that is our broadcast on this is urging attendees to be tested tuesday night. thank you so very much for being for covid-19 before and after. what health experts are calling here with us. for all of us at the networks of a assumer spreader event. nbc news, good night. some tulsa residents they tried to prevent the rally altogether, by asking a judge to shut down the event. she declined. now, attorneys who work in the ♪ downtown area near the arena want social distancing and masks weeks after the death of george floyd, president trump has signed an executive order aimed at police reform. mandated for attendees. joining me is msnbc legal but some argue it doesn't go far enough. also, several states set new analyst danny cevallos. great to see you this morning. >> great to see you, too. records for the most coronavirus >> as we played at the beginning cases they have reported in a single day. there, you have a lot of tulsa and a chief and widely used residents that seem fairly worried about this event. steroid drug is being called a folks that are not attending the breakthrough for seriously ill event, but surrounding the event. covid patients, this as the you heard me say a judge has president makes new predictions already ruled against a suit to about a potential vaccine. shut it down entirely. break down the possibility of this newest suit, this latest suit, having any success of good morning, everybody. mandating cdc guidelines during it is wednesday, june 17th. a mass social distancing and

and i'm yasmin vossoughian. that kind of thing. a lot to cover this morning. >> this lawsuit is a kind of we follow weeks of protests bellwether for our changing since the death of george floyd. views on what constitutes legal the president yesterday signing an executive order on policing standing. is that means that someone that he said would set standards cannot bring a lawsuit in court on the use of force. unless they have a concrete and would prioritize federal interest in the outcome. a good example is you or me as a grants to police departments that meet those standards. taxpayer, if we don't like a but he had made no mention of particular tax policy, we don't the roiling national debate over have standing, because we don't racism sparked by recent police have a strong enough interest, as compared to everybody else in killings. with president flanked by the country to file a lawsuit to uniformed police officers and bring about tax policy change. union officials, the optics of so, for standing, you need to yesterday's rose garden event have a direct interest in the signaled care against angering outcome of the lawsuit. coronavirus, it changes all of law enforcement communities. these notions because any "the washington post" reporting trump said a good portion of his individual person or business may have a concrete interest in whether or not a rally follows 27-minute address touting his cdc guidelines because it can record on the economy, much like a campaign speech. prove deadly to individuals. boasting of recent upticks in the stock market. so is this a very interesting case because it really listing what he believes he has done for minority communities. challenges traditional notions about standing. and falsely accusing the several years ago, we wouldn't have imagined somebody afraid of

previous administration of the flu or some other failing to try to address police brutality. communicable disease can simply >> americans want law and order. file a lawsuit and stop they demand law and order. something from happening. they may not say it, they may >> so, let's expand on that, not be talking about it. danny, for a moment, right? but that's what they want. because there are folks, you some of them don't even know know, 20,000 or so folks that that's what they want. but that's what they want. nobody is more opposed to the are choosing to attend this rally. they are signing waivers, as we small number of bad police have reported the trump campaign officers, and you have them. putting out there. that you are putting your health they're a very tiny, i use the at risk if you are attending word "tiny" it's a very small this rally. and there's not going to be any percentage. but you have them. legal recourse on our end. but nobody wants to get rid of we are not responsible for the them more than the overwhelming decisions you are making. that's happening for the 20,000 number of really good and great or so folks attending the rally. police officers. >> so, according to the post, but there are people as we mentioned surrounding the rally, trump order charges attorney law offices, businesses, so on, so forth, folks not choosing to general bill barr with leveraging federal grant funding attend the rally whose health to encourage local police departments to pursue could be at risk because of the close proximity to the thousands certifications in newly established, quote, best of folks inside of this arena practices. regarding use of force and that we're show right now. de-escalation techniques. is there any legal resource for

those folks, any protection for barr is also tasked by those folks, outside of the establishing a data-based track rally? >> it seems now, if we change our view of the way plaintiffs officers who are fired or resign over misconduct allegations so have standing, that if you're they are not hired in other even close by, whether or not jurisdictions, which has you're attending the rally, if happened before. so the executive action also this lawsuit goes forward and calls for the federal government these plaintiffs have standing, then in a time of covid or in a to support efforts to train time of pandemic, then anyone police officers in handling encounters with those suffering potentially threatened by the pandemic or a rally or an event from mental health issues, guidelines may have an interest homelessness and addiction. in the outcome, mainly, their now, ahead of that rose garden ceremony, the president met own health. and, again, this is privately with families of several people whose deaths unprecedented when you look at people who are concerned about helped spark nationwide communicable diseases being able demonstrations benefits police brutality. >> i just concluded a meeting to file lawsuits to stop or with incredible families, just modify events. and if this court goes forward incredible families that have and allows the suit to go been through so much. many of these families lost their loved ones in deadly forward, is this goithis is goi interactions with police. really interesting thing and totally change the way lawsuits to all of the hurting families, are filed and the way plaintiffs i want you to know that all have standing. >> danny cevallos, thank you as always. great to see you this morning, americans mourn by your side. danny.

still ahead, everybody, your loved ones will not have major league baseball and its players association are arguing died in vain. about when the 2020 season we are one nation. should actually start. we grief together, and we heal together. but dr. anthony fauci has a recommendation about when the i can never imagine your pain or season should end. we're going to show you those new comments, coming up. the depth of your anguish, but i can promise to fight for in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. justice, for all of our people. we are going to pursue what we at novartis, we promise to do our part. as always, we're doing everything we can said we will be pursuing it. to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. and we will be pursuing it if you have any questions at all, strongly. >> so, the families trump met call us, email us, visit us online. with ahead of the ceremony did we're here to help support you when you need us. not join him for those remarks. take care, and be well. a white house policy adviser to learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx telling reporters it was a mutual decision for the or visit cosentyx.com relatives not to join the president on stage because it really wasn't about doing a photo op. attorney lee merritt who represents the families of george floyd, ahmaud arbery and several others who had loved ones die while encounters with

police. he said the meeting with families was emotional but the executive order doesn't go far enough. >> the executive order takes increment steps and it needs radical change. it was a very emotional meeting and i let the families lead the way. there were certainly tears flowing in the room, we hope that it will lead to significant policy change. >> so during his remarks at the signing ceremony, the president also made a false claim about his predecessor's efforts to reform policing. >> president obama and vice president biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. the reason they didn't try is because they had no idea how to do it. >> so, that is categorically false. given this administration has spent much of its time unraveling the obama administration's police reforms. back in august of 2017, the trump administration, they

i'm an associate here at amazon. reversed the obama policy that banned the military from selling step onto the blue line, sir. this device is giving us an accurate temperature check. its surplus equipment to police departments. in september of 2017, the trump you're good to go. i have to take care of my coworkers. administration said it would stop the obama era practice of that's how i am. i have a son, and he said, investigating police departments "one day i'm gonna be like you, and issuing public reports about i'm gonna help people." you're good to go, ma'am. their findings. i hope so. and in november of 2018, after this is my passion. if i can take of everyone who is sick out there, speaking out against consent i would do it in a heartbeat. decrees between the obama justice department and troubled police departments in baltimore if i can take of everyone who is sick out there, and in ferguson, then attorney around here, nobody ever does it. general jeff sessions issued a i didn't do it. so when i heard they added ultra oxi memo limiting legal agreements to the cleaning power of tide, it was just what we needed. that mandate reform. in november 2017, "the new york dad? i didn't do it. #1 stain and odor fighter, #1 trusted. times" article entitled "how trump's hands of off approach to policing is frustrating some it's got to be tide. chiefs." we learned how the trump administration was scaling back that's why i take osteo bi-flex, programs that involved the to keep me moving the way i was made to. justice department working with it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. local police departments for reform. quote, the changes designed to osteo bi-flex. ease pressure on law enforcement plus vitamin d for immune support. have actually encountered some

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the president saying, yes, choke msnbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bill. holds are banned unless the of course, i know you're going to be talking about the weather police officer feels like his here. life is under threat which to me but, of course, dr. anthony fauci talking about a possible sounds like they're not banned. phase two here, a second wave of >> well, that is a fair the coronavirus beginning to spike in the fall months and interpretation, because the reality is police officers have wanting to avoid any type of the freedom currently to do quite a few things that many sporting event or an event that critics of our law enforcement draws folks, draws crowds out to find problematic, based on the avoid that. belief that they believe their lives are in jeopardy. >> yes, it's been more obvious, and the choke hold, according to what the president just put forward, would fall within that. yasmin, that large events, it's and as a result, more broadly, going to be a long time before we have sporting events with very few people think that these reforms are actually truly that. fans. and that next wave. and go far enough. they barely address any of the did you see the d.c. shots that we showed you at the beginning issues that those on the ground of the show? are asking for government absolutely incredible. just looking, 5:42 -- you see leaders to pay attention to, when it comes to changing the behavior of police departments, the washington monument on the specifically towards black right side. americans. 5:42 is the first sun rise in >> so, with this, i want to talk washington. this week marks the earliest sun about, as i laid out a little

rises of the year. after that, we head in the bit earlier, the president's opposite direction. false claims about the obama look how gorgeous with the sky administration during the signing ceremony. and the horizon. he said that obama did not take you see the storm lingering any action on police reform. they didn't want to take any action on police reform. here. as we go out there the day today even though we well know, and as and tomorrow, it looks like the i laid out, it was under the trump administration that we had big rainstorm is slowly winding several obama era reforms and down. today, heaviest rains in virginia, locally up to 3 inches changes that were scrapped. is possible. what do you make of this? much of the rain is south of washington, d.c. and north of raleigh. >> well, that's an effort, of also, because of all of the course, from the president to clouds in the mid-atlantic, it's connect with his base. been unusually cool. to give them talking points to look at minneapolis. use when pushing back on a much hotter there. much hotter in vermont than frequent and growing criticism north carolina and virginia. that doesn't happen in the late of the president. one that he is racist. spring, early summer season. and two, he does not truly care even thursday, we start to warm up in the south. about police violence against by this weekend we return. black people. richmond goes back up to 90. the reality is that the trump charlotte goes up to about 91. justice department had spent more time trying to undo work the only weather concerns i have done by the obama administration today, we could see isolated in this area, than they have spent actually implementing severe storms from friends from initiatives of their own to northern plains from fargo down to areas of south dakota.

address this issue. as i mentioned we're going to it was an easy fact-check that talk more about the covid "the washington post" and msnbc curves, the numbers coming up. yasmin, texas had a huge number did very quickly. and most americans can do who have access to google. of cases. i'll explain a little bit later. >> thank you, bill. >> all right. still ahead, everybody, the president appears to prepare "washington post" eugene scott, thank you as always. scientists for an aids vaccine stay close, my friend. i'm going to talk to you in just that doesn't exist as he make a little bit. predictions for the coronavirus what scientists have called vaccine. and it appears to be emerging across the south. we'll take a look as bill said, with new states setting records for covid cases. we are back in a moment. coronavirus treatment. studies showed relief and remission, scientists found that d with dosing every 8 weeks. dexamethasone reduced the stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections illness by a third. and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. a study during an online briefing yesterday, that, quote, some serious infections require hospitalization. it's going to be very hard for before treatment, get tested for tb. any drug really to replace this tell your doctor if you have an infection given that for less than 50 pounds which equates for about or flu-like symptoms or sores, have had cancer, or develop new skin growths, $63, you can treat eight or if anyone in your house needs or recently had a vaccine. patients and save a life. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, results showed that one death including headaches, seizures, confusion and vision problems. would be prevented while on the

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depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin this half hour with grim new coronavirus numbers. as the death toll in the united states continues to grow by the hundreds every single day, right now, there are nearly 118,000 confirmed deaths. infection rates and hospitalizations are rising in numerous states, as businesses open up. meanwhile, new hot spots continue to emerge in states across the south. and across the southwest. officials in arizona, florida and texas are all reporting the largest ever single day increases in new cases. the new daily highs came as all three states move swiftly to ease social distancing restrictions and allow more businesses to reopen. according to a "the new york times" database, quote, they were among 20 states that have seen the number of reported cases grow over the last two weeks. the "times" reports that, quote, even taking into account the

increase in testing the rising confirmed cases in several sunbelt states suggested increased transmissions. and they pointed to other measure, including the percentage of positive tests and this lawsuit is not about hospitalizations. the president. it's not about shutting down the yesterday in friday, health rally. all we're asking is very simple, officials reported at least 2800 if the president wants to hold a new covid cases. that is a record high for a rally here, he needs to abide by single day. the social distancing guidelines since the start of this pandemic. arizona reported nearly 2400 new of his own cdc. the cdc has said unequivocally, cases as hospitalizations there reached an all-time high. that this is the highest risk right now, over 80% of hospital event for transmission of the virus. this is a super spreader event beds in that state are occupied. in downtown tulsa. and those of us who work and meanwhile, texas reporting just live within blocks, miles of over 2600 new cases. and reached a second record high this building are scared. for hospitalizations. >> so, that was one of two tulsa attorneys who filed suit also, a covid-19 model once used yesterday to force the trump by the white house now projects campaign to adhere to the more than 200,000 americans centers for disease control and prevention guidelines for the campaign rally planned for this could die of covid-19 by october 1st.

coming saturday. the data is coming from the coronavirus cases, they have institute for health metrics and been on the rise in tulsa, evaluation which estimates oklahoma. and city officials there, they deaths from the pandemic in the are pleading with the president u.s. could reach anywhere from to cancel this event. or at least hold it outdoor. it is scheduled to take place in 171,000 to 270,000 people, that the 20,000-seat bok arena. is astounding. the prediction went up by more the cdc is warning against mass than 30,000 since last week. based on the model daily deaths gatherings indoors without from the pandemic are expected social distancing which is going to begin rising again in to be hard at a campaign the st september, after they started to plateau nationwide this month. for the first time. and compared to the european union, the u.s. reported a higher three-day average of daily confirmed covid cases despite the u.s. population being much lower overall than the eu. and the outbreak is hitting the states. on monday, the president gave his bizarre logic tying the u.s. case count with testing. watch this. >> if you don't test, we don't have any cases now.

if we stopped testing we'd have very few cases daily. >> while the united states has seen an uptick in daily cases, dr. fauci has said he has not spoken with the president in two weeks. the nation's top infectious disease expert admitted this in an interview with npr where he said, his last meeting came with the president when they talked about efforts. in that interview, dr. fauci was also asked about states reopening, but he did not say whether they opened too soon. saying, they reopened, quote, certainly before they got the benchmarks they needed to get. and the president is once again pushing the narrative that a covid vaccine will be available at the end of the year. at the same time, he repeated his logic that the virus will go away with or without a vaccine. >> you'll see next year will be one of the best economic years

this country has ever had. and it's all happening very quickly. way ahead of schedule. i think you'll see that. people can't even believe what they're looking at. on top of all of that, before the end of the year, i predict, we will have a very successful vaccine, therapeutic and cure. i always say, even without it, it goes away. but if we had the vaccine, and we will, we have therapeutic or cure, one thing sort of blends into the other. it will be a fantastic day. and i think that's going to happen. and it's going to happen very soon. >> the president also claimed during his news conference that the scientists who are working on developing vaccines for coronavirus have already created one for aids. which, by the way, currently does not exist. >> these are the people, the best, the smartest, the most

brilliant anywhere. and they've come up with the aids vaccine. they've come up -- or the aids -- and as you know there's various things and now various companies are involved. but the therapeutic for aids. aids was a death sentence. and now people will live a life with a pill. it's an incredible thing. >> so, let's be clear here, there are therapeutic drugs that are proven to work for hiv patients. there is no vaccine. joining me once again, political reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. eugene, good to see you again. once again, you have differing messages from dr. anthony fauci and the president. you have dr. fauci talking about a vaccine and essentially saying we are 12 to 18 months away from the development of a successful vaccine.

the president wanting to get a vaccine by the end of the year in saying we will likely have one by the end of the year. but also going so far as to say with or without a vaccine, this virus is going away. which every health expert that we have spoken to on our air has said that is not the case. and it is very likely we will have a wave two in the fall. and more folks dying. and that i showed you possibly 200,000 people dying by october. what do you make of this mixed message once then that we continue to see from this administration? >> well, this is the type of messaging you have when you are not in communication with your own public health expert. as you previously reported, the president has not talked to dr. fauci in two weeks. so when you look at what has happened in the past two weeks, include something of the spikes in these states that are very pro-trump, at least they were in 2016, there's no way you can

make the assumption or draw the conclusion that the president has. but this is how the president campaigns to his base. if you remember 2016, he promised other things like a wall. he also promised that he would make advancements in other areas, such as the economy that he has not. we currently are in an economic downturn. so the president is depending or counting on being fact-checked by conservative media or media outlets that thwart them, so he can say these things. what he forgot yesterday was not a rally. it was a speech at the white house that everyone tuned into. and that actually sets him up to be exposed to someone who perpetuates miscommunication, once again, on issues that are very important. >> so, when we talk about a miscommunication or outright lies, the president once again commenting about the aids vaccine that i said does not exist.

making comments continuously that are factually inaccurate. are his supporters at all worried heading into the 2020 election about this? do they care? >> well, based on conversations i've had on political science professors who have been involved in focus groups, there is some anxiety among many of trump supporters who were sitting up front in the trump train in 2016. primarily, they're disappointed with not only how he mishandled race issues in this country but the economy as well. one of the things that the president ran on during the midterm elections and likes to boast about saying he's created one of the best economies in history. that's no longer true. just like the aids vaccine isn't true. just like obama never did anything related to police reform isn't true. so, he is facing a community of voters that are more aware of his lies and his statements than ever before, and that includes

some of his own supporters. >> all right. "washington post's" eugene scott, thank you. over the weekend, a conservative group is saying the post important role in the world needs more than a shaky weak president. you'll going to see that next. your "first look" at "morning joe" is back in a moment. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri.

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the most powerful office in the world needs more than a weak, shaky president. pru trump doesn't have the strength to lead, nor the character to admit it. we're not doctors, but we're not blind. it's time we talk about this. trump is not well. >> so, that was the latest ad from the lincoln project. a conservative group that opposes the president's re-election. let's switch gears bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you once again, bill. >> good morning, let's look at some of these numbers. you already mentioned some of the hot spots we're still watching in the southern states. let's talk about the fatalities yesterday. that number went up as it typically does from the weekend. 849 new cases. the seven-day moving average for fatalities is around 712. so that number has still been dropping and it probably will continue to do so, especially

with the low numbers we had over the last weekend. as far as total cases go, yesterday, we had 25,000 new cases reported. four states were over 2,000. texas, california, florida and arizona. and texas was up there about 4,000 new cases because they dum dumped 1500 new cases from the prison season which they weren't reporting daily, according to the "texas observer newspaper." that's the reason for the high spikes in the texas area. but here's the thing that i think is most interesting and most concerning. this goes with what dr. fauci was saying. i don't know why everyone is talk about second wave when we haven't gotten off the first wave. the highest seven-day average peaked at 32,000. that was the third week of april. right now, we're at 23,000. yesterday, the numbers started going up. actually, it's been going up for the last week. we're now at our highest

seven-day average for four weeks. we're heading in the wrong direction. that's large by new york and new jersey and pennsylvania with numbers that have gone significantly lower in the last month. that's how we're moving from the northeast concerns with all of the southern states. let's bring you up to date with the severe weather concerns. i mentioned the weather in south dakota. definitely an umbrella day for virginia. even into thursday, we still have lingering showers and storms from the mid-atlantic region. minneapolis could have a few storms. as far as the weekend goes, friday, storms creep up in new york and philadelphia. same for saturday and sunday. not a lot of big weather highlights for the weekend. just typical warm and humid conditions with afternoon storms. yasmin, it's amazing in two months, we went from all of the concerns in the northeast, from arizona, texas, florida, even louisiana again, all through the

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welcome back. as states began to open up last month, shoppers opened up their wallets as well spurring retail to rise 18%. julianna tatelbaum is here with us. not sure shoppers expecte certa stunning numbers coming through on the retail sales front yesterday, but let's remember, this is after some devastating losses in the previous month due to the coronavirus lockdowns. it's also not very even when we look at where the sales came from, so let me highlight for you. online companies benefited the most, to no surprise there, with sales up 30% on the year.

building material and garden stores also saw sales rise. sales at clothing stores, however, remained more than 60% lower, while spending at restaurants and bars were down nearly 40%. so you can see where people have been spending their money over the last month or so. we also got an update yesterday from jerome powell, the chairman of the federal reserve. he was testifying before the senate banking committee, and he warned the u.s. economy faces significant uncertainty and fears around wider income inequality. he said recent job losses have fallen hardest on low-income workers, minorities, and women, and he said that if it is not contained and reversed, then the downturn could further widen gaps in economic well-being, then the long expansion has made some progress in closing. so, we don't want to undo the progress that has been made. that's his message to markets. and then one corporate story i want to highlight for you is around apple. the european commission has opened two formal antitrust investigations into apple's app

store and its apple pay payment system. the investigation into the app store comes after complaints around the way apple makes a 30% commission on every subscription it signs up through the app store in the first year and then a 15% commission after that. it's also reportedly looking into whether apple store rules stifle competition in gaming and cloud services. and last but not least, the commission is concerned that apple seems to have full control over the relationship with customers of its competitors, by forcing companies to sell to their own customers through apple's own in-store app payment system. so, potentially some headaches for apple in the weeks and months ahead. >> yeah, certainly so. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum live from london for us. great to see you this morning. up next, a look at axios' "one big thing." then, on the heels of the president's newly signed executive order on policing amid nationwide protests, we'll speak with the chair of the national

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welcome back, everybody. joining us now from washington with a look at axios a.m., co-founder of axios, mike allen. mike, good morning to you. great to see you this morning. give us axios' "1 big thing" today. >> yeah, the axios "1 big thing" is the protest digital dominance. so, this is a data dive on what's been happening in the country in the last couple weeks. and so often, social protest movements come and go, but we're seeing unbelievable depth for these police and racial justice demonstrations. so, over the past month, there have been 1 billion online social interactions -- so that's likes, comments, shares -- about stories related to black lives matter and the police shootings

and other related questions, and this is far beyond what we've seen from any other movement during the trump years. so just as a little context, the parkland shootings and the young people's antigun movement after that, that was 150 million interactions compared with a billion. what was third was -- after that, some other ones were i.c.e. and the detention of the kids. that came in third in interactions. another way to look at this, to look at online traction, online power, are google searches. and with that, similarly, we've seen with these protests way ahead. what was number two? that was abortion and abortion rights when all of the southern states all of a sudden started to restrict access. >> i wonder if at all this is because of the shelter-in-place

stay-at-home pandemic, mike, that more folks are just engaged online and in social media. >> that, no doubt, is part of it. and also, as we've seen with your coverage, this issue, these police shootings, the protests that have arisen from them have touched something so deeply human, something at the core of so many people. i've gone downtown in washington just to talk with some of the demonstrators and protesters, and we can see on the air all walks of life, very diverse crowds. this is something that's taken hold in america, the way that nothing else has in these years. >> yeah, so incredibly true. i want to switch gears while i have you, mike, talk about john bolton's book. former national security adviser, this new tell-all book, and the president trying to stop the publication of this book.

this seems as if it has been the longest vetting process of a book that i've ever experienced. what is the likelihood that we're going to see this on the shelves? >> it's certain, because the books already shipped. the book is coming out this tuesday, and here we're seeing once again, something the president is very good at, and that is creating best-sellers, including the books attacking him. this is former national security adviser john bolton. the president saying on camera that he considers any conversation with the president to be highly classified. of course, that's highly questionable, but that's what the president is saying. and so, if you're a publisher, if you're an author, you have a book coming out, on tuesday your dream is to have the president attacking you. and then yesterday, the justice department filing a lawsuit against bolton personally, john

bolton, bethesda, maryland, trying to stop the publication of it. what was the result of that? the book is number one on amazon. there's more curiosity about it from readers in the u.s., around the world, and things are just getting started. we're told that john bolton plans to do a ton of interviews. a and yasmin, here's a twist. attorney general bill barr, who, of course, was behind the scene yesterday by the justice department -- we're told that he is a starring character in this book. >> wow. there you go. mike allen, thank you, as always. great to see you this morning. >> have a great day. thanks for your coverage. >> and axios launching a podcast starting on monday called "axios today" with the latest scoop on what's going on in the world. we will be looking out for that starting next week. in the meantime, you can sign up for the newsletter and read that

at sign-up.axios.com. that does it for me on this wednesday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. president obama and vice president biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. >> i've instructed attorney general holder to work with cities across the country to help build better relations between communities and law enforcement. >> never even tried to fix