washington bureau chief of "usa today" and author of the matriarch, susan page. >> do you think there's any change that