i'm yasmine vossoughian alongside louis bergdorf.n new york, congressman joe crowley has been unseated by alexandria ocasio-cortez, a 28-year-old democratic socialist who has never held elected office. crowley, a ten term incumbent for the district that covered queens and the bronx, considered a candidate to replace nancy pelosi as leader. he becomes the first democratic incumbent to fall this primary season. ocasio-cortez ran a low budget campaign, was outspent 18 to 1 margin. born in the bronx. she said he lost touch with this district. she worked on bernie sanders' 2016 campaign but was waiting tables, tending bar just seven months ago. if she wins in november, she would be the youngest bomb ever elected to the house. take a listen -- youngest woman ever elected to the house. >> how are you feeling? >> so crowley quickly conceded, writing on twitter i want to congratulate alexandria ocasio-cortez. i look forward to supporting her and democrats this november. at his campaign party after the race was called, he did a rendition of "b

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 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

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 and louis burgdorf. >> nbc news national correspondent peter alexandere communication, 63-year-old alice johnson now a free woman released from an alabama prison. an emotional reunion with her family. president trump ending the great grandmother's sentence. just days after an oval office appeal from kim kardashian, johnson's daughter overjoyed. >> to be able to have a cup of coffee with my mom, little simple things that people take for granted, we have our mom back. >> after serving 21 years for heading up a drug ring with ties to the cartel, johnson has accepted responsibility for her past behavior describing her as a model inmate. kardashian on twitter cheering best news ever. >> you know, i think in life everyone makes mistakes and she really deserves a second chance. >> mr. trump's use of his pardon power fitting a pattern, most rewarding political allies. >> i stand by my partner sheriff joe. >> it's my honor to do it. it's about time. >> and more may be coming. former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulus wife now begging the president to pard

'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 yasmin vossoughian, it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. debate over the scope and reach of his powers, the president suggesting that he's above the law tweeting that he's got the power to gntse pardon if need be. >> his late est lashing out. >> a vision of unlimited presidential power tweeting about the russia investigation, i have the absolute right to pardon myself while maintaining he has done nothing wrong. >> does the president believe he is above the law? >> certainly not. the president hasn't done anything wrong. >> does the president believe the framers envisioned a system where the president could be above the law? >> certainly the constitution very clearly lays out the law and once again the president hasn't done anything wrong. >> the president's lawyer agrees the self-pardon is possible but not advisable. >> it would be just be unthinkable and it would lead to an immediate impeachment. >> the republican chairman of the judiciary committee pushing back. >> if i were a president of the united states and told me i could pardon mys

i'm ayman man and yasmine vossoughian. newsom waceff against gavin trump republican business man jo cox in california's governor's race. former mayor finished distant third. dianne feinstein running a sixth term on track to win by far the most votes. the race to take her on is between kevin deleon or one of seven unknown republicans. >> and new mexico, former democratic party chairman could make history as the first native american woman elected to congress. she will face off with jones in the november elections. new jersey voters sent a message to bob menendez that underperformed in the primary. he recently escaped conviction on federal corruption charges earlier this yearhe wilac a rep former pharmaceutical company. >> sm the primaries, the president slings accusations of corruption and malfeasance at the justice department, they have a searc for new associate attorney general is on hold. three candidates have declined to consider the justice department number three position since rachel bnd resigned four months ago. by

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongs.president trump to end his policy of separating children and their parents at border. calling for a reversal of this policy. nbc news kristen walker has more on this. >> escalating calls for the president to end his zero tolerance policy now. >> the president has the ability to stop this if he'd like. i understand that he wants to get a comprehensive fix of immigration. so do i. >> so can he end this crisis with a phone call? the answer, yes. his attorney general jeff sessions announced the zero policy in april. but the president is trying to put the blame on democrats. >> i say it's very strongly the democrats' fault. >> the president tweeting change the laws but there is no law requiring families to be separated only the zero tolerance policy that's prompting it. there is a law against crossing the border illegally. that opens a loophole to let adults with kids be released after a few days. it's been a problem dating back multiple administrations but former presidents bush and obama

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

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 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 hand it over to may colleague yasmin vossoughian. >> have a good time. i'm yasmin vossoughian. how far does the president's power go? rudy giuliani making the case for the leaked memo. president trump cannot be forced to answer questions, cannot obstruct justice and can even pardon himself. the question we've been asking himself, because he's in charge of the justice department and the fbi. plus, if he is subpoenaed his lawyers are ready to fight and are even threatening to take special counsel to court. we may reveal something about donald trump jr. that was denied oath and lots to break down. let's get started. >> somebody who wants to question that has a big, big burden. >> do you believe the president has the power to pardon himself? he's not, but he probably does. pardoning himself would just be unthinkable and it would -- it would lead to probably an immediate impeachment. >> there's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the president has ever discussed having a pardon of mike flynn, paul manafort or anyone else for that matter. >> you're still recommending he not sit do

i hand it over to may colleague yasmin vossoughian. >> have a good time. i'm yasmin vossoughian.s power go? rudy giuliani making the case for the leaked memo. president trump cannot be forced to answer questions, cannot obstruct justice and can even pardon himself. the question we've been asking himself, because he's in charge of the justice department and the fbi. plus, if he is subpoenaed his lawyers are ready to fight and are even threatening to take special counsel to court. we may reveal something about donald trump jr. that was

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman.to deny its policy separates migrant children in their parents at the southern border. nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. >> outrage outside a detention center in new jersey. protesters railed against the trump administration action that separates children from parn parents accused of violating immigration laws. >> inside, democratic members of congress crammed into the lobby for what they called an unannounced inspection, but cameras could not follow. >> believe me, tearing children from the arms of their mother and their father is not the right decision. it has got to stop. >> father's day, damn it. and you have a right to talk to your children and you don't even know where your children are. >> the plight of children prompted a rare move by the first lady who weighed in with a statement fr her office. mrs. tump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides can come together to achieve successful immigration reform. melania trump c

that does it for me this hour, i'm yasmin vossoughian you can follow me on twitter.e 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 ar

i'm yasmin vossoughian along ayman and let's start with the morning's top stories.t hours away from the first ever summit between leaders of the united states and north korea. we're also awaiting a press briefing by mike pompeo set to be in moments there. >> i think the minimum would be relationship. you'd start at least a dialog. as a deal person i've done very good with deals but at a minimum i think we will have met each other, we will have seen each other, hopefully we would have liked each over other and my touch, my feel, that's what i do. how long will it take to figure out whether or not they're serious? i said maybe in the first minute. you know, the way they say you know if you're going to like somebody in the first five seconds, i ever hear that one? i think of that very quickly i'll know whether or not something good is going to happen and if i think it won't happen, i don't want to herself his time. >> let's go to south korea. we're joined from there. obviously south korea a major player in this. many concerns, all eyes on this meeting from south korean

i'm yasmin vossoughian you can follow me on twitter. 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

i i'm yasmin vossoughian.ident trump summit with kim jong un which trump announced on friday which is now back on a week and a day after he cancelled it. watch this. >> we'll be meeting on june 12th in singapore, it went very well. it's kind of a get to know you kind of situation and i think it will be a process. it's not -- i never said it goes in one meeting. i think it's going to be a process, but the relationships are building. but i think you're going to have a very positive result in the end. not from one meeting. remember what i say. we will see what we will see. i think we're going to have a relationship and it will start on june 12th. again, it's a process. it doesn't go -- weir n're not g to sign something on june 12th. we never were. i told h today, tak your time, we can go fast, we can go slowly. >> so that came after trump met with north korean vice chair in the office -- in the oval office for more than an hour. mike pompeo and chief of staff john kelly were also in attendance. john bolton though

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

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.

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 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

. >> 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