i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmine vossoughian and lewis berg door of. a report from the associated press answering a question that the trump administration dodged the last few days. where are the girls, where are the toddlers among migrant children separated precipitatfrs at the border. they are reporting they're being sent to three tender age shelters in south texas according to ap. lawyers and medical providers that visited the shelters describe play rooms of crying preschool age children in crisis, the report unconfirmed by msnbc says the government plans to open a fourth shelter to house hundreds of my grant children in houston. according to numbers from u.s. customs and border protection, 2235 families apprehended between may 5th when the zero tolerance policy was put in place and june 9th. among 4500 family members were 2342 children who were then designated as unaccompanied. the former head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement told nbc's andrea mitchell some family separations will end up being permanent. >> how are these families supposed

i'm aim is n ayman mohyeldin. they're in and out both in singapore for the summit just 24 hours away. more to impress or threaten kim jong-un? he'll know within minutes, a former white house adviser who helped seal the deals for both iran and cuba is here to explain house diplomacy really works. lots to cover. here we go. >>> donald trump is not going to capitula capitulate, so there's really only two options -- peace or war. >> they have already gotten a concession by the president. >> they are trying to fit a nuclear warhead on an interconnell ballistic missile. when they do it gives them the possibility to hit the united states. >> we have not been included in any of the preparation for this negotiation. >>> so that's where we begin this hour. it's 4:00 a.m. monday morning in singapore. the summit between president trump and sim jeong eun just 24 hours away. both leaders arriving earlier today. kim was the first to arrive, deplaning from a chinese commercial airplane, while president trump touched down hours la

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louisb g burgdorf. president trump trump attacked journalis journalists, late night hosts and making claims about his policy from separating migrant children from their moms and dads at the southern border. watch this. >> last week they thought oh, they have a great issue and when i heard them talking about the children, first of all, they were using pictures taken in 2014 when barack obama was president. i wasn't president. and what i learned is one thing. our facilities are cleaner, better kept and better run. that's the one thing i learned. okay? i saw them. but what we have is two extremes and i liked it. i said hey, this is fine for us. the democrats want to protect illegals coming into this country, some of whom are not good. it was a disaster for bush although we very much appreciated laura bush's lovely letter. hey, look. i got a bad hand. >> the department of homeland security and health and human services have not issued an update on the number of migrant children who have been reunited with t

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. let's start with the morning's top stories.challenged his fellow republicans for their absolu absolute -- >> we're in that strange place. it's almost, you know, been a -- it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? and it's -- it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult like situation as it relates to -- to a president that happens to be of purportedly of the same party. >> trying to soften the blow by saying cult like. meanwhile, lindsey graham took a different approach than corker when talking about why conservative congressman mark sanford who criticized president trump's behavior lost his primary bid. take a listen. >> i think being on the wrong side of trump and the way he did it probably hurt. he was a critic and it's okay to be critical but you also have to had value. >> this is paul ryan dismissing the defeat in south carolina was to blame with president trump. >> it was very close election. some of our members have lost primaries. that's just what happens in contested primaries. >> should it be a warning to

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. the political battle lines are already being drawn over the replacement for supreme court justice anthony kennedy who has announced he is retiring. justice kennedy made that announcement yesterday saying he will step down at the end of next month. now, his decision paves the way for the most significant change in the high court's makeup in nearly half a century. the move will allow president trump the chance to shape the court into a solidly conservative one for years to come if not generations. despite his refusal to replace the late justice, mcconnell made it clear yesterday he plans to start the process of replacing justice kennedy as soon as possible. >> we will vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. it's imperative that the president's nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks. >> and a number of senators are speaking out on the fight over kennedy's replacement. jeff flake told the daily beast yesterday he plans to block president trump's

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.lleging that the charity, the trump foundation engages in consistently illegal conduct claiming trump repeatedly used the nonprofit organization to pay off creditors, to decorate one of his golf clubs and to stage a multimillion dollar give away. the lawsuit alleges the foundation coordinated illegally with the trump campaign as trump skipped a fox news debate. the suit also alleges that the foundation seeded control over the charitable funds it raised to senior campaign staff incolliding lewandowsk urging checks be distributed before the caucus. trump adding his disciples brought it when we would not settle. the trump foundation called it politics at its very worst. the new york a.g. is asking that trump and his adult children be barred from serving on nonprofit organizations for a decade, and that the foundation's remaining assets go to other charities. she also sent referral letters to the irs and the federal election commission for possible further action. >> new information about

i'm aim is n ayman mohyeldin.ngapore for the summit just 24 hours away. more to impress or threaten kim jong-un? he'll know within minutes, a former white house adviser who helped seal the deals for both iran and cuba is here

. >>> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts rightike i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> president trump dictated the misleading statements. >> you said he did not dictate. then he did. what is it? >> we're not go to respond to a letter to the president's outside counsel. >> what's the reason for the discrepancy? >> this letter from outside counsel and i direct to you them to answer the question. >> trump wrote and dictated a statement. >> i would encou to you reh out to the outside counsel. >> it was his father, the president, who dictated the letter. >> can't comment on a letter from the president's outside counsel, i direct you to them to answer it. >> that's press secretary sarah sanders, referring reporters back to the same lawyers who they are directly quoting in their questions. welcome to "morning joe," it's tuesday june 5th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. national affairs lafayette for nbc and msnbc, jon heilemann. jeremy bash and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and ho

my colleague ayman mohyeldin picks it up from here. >> as expected immigration is going to be the center as well. a lot to break down this story and, of course, the hour that is dominating the headline is immigration. the debate over it continues. a sense of chaos in the process of reuniting parents and children and the question about how it's being done. protests continue around the country over the rescinded separation policy while the president pushes a new policy change stripping migrants of their legal rights. >> they want to hire now 5,000 more judges so the person puts the toe on the land we have to go to trial. this is crazy what we're doing. i don't want judges. i want border patrol, i want i.c.e. >> if that was too subtle, the president making it clear in tweets today that he wants no ar

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morningributor mike barn kill. washington anchor for bbc world news america, catty kay, and nbc news chill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on nbc, kasie hunt. and pulitzer prize winning author and historian, author of "the soul of america" jon meachum will join news a morning. joe has the morning off. willie and i are here and we want to get to a lot this morning. there's so much to cover. more and more republicans speaking out finally against president trump's policy of separating migrant families at the southern border. kasie hunt will tell us what's happening on capitol hill. and attorney general jeff sessions pushing back against those who are drawing comparisons to nazi germany. arguing that the nazis were keeping jews from leaving the

my colleague ayman mohyeldin picks it up from here. >> as expected immigration is going to be the center of our hour as well. a lot to break down this story and, of course, the hour that is dominating the headline is immigration. the debate over it continues. a sense of chaos in the process of reuniting parents and children and the question about how it's being done. protests continue around the country over the rescinded separation policy while the president pushes a new policy change stripping migrants of their legal rights. >> they want to hire now 5,000 more judges so the person puts the toe on the land we have to go to trial. this is crazy what we're doing. i don't want judges. i want border patrol, i want i.c.e. >> if that was too subtle, the president making it clear in tweets today that he wants no hearings, no courts and no due process. let's get into all of this and go straight to the front lines with gabe gutierrez who is following breaking news for us this hour. i know you have some new information on a migrant teen missing today from a shelter facility in brownsville, texas.

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmine vossoughian and lewisbu an active night on social media, the president tweeted about meeting with kim jong-un. twice thanking him for taking the first bold step to meet and suspend nuclear tests. he took aim at domestic critics said a ago that said the job couldn't be done begging for conciliation and peace. now that we met and have a great relationship with kim jong-un, same haters shoutout you shouldn't meet, do not meet. he said more in an interview on fox news. >> other administrations, i don a policy of silence. if you said something bad and threatening and horrible, don't answer. that's not the answer. that's not what you have to do. i think the rhetoric, i hated to do it. sometimes i felt foolish doing >> strategically you do it. >> yeah, and you gain respect. he is a strong guy. people say what's he like. he has a very good personality, he is funny and very, very smart, he's a great negotiator. he's a very strategic kind of guy. >> talk about the difference between past administrations. >> yes, but i can't say that, i don't want to be the one say

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i'm in today for my colleague ayman mohyeldin.ing protests against the trump immigration policy that's tearing families apart on the southern

. >>> that does it for us on this thus, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorfbeside her ♪ and guide her ♪ through the night with the light from above ♪ >> what you're seeing is -- i think the athletes are showing patriotism through their community service. you know, the president is turning all this stuff into a political game and and a ratings game and, it's a blatant display of nationalism. i'm blown away by the irony of the eagles being disinvited. we have these military sing-alongs at the white house to show how patriotic we are, even though we don't know the words. it's just incredible. >> by we, he means president trump. just did not know the words. you saw it there welcome to morning joe. we start this

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>>> i'm ayman mohyeldin at msnbc world headquarters. a lot to break down this hour. showdown in singapore. president trump and kim jong-un arrive for the historic summit, what trump calls a one-time shot. the sun about to come up and the summit almost 24 hours away. art of the deal. can the president who prides himself on his deal-making skills really talk kim into abandoning his nuclear program? new details on what might be on the table. >>> and the growing divide the g7 summit ending with the united states more isolated than ever. the already harsh rhetoric between the trump white house and canada got even rougher today. we begin this hour though with president trump and his unprecedented meeting with one of america's top adversaries. north korean leader kim jong-un who arrived in singapore early this morning hours before the president for the hoy-stakes nuclear summit. the on again, off again meeting is now on just over 24 hours away at the capella hotel on sentosa island and they are set to discuss the future of pyongyang's new jersey program. as for how the pres

that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin, "morning joe" starts right nowre extremist open-border democrats. people are suffering because of the democrats. democrat-backed loopholes. the democrat-supported policies. democrats are causing tremendous damage and destruction and lives. they don't care about the children, they don't care about the injury, they don't care about the problems.

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. top stories, president trump continuing to ramp up his rhetoric over the weekend. he made this argument for a merritt based system. >> we need merit based immigration. we're taking in people that will never help us as a country. we need people that can help us. we want a merit based immigration system. we need safety at the border. we need the wall. the wall is going to happen. >> but a study released last year by the department of health and human services found that refugees brought in billions of dollars in government revenue over the past decade. the study found that refugees quote, contributed an estimated 269 billion in revenues to all levels of government between 2005 and 2014 through the payment of federal state and local taxes. overall, the report estimated that the net fiscal impact of refugees was positive over the 10-year period at $63 billion. the times notes that the study was completed last july but never publicly released. >> president trump is also suggesting that the

i'm in today for my colleague ayman mohyeldin. this hour we're monitoring protests against the trump immigration policy that's tearing families apart on the southern border. american delegations are calling for a quick end to the zero tolerance immigration crackdown. >> it's father's day, damnit and you have a right to talk to your children and how dare you go not bible when you're trying to save your own rear end. >> the trump administration has announced a zero tolerance policy that has zero morality, zero decency, zero integrity, and we will not rest until we shut that policy down. >> this administration is behaving like a bunch of thugs and gangsters in trying -- in saying we're going to do terrible things, and it's everybody's else's fault unless you enable us to do other things. >> more now from mccallun, texas at catholic charities where a busload of migrants just arrived. what have you opinion seeing? >> reporter: we saw about 40 people arrive in the most recent busload to this respite center. i want to clarify that this i

that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin, "morning joe" starts right now. . >> extremists, open-border democrats, they're extremist open-border democrats. people are suffering because of the democrats. democrat-backed loopholes. the democrat-supported policies. democrats are causing tremendous damage and destruction and lives. they don't care about the children, they don't care about the injury, they don't care about the problems. they don't care about anything. they have no policies that are any good. they're not good politicians, they got nothing going. their policies stink, they're no good. they have no ideas, they have no nothing, the democrats. >> just flailing that was president trump yesterday before kindly extending an open invitation for democrats to come to the white house to work togeth together. it's the "art of the deal." welcome to "morning joe," it's friday, june 2 2nd. what a crazy week it's been. with us we have national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, jon heilemann. donny is here, white house reporter for the "associated press," j

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now, everybody. >>> it is very biblical to enforce the law. the laws are the same that have been on the books for over a decade. it's a moral policy to follow and enforce the law. it's the law, that's what the law states. the laws are the ones that have been on the books for over a decade. it's not a policy change to enforce the law. we're going to enforce the law, we're enforcing the law. >> the question is, is she ignorant, which would actually be better for her if she just were -- came out and said i'm ignorant and i don't know what i'm talking about. or is she a liar? because it's not the law this is donald trump, this is donald trump's interpretation of the law. >> it's the trump administration policy. i don't believe she's ignorant. >> you think she would lie that many times? i saw rudy last night, he was lying. but we're familiar with that we're used to that. do you think she really? i don't understand why, for somebody quoting the bible, as much as she's quoting the bible. i h

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "morning joe." we begin with four words "tone deaf, callous, heartless." we have the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen choosing to eat at a mexican restaurant last night where she was promptly heckled by protesters. we have that video for you, and we'll show it to you later. not sure why she thought that was the place to go after her presentation of lies and deceit about how children are treated at the border. >>> now to callous -- here's the president's former white house press secretary, sean spicer sharing a picture of a champagne celebration last night at trump hotel in washington. >>> how about heartless? here's the president's former campaign manager, cory lewandoski, about hearing of a child with down's syndrome being separated from her parents. >> read about a 10 grld girl with down's syndrome who was taken from her mother and put in a cage. >> wah-wah. >> how dare you. >> how dare you! >> illegally -- >> he

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> meet the man who wants to put martha stewart in jail. >> martha stewart is being prosecuted not because of who she is, but because of what she did. >> 42-year-old james comey, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. >> will president trump use the powers of his office to pardon martha stewart? the president floating that idea today. >> back in 2003, nbc's ann thompson introduced us to jim comey and he just so happened to prosecute the maker of the finest meatloaf sandwiches around. >> and i'm here with donald and melania trump and we're going to make a scrumptious meatloaf sandwich, which is donald's favorite sandwich, according to melania. >> i've never had meatloaf this good, but it's very good. >> also on forgiveness list, none other than a celebrity apprentice, who once compared his plight to that of nelson mandela and also gandhi. >> you are the project manager. >> right. i know. >> and governor, i have great respect for you, i have great respect for you