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focusing on the elaborate effort by then president trump to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. plus the latest on the bipartisan group of senators negotiating new gun legislation in a moment well speak with chris coons of delaware on just how close senators are on a final bill. also ahead, were keeping an eye on wall street as stock futures soared overnight following a brutal week. well get a live report from cnbc. and it is primary day for several s...

about why they wanted to stop those kind of maga attacks on trump democracy and the loss after the insurrection. but we have the receipts from those you see on your screen today, including senator graham, a loyal trump supporter then criticized what trump was leading on the insurrection on the night of january 6th. but now as he faces legal pressure to testify in georgia for his own role in helping a trump effort that he claimed was over when he gave his famous enough is enough speech ...

and his latest political stunt. jasmine crockett joins me from later -- legal trouble over its rendition of hamilton. we have a reporter who broke a story. all of that and more, is coming up. -- lets go straight to msnbcs garrett grumble, who is tracking the news details for us. gary good morning. >> good morning katie, three big developments, rising overnight on this big story. new york times is reporting an nbc news, is for one lawyer signed, back in june, saying all classified mater...

the lawyer who devised the plan to overturn the election. >> mr. eastman, we hardly knew you. >> it always happens, and they always seem so shocked. plus, president biden considers a move to provide a bit of relief at the gas pump, but he needs congress to agree. we also expect more economic data this morning that could offer clues into whether the u.s. is headed toward a recession. also, the crippling labor shortage. the latest industry to feel the pressure, airlines, with more ch...

we begin with sunlen who is outside the supreme court. what are you seeing? >> reporter: jim, it certainly is a very tense moment right here on the steps of the supreme court. i want to show you the scene playing out now at this moment. ill take you to the crowd here in the last few minutes weve seen really this conversation between both sides break out. the police have moved in some barricades, some police fences and they have separated the two sides. over here you have a side who ...

capable. ronald reagan was vigorous for his age. he could ride a horse like no ones business. slick wily didnt just play the sax. he liked to throw on a sweat suit and jog all around town. it was a secret service nightmare. but, hey, at least he wasnt fooling around with the intern. who can forget when george w. bush threw the first pitch at yankee stadium or dodged both shoes thrown at him by the iraqi. the man was an athlete. obama played full court basketball while he was at the whi...

violence. lets go straight to more, tracking so much of what has done said on line. death threats have been out there, some general like social media posts urging people to kill all feds. but there have also been very specific threats, in particular aimed at the attorney general, merrick garland, and the florida judge who signed and then unsealed that search warrant. how concerned are federal officials about -- about this going from online threats to actual violence? >> reporter: yeah....

that had -- couldnt even get an abortion after being raped. and then went to indiana, brought to indiana, and got her health care there, and then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didnt really get in trouble, didnt do one thing wrong, but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters here it, regular people hear it. and i think thats what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions ...

health care there. then the doctor that performed the procedure got in trouble, or at least didnt really get in trouble, didnt do one thing wrong but the attorney general starts looking into her. when you hear stories like that, voters hear it, regular people hear it. and i think thats what was resonating with them. they want to be able to make their own decisions on reproductive health care. and i dont think we could put in their minds what they thought of restrictions or not. i just ...

its an issue that had never really been seriously considered and decided one way or the other before the justice department was confronted with it urgently during the nixon administration. but thanks to this, again, sort of odd series of things happening all at once in the early 70s, the vice president, spiro agnew, maybe going to prison, the president, richard nixon, making being removed from office against his will by impeachment. thanks to those things coming together all at once in...