two tier system. but the two tiered system is not to punish them more. it is too they want them to get away with more. every day americans. now, alex, that was congresswoman stacey. plastic she is the top democrat on the committee serving alongside chairman jim jordan who promises to take this all the way to the top. sending a letter to attorney general merrick garland, asking him to explain his actions up until when he got that search warrant from mar-a-lago to get those documents from the former president. but look, all in all the tone you are hearing from senator tim scott he was running for president of course, he is potentially going to matched up against the former president in that primary. which is going to be very heated. he, is of course, toeing the line to make sure he does not alienate the former presidents. voters who still make up the majority of the republican base. right you on all. that let me just on this for our viewers. you re gonna be off in a few weeks for a
possible meeting between two jinping and president biden. in the u.s. before the end of the year. alex. all, right janis mackey, thanks for. that now in washington where we just got a new reaction from lawmakers to the trump indictments. nbc s julie tsirkin is joining us once again from capitol hill. julie, it is quite a contrast of opinions on both sides of the aisle. so what are you hearing? yeah,. alex let s first talk about republicans because with president biden, being silent on this issue and directing his top allies to stay silent as well, republicans are of course the loudest voice in the room when it comes to the response. to the former presidents indictment and his arraignment. earlier last week. now the majority of them are not in the middle of this. they are not defending the former presidents actions which i think is very notable. but they are trying to tow the line here and continuing this rhetoric that s the government is somehow weaponized against conservatives. yo
to have these conversations to continue to bring everyone together. so there are events happening across the country and when we talk about where juneteenth stands as a holiday itself, we know that in 2021 it became a federally recognized holiday. but in terms of a public holiday on a state level, we know that 28 different states plus the district of columbia recognized as such. there are still a lot of states who don t and we talked with all the events happening throughout the country. this one is going to be expecting over 400 votes run by black captains. and black crew members. we are going to be gathering out here. and when it comes to the mission of those events, it is going to be twofold. there is the mission of raising awareness of the holiday but also driving the conversation forward. on where the community stands and where they would like to go from here. and a lot of areas in a lot of spaces those conversations might be about things like reparations. but i can tell you righ
threat with the administration i think turning up the heat. major developments in all those headlines this hour. several ports from beijing and washington d.c. and delaware. and we re gonna begin with the breaking news from china. with one of the central questions. will antony blinken get an audience with china s president xi jinping? nbc s janis mackey is there with the very latest for us. janice, welcome. how important is this trip? alex, this is a crucial visit at a critical time. when competition between the u.s. and china is fears and relations are borderline toxic. trust is not a low. neither side is expecting any breakthroughs from this visit. but the fact that it is even happening, though the secretary of state is here, it is a sign that things could move forward. considering they ve been on hold for four months now. the spy balloon will no doubt factor into the discussions. there is already the suggestion that the conversation has not
expected to declare in the next few days. mike huckabee, dr. ben carson, and carly feeiorinafiorina. no poll numbers show there s a big split among voters. in democrats, a split about the top priorities for america. democratic pollster with gavin hart gang research. i m glad to see you again. it was interesting, these poll numbers, because there wasn t a lot of crossover. the dem and gop voters have key differences in their priorities. break it down for us. well for the republican primary voters which is the competition right now, it s clearly national security and terrorism. democratic primary voters see thing a little bit differently. for them the top priority is still jobs and economic security. we ll note, alex what s interesting about 2016 is the prominence of national security and terrorism. it is a number-two issue now among americans in general. and even among democratic primary voters national