If you only saw the social media and the media reports of what's gone on over the last five days,

you would think that Los Angeles is on the verge of war.

There are 11 million people in this county, 4 million of which live in Los Angeles City.

We estimate that there's probably thousands of people who've engaged in legitimate protests, let's say 4,000 people.

We estimate there are hundreds of people, let's say up to maybe 400 to use rough percentages,

who've engaged in this type of illegal activity.

So what does that mean?

That means that 99.99% of people who live in Los Angeles City or live in Los Angeles County

have not committed any illegal acts in connection with this protest whatsoever.

That's L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hockman providing some context to the protests across that area.

It comes as demonstrations are beginning to spread to other U.S. cities with more major protests planned through the weekend.

Also ahead, we'll go through new polling on President Donald Trump's approval rating, as well as how

voters are feeling about his handling of his signature issue, immigration.

Plus, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named several new members to a crucial

CDC committee on vaccines after firing the entire group earlier this week. We'll have much more about his picks

and their views on vaccinations. Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It's Thursday, June 12th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire in for Joe Mika and Willie. We have a very, very busy newsday ahead.

And to help us break us down, we have Man editor at the bulwark, Sam Stein, MSNBC contributor, Mike Barnacle, President Emeritus of

the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haas. He's also the author of the weekly newsletter,

Home and Away, available on Substack, as well as, of course, the host of way too early

Ali Vitale, a great group to start us off. And we'll begin this morning with the protests

against Donald Trump's, his administration's immigration policies, which have now spread from

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