correspondent, andrea mitchell. former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg, now an msnbc contributor. former assistant u.s. attorney and associate independent counsel for the white water investigation, kim whaley, and clint watts, now an msnbc national security analyst. so, ken, what are we learning here about the case that the doj laid out in this affidavit? lindsey, a couple of pig takeaways. one, the doj saying that there are multiple civilian witnesses whose identities they want to protect in this case. not one single informant or confidential source, but many, many people, and that s why they ve asked for all of those names and identities to be redacted. secondly, we re learning new details about the extent of how classified some of the documents were that were found in the origin 15 boxes that were turned over by the trump folks to the archives in january. and it looks like they are some of the most classified documents you can have in the u.s. gove
where he stood a year ago. if we break out independents for a closer look, 27% of them say the president is doing a good job. that is a 15-point drop in just over a year. analysts say a lot of that decline is likely fueled by voters that are fed up with record high inflation. we have brian brenberg, a hot take for us on the new numbers. first, we go to karl rove, former deputy chief of staff to george w. bush and a fox news contributor. good afternoon, karl. we re now by my count i m not very good at math four months from the mid-terms. republicans hold a three-point edge over democrats what odds do you give that holding? pretty much things get baked into the cake in june and july. that s where they are when you come around to voting in october and november of a mid-term. so it s baked in. what is amazing is how badly the president is doing on major issues. these are his disapproval numbers on major issues. biggest issue obviously inflation and the economy. 73% disappro
events on his schedule. the president is trying to change the debate to climate change. jared bernstein alluded to the fact that there could be climate change executive orders coming. listen to this. the president will aggressively fight to attack climate change because he knows it s one of the reasons that he s here and it is absolutely core to transitioning from where we are to where we need to be. saying it could not come up with a plan, which is why the reason might take the step. when arriving back at the white house from his trip to the middle east, the president alluded to the fact that we might have to wait a few more weeks to see if inflation comes back down. he does not plan to change his policy at all. a new fox news poll shows 38% of voter as prove of the president s energy performance. 25% of people say that they approve of the president s performance on inflation. 3/4 disapprove the president s top energy adviser told me in israel the current policies are wo
swore to support and defend the constitution and, quote, administer justice. all the members of the court, i m pleased to welcome justice jackson to the court and to our common calling. cnn supreme court reporter ariane devogue is with us now. good to see you. before the swearing in, we saw two big decisions from the court. now, let s start on the decision, curbing the epa s powers to fight climate change. what s the impact? right. this was a significant opinion. basically saying, curbing the epa s authority here when it comes to power plants. it was broken down along ideological lines. chief justice john roberts delivering this big blow to president biden, and it comes, of course, as scientists are raising alarms about global warming. what chief justice roberts did is he reversed a lower court that had given the epa broad authority to regulate in this area, so to regulate the entire grid instead of specific improvements at specific power plants, but roberts said, look,
these are live pictures from atlanta s jackson airport where you can see long security lines already forming this morning. we re tracking hundreds of delays and cancellations at airports across the country. where we re seeing those slowdowns and where the weather could impact your travel plans right now on new day. we re so grateful that you re starting your holiday weekend with us. it is saturday, july 2nd, just two sleeps away from fireworks and hot dogs and all the good stuff. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning, kristen. good morning, boris. yeah, just two days away if you can get there as you look at all of these major travel disruptions that we re seeing this morning at airports across the united states. they re threatening to spoil the holiday for millions of americans. airports being put to the test as the number of people traveling by plane this fourth of july weekend climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. but staffing issues, cancellations and su