chris jansing picks up our coverage right now. good day, i m chris jansing in new york city. happy memorial day. and welcome to a special edition of chris jansing reports. the agreement on the debt limit is not done but is done but the fight s not finished. the white house and the speaker s office now in an 11th hour push to pick up every last vote in congress, trying to make sure their big deal doesn t go bust, but today is also about putting politics aside and honoring the men and women who have fought and died for this country. you might have seen the sombering images out of arlington national cemetery where the president laid the wreath and delivered that memorial day address. also this hour, a second memorial day address. one you ll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal
policy decisions. the house oversight committee has subpoenaed f.b.i. director christopher wray for documents. they want him to turn over that specific file at a meeting that they will have six days from now, may 10th. committee chair james comer and senator chuck grassley are leading the charge on this. we have a rough idea what is in the document and i just want to do what congressional oversight responsibilities i have to see what the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. has done to follow up on it. has there been political influence to not proceed if there is a reasonable possible criminal activity? harris: this directly from the white house now. republicans and congress have been lobbing unfounded and unproven politically unmotivated attacks against his family without offering evidence for their claims or decisions other than u.s. interests. we begin with peter doocy live at the white house. peter. the white house statement continues as white house officials claim that republican
dana: dramatic moment as homeland security secretary mayokas is forced to face the family of a grandmother and 7-year-old girl killed in a texas car crashed with an alleged human struggler. he turned to face the family expressed condolences but refusing to offer an apology for his failure to secure the border. very emotional day on the hill yesterday. welcome to a new hour on america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. a heated hearing as republicans hold secretary mayokas accountable for the historic crisis on the border calling his leadership an abject failure. this grieving family of that little girl and grandmother later meeting in private urging him to send thousands of troops to secure the border saying he needs to do that first before any attempt at immigration reform. dana: lawmakers calling out the secretary for being complicit in fentanyl deaths of 100,000 americans. these are some of their faces. bill: bill melugin has spent
forced to spew her hateful anti semitic rhetoric someplace else. we have full details coming up straight ahead. but first, we have more big news from zero experience. hunter biden, after years of having his precious good nameno we have some news ofgood nameno and reputation sullied by his father s political enemies for absolutelyr , positively no reason at all whatsoever. hunter is now fighting around hr back with a team around him, or at ls how the mediaound him, or mob is trying to spin it. it looks like it might be true.i and letters popping up here and there and everywhere to the doj, the irs anyway,g it hunters laj, the irs anyway,g it hunters ma disinformation of material on hunter by his laptop from .h this is where it gets interesting at the veryg to same time, hunter s camp is actively refusing to admitctl that the information on the laptop actually belongs to huntebelongr, even though onf the lawyers, well, seemed to clearly indicate that it wasd his laptop and that
recognition, award earned by the student, including any achievement earned. listen to this. there clearly has been an effort to bring down the standard for students in virginia, to stop celebrating excellence. civil rights have been violated and we need to understand, it is pursuit of equity that would damage the prospect of students. brooke: the new bill comes as more schools are implicated for failing to notify students about their awarding. george c high school s school principal apologizing, saying as soon as this was conif i recalled, marshal school notified parents and students. now there are now a total of 17 schools under investigation by attorney general mayoras, including eight schools in fairfax and five in prince william county and four in loudoun. fairfax county mom says the schools are punishing students who work the hardest. listen. they withhold national merit awards from emthis. it is criminal. they are terrorizing us as parents. the school board member