republicans who are refusing to take action on an issue they clapriority. and asked the question whether they re smart enough to get away with it, which i actually, you know, started thinking over the past couple days. you ve got all of these republicans who are following this guy from louisiana, who just sort of stumbled into the speakership and doesn t seem to be that effective. this guy is now putting around the republican s political neck an open border for the next eight months and all that that brings, the collapse of ukraine, to former soviet kgb agent s invasion, and the refusal to fund israel in its time of need. so you have all of these republicans in the house, a lot of them who want to do the right thing but they re blindly following this young, inexperienced speaker who is blindly following there you go. a guy with 91 counts against him. that s the important point right there. yes, it s speaker johnson voicing this, but he is a vessel for what donald
ight now. hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian, if you re joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with us, we re so thankful for that. the president embarking on an overseas trip that will be a high wire act of diplomacy, preparing a possible rift in the uk, advocating for nato to induct new members and rallying support for ukraine. and he ll have to defend the decision to arm ukraine with cluster bombs and issue getting pushback from some allies in congress. in a moment, i m just because congresswoman, debbie dingell, and ask her where she stands on the issue, as well as much much more. also, this hour, while donald trump is on the campaign trail this weekend, there s another places rivals would like to see him. and while the former president may skip it, his main challenger is it ready to go. that is when people are really going to start paying attention to the primary. up to this point, a lot of that has been about some of these legal cases. i think a lot of the vot
defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
meanwhile, in fulton county i think people thought that we came into this as some kind of game. this is not again at all. an unbelievable look inside the courtroom as the grand jury that could decide whether to indict trump is finally seated. does it go to court or does it not? if you find that there is probable cause, you must indict. and the surreal turn in the house republican stunt to damage joe biden. msnbc makes fun of me when i said that there is a lot of people that were involved in the biden shenanigans that are currently missing. congressman jamie raskin on james comer s key informant, who has been revealed to be a fugitive from justice. the people on msnbc who made fun of me when i said we had an informant that was missing, they should feel like fools right now. when all in starts, right now. the good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the moment we were all expecting his now or i ve. in the late night filing from monday, 30 minutes before