out of the united states. that is just saying i've setup an entire investment fund designed to get me and my family rich based on the fact that people are going to be purchased froouns in a second trump term while jared kushner surfaced in the first trump term when he rendered interference from mohammed bin salman after he murdered somebody in turkey. >> we're going to leave it there to be continued. jared kushner not saying he's not going back into government service. ben rhodes, thank you again for your time. that is our show for tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. the decision by the arizona supreme court today is unconscionable and an affront to freedom. make no mistake by effectively striking down a law passed this

century and replacing it with one from 160 years ago, the court has risked the health and lives of arizonians. >> that's arizona's attorney general slamming the ruling from her state's supreme court upholding a civil war-era ban on abortion. we'll go through that stunning decision in just a moment. we'll also bring you president biden's response to the ruling as well as his new comments on donald trump and the threats to our nation's democracy. and we'll bring you the latest from capitol hill. speaker mike johnson is now delaying a key priority for far-right republicans and facing new pressure to pass funding for ukraine.

good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, april 10th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. just two days after former president donald trump said that the states should decide their own laws regarding abortion health care, arizona has just given the nation a stark example of the consequences of leaving this issue up to the individual states. yesterday the arizona supreme court ruled that a 160-year-old near total abortion ban still on the books in that state is enforceable. 160 years. the bombshell decision dating from 1864, which could shutter abortion clinics across arizona, now adds that state to the growing list of places where abortion health care is effectively banned. the ruling allows that 1864 rule to stand, making abortion a felony punishable by 2 to 5 years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a woman

obtain one. the civil war era law, which was enacted half a century before arizona even gained statehood does include an exception to save the life of the mother. arizona's attorney general came out against the ban moments after the stunning ruling. >> let me be completely clear. as long as i am attorney general of the state of arizona, no woman or doctor will be prosecuted under this draconian law. no woman or doctor will be prosecuted under this law as long as i am attorney general. not by me nor by any county attorney serving in our state. not on my watch. >> we'll have arizona's attorney general as a guest on "morning

joe" a little later on this morning. meanwhile, abortion rights groups in arizona are likely to succeed in their goal of putting a proposed constitutional amendment on the november ballot, creating a fundamental right to receive abortion health care up until fetal viability or about the 24th week of pregnancy. now, president biden immediately condemned the ruling in arizona releasing a statement just minutes after it came down. the president called the decision, quote, a result of the extreme agenda of republican elected officials who are committing to ripping away women's freedom. his statement also highlighted that the ban has no exceptions for rape or incest. and the president went on social media to blame donald trump for the ban, posting a news headline of the ruling with trump's picture at a golf course. in it wake of the decision vice president kamala harris will now travel to arizona on friday. she was in phoenix just over a month ago as part of her fight for reproductive freedoms tour.

the white house says the vice president has held more than 80 events in 20 states since the supreme court overturned roe two summers ago. joining us now msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos here on set. danny, thank you so much for joining with us. so walk us through just your reaction to this. it's a law that dates from 1864. is there legal, you know, justification for now saying, yeah, it's enforceable? >> well, here's the supreme court's approach and how they arrived at this. you have the 1864 law, and the argument was that later on arizona passed a law that banned abortion after about 15 weeks. and the argument there was, well, this later law, it's not exactly permissive of abortion. but since it covers the same thing that 1864 law has to be out now, right, because you passed a law later on that

covers the kpamt same thing, that the arizona supreme court concluded tat that later passed law was based in part on a right guaranteed by roe. and roe no longer exists after dobbs. so if that later existing law no longer is good law, then you revert back to the one from 1864. and that's often an issue with some of these statutes. a lot of them don't expire. if it's still technically a law and hasn't been struck down, then it is law in arizona even if it was passed before arizona even became a state, when it was still a territory. given the composition of the arizona supreme court, i don't think this was a huge surprise even though it is earth shattering. but at this point technically the law is still on hold while it's sent back to the trial court for some additional constitutional arguments that are not roe. whether those will be successful, who knows. >> all right, so that's where i was going to ask you next. we just heard arizona's attorney

general kris maize, a democrat, saying she would not enforce the law. does she have the ability to do that? does she or the governor step in here and change this? >> sure. state a.g.s like federal a.g.s. just to use the example marijuana is still illegal federally in the united states, but law enforcement -- federal law enforcement has taken the approach of, hey, we're just not going to enforce that. you see this all the time on the federal level. state attorneys general, too, have discretion to decide what laws they want to enforce and what laws maybe they don't want to enforce. and that goes all the way down to county prosecutors. that's part of the power of prosecutorial discretion, but at the same time it's really not much of a guarantee or protection. if something's illegal and law enforcement simply says, well, we're going to ignore that for now because it could be enforced. it could be selectively enforced, and then the next a.g. that comes in says, hey, this is

going to be a priority for me. now i am going to enforce it. >> there are obviously huge ramifications and also, of course, political ones as arizona a key battleground state. we'll dive into the politics of this a little later in the show. but danny, stay with us because we want to get your take on this story as well. an appeals court judge has rejected another attempt by donald trump to delay his upcoming hush money trial which is set to get under way next week. trump's attorneys tried to argue yesterday that the proceedings should be postponed while his team challenges a court-imposed gag order that they deeped unconstitutional. the struj swiftly rejected that argument, and jury selection is still slated to begin on monday. danny, two parter here. do you believe this will, indeed, get under way monday? and if it does, what's this going to look like? how's it going to play out? >> yeah, i've been just betting on tails on the coin flip on will the trial start on time for about a year now. so i guess i'm going to keep

going with the trial won't start on time, but in reality it look like this is finally going to be the beginning. but, jonathan, we had this about a month or so ago, and that april date -- or excuse me, the last scheduled date got pushed out and now here we are in april. and you can see the defense in this case is doing pretty much everything they can to delay because unlike many criminal cases, delay for trump could possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat, between guilty and not guilty. now, that's less the case in this manhattan state court case, but certainly in federal cases delay can be a win because if he's president, if he's inaugurated and the federal cases are still pending, then they will go away. but even the state court cases, it's still an open constitutional question whether a state constitution can jail a sitting president. of course once he's out of office anything can happen. >> all right, msnbc legal

analyst danny cevallos, i'm certain we'll be speaking to you again next week when that trial does begin. still ahead here on "way too early," former president trump reports an anti-semitic trope americans who would consider joe biden. and a warning about military aid for ukraine. those stories and a check on sports, weather, and the morning's other top headlines when we come right back. p headl when we come right back.

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network on monday. he then went onto offer an offensive opinion about why he says jewish and black americans have historically voted for democrats. >> they don't want to talk about the attack of october 7th on israel because biden is -- is no fan of israel. any jewish person that votes for biden does not love israel. and frankly, should be spoken to. jewish people by habit -- >> it's changing. >> -- they just they vote for the democrats. and black people by habit vote for the democrats. and now the african american population is we're at the highest level anyone's ever been at as a republican, it still should be much higher because of what i've done with criminal justice reform, with funding the black colleges and university, with all of the opportunities. nobody's done more than i have. i'd say nobody's done more since abraham lincoln. i actually wanted to go beyond abraham lincoln, but some people

thought that wasn't a good thing to -- >> trump made similar comments about jewish democrats last month saying they, quote, hate israel and their religion. and in february trump claimed black voters were flocking to him because they related to him being criminally indicted and embraced his mug shot more than any other group. meanwhile, president biden is ramping up his criticism of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, call his handling of the war in gaza a mistake. the president made those comments in a pre-taped nrtd view with univision that aired last night, and he condemned the israeli strikes that killed seven world central kitchen aid workers. take a listen. >> what i will tell you is i think what he's doing is a mistake. i don't agree with -- i think it's outrageous that those four to three vehicles were hit by drones and taken out on a highway where it wasn't like it

was along the shore, wasn't like it was a convoy moving or et cetera. so what i'm calling for is for the israelis to just call for a cease-fire, allow for the next 6 to 8 weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country. >> and back, meanwhile, top dip luplats from the u.k. and france are publicly putting pressure on house speaker mike johnson to get ukraine aid through the house. in a new op-ed in "the telegraph" the diplomats write in part this, the cost to ukraine to support now would be far greater thap the cost of repelling putin. the world is watching and will judge us if we fail. they added if russian president vladimir putin does try for ukraine then we all use. david cameron is in washington this week to lobby republicans

on ukraine aid. cameron had a direct message yesterday by speaking alongside u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. >> i just come here as a great friend and believer in this country and believer it's profoundly in our your interest and your security and your future and the future of your partners to release this money and let it through. >> and david cameron, the british foreign secretary, will be a guest coming up on "morning joe." still ahead here on "way too early," we'll turn to sports and bring you some of the best highlights from around major league baseball. plus, two big coaching changes in men's and women's college basketball. we'll be right back with all that. at with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. flonase all good. also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills.

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>> oakland shae langeliers caps with that two run shot in the top of the ninth, a 4-3 victory over the texas rangers. elsewhere to baseball and minnesota now and a historic performance on the mound for los angeles dodgers starter. the right-hander only needed eight pitches to hit a scoreless. he's the only pitcher since 1998 to strike-out 14 or more batters in a game while throwing fewer than 90 pitches. dodgers beat the twins 6-3. yesterday was the home opener at fenway park for the sox. the sox lost that game but far bigger story the historic team 20 years ago and also tribute to tim wakefield who passed away in recent months. his young daughter threw out the first pitch. for the first time ever the

women's ncaa championship game drew a bigger tv audience than the men's title game. the matchup averaged about 4 million more viewers than monday night's final on the men's side between yukon and purdue. meanwhile college basketball's all-time coaching men's leader is calling it a career. long time stanford coach terra vanderveer announced leaving. she's amassed a record 1,216 career victory. we should note, though, yukon's gino is just three wins behind her. the men's side is held by the duke's coach with 1,202 wins. meanwhile head coach john calipari announced he's leaving

the men's basketball team program. >> this was a dream job. it was my dream job. anybody in our profession looks at the university of kentucky and basketball and said that is the bluest of blue. the last few weeks we've come to realize that this program probably needs to hear another voice. we love it here, but we think it's time for us to step away. and step away completely from the program. >> espn reported sunday night that he was finalizing a massive five-year deal to become the next head coach at arkansas. turning now to the nba and truly bizarre entry into the history books for the boston celtics. in milwaukee the celtics and bucks combine for a record low

two free throw attempts last night, two. with the celtics becoming the first team in league history to not shoot a single free throw all game. i admit i didn't watch this. i have no idea how this happened. truly strange. milwaukee's the bucks went onto beat the celtics. they lost their two-time mvp. giannis suffered a calf injury at the end of the third quarter. he would also have his achilles tendp tested. finally we go to the nhl to detroit now for the second spot in the eastern conference in last night's 2-1 win. that victory included the 30th goal of the season for the washington captain who's now the first nhl player ever with 18 30-goal seasons.

and he still has a shot to beat wayne gretzky's all-time mark. how's it looking out there. it's a little busy, john thp. we've got strong storms developing over the next 24 hours. you see a thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of texas and stretching from texas into louisiana we've got a tornado watch with this line of storms really robust and dumping heavy rain along with it. plenty of flood watches up right now including 13 million people, but notice we've got a couple of flash flood warnings also in effect in mississippi and louisiana and stretching into texas as well. so the heavy rain, the strong storms all on the table through the day today. we're potentially looking at the tornados to be the biggest threat through the day today. and notice the areas we're specifically watching. this is the chance where we have to see the ef-2 or stronger tornados including pensacola, new orleans all included in that through even the morning hours and afternoon hours today. we're going to see this system be on the move tomorrow. it moves through the north and

east and brings with it all that heavy rain. stretching out to new england and down parts towards parts of the midatlantic. the severe threat will still be there tomorrow. we're going to watch for the potential of strong winds and tornados. and pittsburgh to cincinnati that will be something we watch into tomorrow. and meanwhile, temperatures, boy, are they warm across parts of the midwest and the east. we've got temperatures in the mid-70s in washington, d.c. today. chicago will hit a high of 66 degrees running 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. a lot of people happy about that springtime weather. >> no complaints here. angie lassman, thank you as always. still ahead here we'll get back to our top story of the morning, the fallout over arizona's new abortion ruling. even republican senator kari lake is criticizing the banshee previously supported, which shows just how toxic this issue has become for the gop.

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yesterday lake vehemently opposed arizona's supreme court ruling that bans nearly all abortion with exceptions only to save the mother's life. she wrote in part this "i am the only woman and mother in this race. i understand the fear and anxiety in a pregnancy and the joy of mother hood. i oppose today's ruling and i'm calling on katie hobbs and the state legislature to come up with an immediate common sense resolution arizonians can support." that's not what lake said two years ago when she was running for governor. >> i don't believe in abortion. i think the older law is going to take -- is going to go into effect. that's what i believe will happen. i don't think abortion pills should be legal. we have a great law on the books right now if that happens. we will be a state where we will not be taking the lives of our unborn anymore. i'm incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law

that's already on the books, so it will prohibit abortion in arizona, and i think we're going to be paving the way and setting course for other states to follow. >> side note lake never conceded that race and yesterday's statement was the first time she acknowledged katie hobbs was actually governor and she had lost. meanwhile lake's democratic challenger opposed the ban tweeting he was sorry to the women of arizona and vowing that the fight isn't over. meanwhile, the ruling has proven just how toxic the abortion issue is for republicans as several arizona lawmakers scramble to create distance between themselves and the supreme court's decision to enforce a civil war era law. joining us now politics reporter for semafor, shelby talcott. good to see you again. first let's talk about this ruling locally. is there a sense lake is going to be able to navigate this issue? and talk to us as best you can about the time line as to whether this rule is truly

enforceable. are abortion clinics and reproductive rights health centers, are they going to have to shutdown? >> well, the indication is that this law is not actually going to be enforceable for right now. there is sort of a pause, but at the same time, you know, are these abortion groups going to take the chance, right? we've already seen in other states how they've shutdown as a result of rulings, so it is a really tense situation. as for how kari lake can handle this, it's a tough -- it's tough for her particularly because in the past she came out in support of this. and i think her reversal on how she feels about this issue just shows how -- how tough of a situation abortion is in the wake of dobbs for republicans across the country. >> so let's speak about how this could play out in the presidential race. this comes just two days after donald trump indeed said abortion issue should be left to

the states. well, here's what arizona is doing. and arizona is a key battleground. biden won it in 2020. polls suggest a really close race this time around. the vice president heading to arizona later this week. what's the early sense from democrats and republicans as to how this could impact november's presidential race in that state? >> democrats have long thought that abortion is a winning topic for them. we've seen it in the mid-terms. we've seen it over the past few years, and they've already tried to continue that into the presidential election. now, when donald trump came out with that statement on monday, what was notable is how the biden campaign responded. they pointed out that by effectively saying we should leave this to the states, donald trump was tying himself to the strictest bans, aka, this arizona ruling that came just one day later. they also noted that he did not explicitly say whether or not he would sign a national restriction should it come to

his desk. and so for democrats this is a winning message. this is something they can really attack on. and republicans are now recognizing that that argument has validity. and so we're seeing them trying to distance themselves from these. we're seeing a lot of people argue that there should be maybe, you know, a 15-week restriction, which, again, joe biden's team will attack republicans on. it is a tough area for republicans to find any message on that will be a winning message, and we're seeing how the fallout from that and how they're struggling to figure out exactly what to say to get voters onboard. >> we should note even if this law isn't enforced, even not widely enforced, just the politics of it are so bad for republicansch and if arizona suddenly swing tuesday the biden column, that really opens up their paths to victory. >> yeah, and that's exactly what the biden campaign is banking on particularly in the wake of this. we're seeing the vice president head to arizona on friday, which

is just indicative how important this issue is for the biden campaign and how much they want to hammer home that this is something they will be able to fix, and this is something that donald trump will, you know, harm americans on. >> it was just last week where democrats were saying they thought biden's best and maybe only chance to win was michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. but if arizona's back, that really helps. great insights for politics reporter for semafor, shelby talcott. boeing sees a drauch in airplane deliveries amid mounting concerns. i guess that's not a surprise but we'll dig into the impact this is having on the airline industry writ large. we'll be right back. e airline industry writ large. we'll be right back.

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silvia amaro who joins us live from london. good morning, silvia. investors look aed to the index price data released in just a couple hours. what are economists expecting? >> no doubt that is the highlight for markets today after what was a muted session on wall street on tuesday. futures at this point, however, suggest we might see a bit of green at the start of the trading session on wall street. but, indeed, all eyes are on that cpi print. in terms of expectations economists suggest we'll see an increase of about 0.3% on a monthly basis leading the headline inflation fear on annual basis to 3.4%. all in all the narrative here is that we are seeing progress when it comes to reducing inflation, but the question is whether this progress is enough that it will lead to significant changes to monetary policy. so, john, if we see a strong cpi

print today, that will lead markets to price in fewer chances of rate cuts in june. all eyes are on this to understand what the fed will do throughout the rest of the year. >> so boeing airplane deliveries dropped significantly in the first quarter to their lowest number since 2021 as the company faces increased scrutiny over the very safety of their planes. tell us about that and the impact on the entire airline industry. >> so these latest results do suggest that the company is under a lot of pressure after that incident in january when a door plug blew out mid-flight. there's been a lot of questions off the back of that. boeing reported 83 planes -- it delivered 83 planes over that period. and if you compare that with what we heard from the main rival earlier this week, airbus

said over the same period they delivered 142 planes. now, let's see whether changes management when it comes to boeing. we'll leave it to significant change here. we know the ceo will step down later this year, and we'll see whether or not that will actually bring more confidence into this company. >> lastly on a lighter note beyonce is making history with her blockbuster country album. give us the numbers. >> so no doubt. i'm not sure if you've heard the album. it is being very well-received. and proof of that is that "cowboy carter" is now one on the billboard country charts making beyonce the first black woman to top the chart since the foundation in 1964. so no doubt a big achievement here. and overall if you look at how well the album has been performing, it was also top for

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welcome back. house speaker mike johnson will delay sending homeland security secretary hal alejandro mayorkas' impeachment to the

senate. they can brainstorm ways to cause more political pain for democrats when most of their caucus is back in washington next week. truly cynical. senate majority chuck schumer for his part says the upper chamber is ready to move quickly on the articles. the white house responded in a statement writing if republicans actually believed this impeachment was so urge want for the security of the border, then they wouldn't have delayed sending it to the senate for two months or now delayed it again for another week. it lays bear how baseless and devoid of substance this whole pr stunt is. joining us now live from washington congressional correspondent for nbc news, julie sirken. good morning, julie. let's talk briefly about impeachment in terms of the republican agenda here, but also combine it with what a distraction it is considering the big issue on the hill really should be ukraine aid bill and whether speaker johnson can get that through. give us updates on both. >> yeah, absolutely, jonathan. look, republicans yesterday in a

closed door lunch senate republicans that is urged their leadership to essentially urge house speaker mike johnson to push these articles until next week because they know senators are going to be faced with jet fumes once these articles come over tonight. they have a joint address of congress tomorrow morning, that means their usual time they leave thursday afternoon wouldn't be a lot of time to get their point across. and i'm talking of course senate republican hard liners who want to extend this as much as possible. they do acknowledge in my conversations with sources, of course, that democrats have the upper hand here. they have full control of how this will all unfold. and as you heard from schumer, he wants this to go quickly, so they're going to use their delay tacticsch now they're pushing into next week. we don't know exactly what day johnson points to process those articles but they're going to offer points of orders, make it difficult for senate democrats in the room and one says they may call for mayorkas to testify as well. this does overshadow the big

question on the hill, which is how johnson will move forward on ukraine aid, foreign aid. he has a lot of plans but no pen to paper yet, jonathan. >> were he to push on it, he stands at risk of being ousted by margery taylor greene and the like. you've got a bipartisan push to combat anti-semitism. >> this is new legislation. it's led by senator jackie rosen. she's of course jewish. she's one of the first jewish women to be in the senate. it has a bipartisan back of a group of members in the house and senate. it would essentially create a position, an advisor to the president of any administration that could implement a cross-agency, an interagency plan to combat the rise of anti-semitism across the country. there was the latest pew research poll last week that actually found 9 in 10 american jews fear for their live. they fear anti-semitism has been

on the rise because of the hamas attack and invasion of gaza since where so many lives have been lost. this is really a monumental piece of legislation. they have the support of the house and senate. we'll see where it goes from there. >> all right, congressional correspondent for nbc news, julie sirken, thank you for bringing us that new reporting. we'll talk to you again soon. up next here president biden says that donald trump would be the primary threat to freedom and democracy if he's re-elected. we'll play you the president's new blunt remarks. and then coming up on "morning joe," the political fallout arizona after the state's supreme court revived a near total ban on abortion. ag's attorney general will be a guest. and also josh gottheimer and james clyburn will join the conversation. and stephen a. smith will be live joining the conversation. e live joining the conversation.

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welcome back. president biden is again warning about the threat he says donald trump poses to democracy.

in a new interview that aired last night, biden was asked about the dangers america faces. here is what the president had to say. >> what in your view constitutes the primary threat to freedom and democracy at home? >> donald trump. seriously. donald trump uses phrases like you're going to eviscerate the constitution, he will be a dick dictator on day one. he has a very jaded view of the constitution. he made it clear he doesn't plan on abiding by parts of it. at least he's saying it out loud. >> joining us now, white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the playbook, eugene daniels. good to see you. so let's start there with the president's sitdown interview with univision. it comes as polls show at least

some growing support for donald trump among latino voters. how concerned is biden's team about that? >> i think that they are really concerned. and the way that you can tell is that they started investing really early in the latino vote months ago putting together an entire organization that their job is just to focus on the latino vote especially in swing states like arizona and nevada where there are huge populations of latinos. and what is really difficult about this issue for them is that latinos are knd of the perfect encapsulation of a minority group not being a monolith. they can be all over the place just like white people actually. the things on their list. sometimes politicians often think immigration is what they need to talk about with latinos but that is not what we're seeing in polling. that is not their number one

shall i economy, crime, inflation, all those things are at the top of their list. the administration clearly is an example of their outreach to those groups. but they have also been doing other things like the vice president has been traveling. she will be going to arizona, she will be talking about abortion for the most part, but that is also an aspect of this latino outreach. >> so let's turn now to new reporting you broke overnight where one of president biden's most trusted advisers is publicly questioning his campaign strategy. >> yeah, ron klain was at an event yesterday basically in front of a bunch of economic activists is the way he put it, i was sent an audio clip of what he said and he said i think the president is out there too much talking about bridges. he does two or three events a week where he is cutting a ribbon at a bridge and if people are going in the grocery stores

and prices are expensive, they won't think about a bridge. and he added the president is not a congressman, he is not running for congress. so a fool's errand errands, and it also doesn't cover that much because it is just a bridge. this is kind of the first -- one of the first times that we've seen ron klain question the messages coming from the white house on really any issue. and i called him up last night to see if he had any comment and he did, he didn't back down from the criticism, though he says it wasn't a criticism. he was clear about that. but what he said is that he wants to continue to see this white house, and more importantly the president, kind of just focus on what they talked about in the state of union and not too much about, you know, cutting ribbons, going to the bridges but talking about all the other things that they have in contrast to donald trump. the white house obviously thinks that they have been doing that and they have been doing a lot of that.

but what ron klain is saying is what you hear from democrats where they worry about how this administration and therefore this campaign are selling to the american people their past accomplishments focusing too much on that and not too much on what the future might look like. >> yeah, ron klain doesn't have an official role with the campaign but is advising on debate prep. and he said first thing he would do is check the price of gas every day. and it is a big day at the white house. president biden is hosting the japanese prime minister for a state visit. they will have a couple hours worth of meetings and joint news conference and lavish state dinner tonight. talk about what is the agenda and what are some of the goals here? >> yeah, they had a dinner last night. and hanging out. and at the top of the list, the administration has always pushed back when we write a story like this, but it is true that all of

this is really about china and making sure that this administration, the united states, finds ways to keep a foot hold in that region. philippines leader will be here later this week talking with these two men. but basically there are a lot of things on the agenda including the first japanese astronaut going on a nasa mission. those kinds of things. but also continuing and more importantly making a concrete military partnership here while at the same time trying not to basically anger china too much. they want to give -- keep china on notice in this region. >> and lastly, let's go back to the top story, which is this arizona abortion ruling. the vice president heading there later this week. give us a brief sense as to how the white house really hopes to push this issue. >> one of the things, and it goes right at that clip you

showed before we started talking, that trying to talk about this issue as a concept of freedom, right? that is at the heart of the way of the re-election campaign thinks about donald trump as a threat. you had what donald trump said on monday and immediately you had these democrats and this white house attacking him for kind of wanting it both ways. and so what you will see from them moving forward especially from this vice president is talking about this issue as not just a women's issue, not just an issue of health care, it is all those things, but more importantly an issue of freedom. and whether or not people have access do what they want to do with their bodies not just in certain states but across the board here. >> and we'll have much more on all these stories in the hours ahead. eugene, thank you so much for joining us. and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this wednesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. trump's lawyers,