i m yasmin vossoughian on a very busy start afternoon. breaking news, the president just signed the debt ceiling bill. into law. it happened just a couple of moments ago. it comes after the president took a victory lap, a victory many thought he could not achieve. i know bipartisanship is hard. and unity is hard. we can never stop trying. because in moments like this one, the ones we just faced, where the american economy in the world economy is at risk of collapsing, there s no other way, no matter how tough our politics get, we need to see each other not as evident adversaries, as fellow americans. fellow americans. right now in iowa, a cavalcade of gop presidential candidates, all in one place. with one notable exception. that exception may have bigger things to worry about, new reporting on the special counsel investigation in the former president, and the document donald trump s lawyers cannot seem to find. all of that, plus, we are following the horrific scene in in
all? was this all just bluff? when you say was it a bluff? just to be clear, you are saying your best defense would be that he was lying about the documents. possibly and president biden signing the debt ceiling deal into law, and inca drama that had the country on the brink of default. passing this budget agreement was critical. mistakes could not have been higher. if we failed to reach an agreement on the budget, there would ve been extreme voices threatening to take america for the first time in over 247 year history, and default on our national debt. nothing, nothing would have been more irresponsible. later this hour, i m gonna speak to congressman jimmy gomez who voted no on the debt ceiling bill. all of that, plus, let s put on a show. i want you all to know that i m not a man anymore. are you saying you are a lady not a woman, either. a group of teens who had a play with an lgbtq twist on the robinhood story, canceled by their school, r
folks we have a lot more coming up you re watching msnbc, our second hour starts right now. hey, everybody. good to see you. i am yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. it s good to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. iowa is the center of the political universe right now, with ron desantis and a host of gop presidential candidates looking for votes in the crucial stage. 2024 front-runner donald trump dealing with new questions from the special counsel, after his lawyers come up empty, finding a key document trump talked about in a bombshell tape released this week. it looks bad. but you have to really match it up with a lot more facts. the tape alone is not something sufficient. you have to match it up to an actual document. you know, what was he supposedly waving around? was there any document there at
the beat goes on. president trump returning to washington to a new flip flop on his legal team. how rudy giuliani contradicted himself on a key question from the special counsel. a low-life. she s a low life. omarosa on the outs with president trump. she will play the bombshell tape she recorded in the situation room. and new signs of easing tensions on the korean peninsula. and the leaders of north and south korea announcing a summit in pyongyang.
his legal team. how rudy giuliani contradicted himself on a key question from the special counsel. a low-life. she s a low life. omarosa on the outs with president trump. she will play the bombshell tape she recorded in the situation room. and the leaders of north and south korea announcing a summit in pyongyang. we go live to seoul. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. omarosa once tweeted donald trump almost always produces high drama. we start with the president returning to the white house. following a week at the new jersey golf club that the white house called a working vacation. robert mueller s investigation perhaps top of mind in the west wing. sunday, rudy giuliani telling cnn if the president sits down for questioning by mueller, he will deny he directed james