i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. mentioning the executive order to halt his policy of family separations almost though as an afterthought. take a listen. >> so the democrats want open borders, let everybody come in. let everybody pour in, we don't care, let them come in from the middle east, let them come in from all over the place, we don't care. we're not going to let it happen. and by the way, today i signed an executive order we're going to keep families together, but the border is going to be just as tough as it's been. >> so reporters at president trump's rally, they spoke with some of his supporters about the controversy at the border, the daily beast ben jacobs wrote he had gotten a range of responses about child separations from trump supporters. some say it's terrible. some say it's fake news. all agree though it isn trump's ult. the new york times wrote common theme here, a trump supporter in duluth one of many waiting outside a long line, just told me a long line she has compassion for separated family bu

'em' yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. we're going to begin with that deadly shooting that happened at the "capital gazette." three senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news the suspect has been identified add jared ramos. he was charged with five counts of first degree murder. a bail hearing has been set for later this morning. ramos sued the "capital gazette" for defamation. a court ruled in the "capital gazette's" favor and an appeals court upheld that ruling. police were note fided about an active shooter yesterday. phil davis who was inside of the building tweeted this. a gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire and on multiple employees. in a later interview davis said it was quote, like a war zone inside the newspaper's offices. he said he and others were hiding under their desks when the gunman stopped firing. authorities took a suspect into custody without exchange of fire. editors at the "capital gazette" continued to report on the tragedy. this is the paper's front page this morning.

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 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

>>> 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

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

neiman marcus, burgdorf goodman. they're still selling those pieces. i think that, you know, you have to realize nothing can last that long. >> she also understood that some of her long time customers were changing spending habits and would soon no longer be in the market for her bowls, platters and plates. >> the boomers that made the business were retiring or moving into smaller homes and downsizing and getting rid of things or not buying and entertaining as much as this were before. >> addny sought advice from her customers all along, but when the time came, she realized she haven't been getting honest feedback. >> if i asked them, do you like this? they'll of course would say yes. i stupidly would keep asking and they would say yes, we love it because they didn't want to have an adversarial relationship. >> so she gathered a focus group of 12 people some who owned annie glass and some who didn't. and in the spirit of asking for as much constructive criticism, she went to a unique approach. >> she took a piece of bubble wrap and put it over my shoul

. >>> 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

i'm yasmine vossoughian alongside ayman mohyein and louis burgdorf. >>> one of the biggest take awaysdent trump's announcement he was halting the war games the u.s. holds with south korea. during the post summit news conference said it is provocative and cited costs in reasoning. during a briefing yesterday, vice president mike pence said those military exercises will continue, according to one of those in attendance. >> i think what the vice president said today will continue to clarify what the president talked about, exercises will continue with south korea. look forward to further comment and clarification from the president when he gets here. obviously exercises are important, men and women on the korean peninsula remain important. >> mixed messaging there to say the least. and he later tweeted the vp was clear, regular readiness training and exchanges will continue, later adding pence said war games will not. senior administration official clarifying the vp said while the biannual war game exercises would cease, readiness training will not. >>> so on capitol hill republican sena

. >>> 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

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i have put in placeuthwest border. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may be separated from you as required by law. >> the american people don't like the idea that we're separating families. we never really intended to do that. >> the rhetoric we hear from the other side on this issue, as on many others has become radicalized. we hear views on television today, that are on the lunatic fringe, frankly. and what is perhapsore galling is hypocrisy. the same people live in gated communities, many of them and are featured at events where you have to have an i.d. to even

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morningg 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,

. >>> i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts righting joe." with us we have msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan. and chair of the department of african-american studies at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. joe, i think i'm going to dive right in. we've got to show you this and then we'll assess. look at this interview that aired on fox news last night, president trump again seeming to share his admiration for autocratic rulers, praising china's xi jinping for his iron grip on his government and dismissing kim jong un's brutal treatment, imprisonment and murder of those who he suspects of opposing his regime. take a look. >> i have a very good relationship with president xi. of china. he's you know, incredible guy. just essentially president for life. that's pretty good. >> chairman kim wants to resolve the problem we have a very, i really say for fairly short-term relationship, because it was unbelievably hostile, the rhetoric, rhetorically it was unbe

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 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

. >> 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

. >>> 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 louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry. on our southwest border. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may be separated from you as required by law. >> the american people don't like the idea that we're separating families. we never really intended to do that. >> the rhetoric we hear from the other side on this issue, as on many others has become radicalized. we hear views on television today, that are on the lunatic fringe, frankly. and what is perhapsore galling is hypocrisy. the same people live in gated communities, many of them and are featured at events where you have to have an i.d. to even come in and hear them speak. they like a little security around themselves, and if you try to scale the fence, believe me, they willven too happy to have you arrested and separated from your children. i would like to see that. so they want borders in their lives, but not in yours. >> jeff sessions in california yesterday -- i didn't believe it until i sa