and some late breaking criticism of donald trump. let s cut taxes on the middle class, and simplify those brackets. donald trump is running for his issues, haley is running on the donors issues, i am running on your issues. ron doesn t defeat biden, trump s head to head with biden. monday matters. your voice matters. i trust you. i think there s two america first candidates in this race, donald trump and myself. donald trump was president for four years, he did not make a dent in the administrative state. i know why you are excited, no more commercials after four days. haley, referring to the multi multi million dollar onslaught of ads that s been greeting islands. she made a joke, desantis has become a joke. don t believe a thing nikki haley says. ron desantis, losing and lying. haley even opposed trump s wall. haley disparages the caucuses and insults iowa. now, the intense wrangling between those two candidates reflects a bet about this republican
coalesund an alternative. i have more on the breaking christie news later tonight. while trump isolding his own fox hall appearance tonight. he watched in person as his lawyer made unlawful claims about why they think a president should have a license to kill the political rivals in america without being prosecuted. so as the headlines range from the start of the primaries to those brazen claims about assassination, right now, we have something special for you. we re beginning in a way with the weather. last year had some of the most extreme weather ever, driven, of course, by climate change. there were heat records broken. catastrophic flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and then in the winter months, extreme snow events. indeed, there were 28 separate billion-dollar climate disasters breaking the previous record from about three years back. cold weather, as you may know, can be just as overwhelming and dangerous as a fire or a tornado. and nowadays, we have more videos showing
debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. i m in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minute now. their calls between president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy. house republicans are than expected to release the full text of the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by both sides. at five p m today, democrats will get a briefing on the agreement from white house officials. here is some of what both sides say is in the deal. it raises the debt ceiling until 2025. it cuts 1.5 trillion and spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and
welcome to inside politics. . i m john king in washington. the attorney general facing a barrage of questioning from the judiciary committee. republicans and democrats willing the attorney general on a host of issues including hunter biden. chicago s mayor is out. she falls short in her reelection bid. is this a warning sign for democrats? and a trump slauump, new reporting on donald trump s allies are pressing to get house republicans to endorse his 2024 bid. so far, they are not getting what they want. we begin the hour with the attorney general on capitol hill facing sharp questions on a range of critical issues. merrick garland defending the integrity of his justice department at a time some suggest it s weaponized against conservatives. the attorney general agreeing much more can be done, including getting tougher on social media companies to deal with the fentanyl scorch. he said he was keeping husband promise to stay walled off from the investigation of the presi
committee, defending his justice depend and to the probes, and allegations that he s weaponized the doj. paula reid is in washington. how has the hearing gone so far? he clearly wants to highlight the work of the rank-and-file employees who are not working on the special investigation, but as well at another high-profile investigation into hunter biden. the attorney general was grilled about why a special counsel is not overseeing the huchblter binden investigation. let s listen to how he explained that. i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of a u.s. attorney for the district of delaware, who was appointed in the previous administration. so any information like that should have gone should or should have gone to that u.s. attorney s office and the fbi squad working with him. i have pledged not to interfere with in a investigation, and i have carried through on my pledge. there you hear him defending the trump-appointed u.s. attorney who stayed o