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im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. five men, one job, averting economic disaster on a global scale. will the participants in todays white house meeting recognize those incredibly high stakes and get something done? or will political partisanship push the u.s. economy closer to a first ever default. plus, tens of thousands of people arrested at the border, trying to get in before title 42 expires. thousands more waiting to get in. well get the latest from th...

never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice departments response to the attack on the capitol. well show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me...

news that we have heard about marc short, that hes testified in the dojs probe. what does that signal to you about where the investigation stands? >> well, i mean, i look at it and it says obviously there is some interest. there was a lot of frustration, just kind of personally, for the last, i guess, year and a half, like whats doj doing? i think our investigation, though it is not a criminal investigation, certainly has brought some things to light that doj is watching, and it seems ...

all we know is tomorrow powell will spring to his slay and his team a whistle. we dont know where he will fly. we probably dont know what a down of a thistle is, but we know what a down stock market is. so we want to hear something as st. jerome drives out of sight. its that something that is giving us all of this fright. in the meantime, this night before weve got you covered for what could be in store, with legendary billionaire investoring ken fisher on why its not action bad as you...

Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Right now President Biden is on his way to new york where hes slated to meet with World Leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, including ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The stakes could not be higher for the ukrainian leader as his country faces an Uphill Battle in its counteroffensive against russian forces. Hes expected to seek more support from the u. S. And its allies. But as the president prepares f...

Most relevant to doj? >> i think there is just a lot of, you know, what did he know, you know, what was the vice presidents mindset, what did he see, you know, within the white house. in terms of what the doj is specifically looking at, i dont know. again, i dont know if there is specifically this electors issue, is it specifically what is the presidents role, i dont know. thats not something i frankly need to know with what the doj is doing. but i can tell you, you know, marc short, hes a good ...

In regards to pence, the difference between calling in trump versus pence is that most of the people in trumps orbit have stonewalled the committee. you see some of them in court this week. others in pences orbit have been cooperative. its why we could still see the committee move in that direction as they try to balance the presentation of facts in real time with the gathering of facts in real time, mika. >> nbcs ali vitali, thank you. great job. we appreciate it. >> michael steele, how importa...

Congress, the vice president, and our constitutional order. and he is responsible to come forward and testify and we know that he is had problems with people doing investigations in the past. we know his law license has been suspended by the new york state court for lying about the election, and this is a chance for him to come clean and tell us precisely what he saw, what he knows, and answer those questions. if he has any valid legal privileges, he of course has the invite to evoke -- otherwis...

Strong worded statement thats sure to get vladimir putin quaking. anna, lets talk about the latest round of subpoenas from the january 6th committee. theyre clearly keeping a spotlight on this alternate elector plot. these have moved beyond the bold face names. these are targets in the states. these arent the d.c. characters. what standed out how, and do we have any sense what the committee is up to next? >> absolutely. i agree with you. two things stand out, one, kind of this wider web that you...

Analyst gloria borger. so far bannon has remained defiant and even if he doesnt comply and even if it does get dragged out in court, how important do you think that this committee move forward with a criminal contempt charge? >> i think its hugely important because whats at stake here is the question of whether a separate branch of government, ie the congress, can hold a president accountable for his actions and his behavior, and i think the committee is well aware of what they are doing, and ba...