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imminent? im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. after weeks of high stick negotiations, the united states is back from the brink. in just a few hours, president biden is expected to sign the bipartisan budget agreement into law. less than 48 hours after he cleared the senate with a final vote of 63 to 36. just last night, the president abused his first ever oval office address to take it well deserved victory lap, delivering a 12-minute speech -- flame throwing to champion t...

possible accountability for donald trump. nbc has exclusively learned the grand jury examining trumps handling of classified documents will reconvene this week. nbc writes the jury will be concerned considering, quote, to central legal questions. one, did trump wrongfully retain classified documents after he left the white house? and two, did he lay her obstruct the governments efforts to retrieve them? prosecutors have already played a tape of trump discussing highly sensitive militar...

that enough would vote yes, but are they sure? >> house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. >> this caucus will remain unified with the president and most importantly with the american people in this fight. >> house democrats stand poised to help, stand poised to be the adults in the room, and we will ensure that we put this crisis behind us. >> we have two house lawmakers starting us off today. a republican in mccarthys inner circle a...

andrea mitchell picks up with news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the debt ceiling legislation clears the house with a bipartisan vote. a showdown in the senate starting today. a handful of senators in both parties demanding amendments that could delay final passage past mondays default did the line unless leaders can win agreement to overcome their objections. >> time is a luxury the senate does not have. if we want to prevent default. any needless delay or last-...

to the 2020 election. coming up, what it tells us and what it could mean for donald trump. and at this hour, a message from residents of east palestine, ohio, to federal, state, and local officials. do your jobs because we are scared and were worried. just a short time ago, the head of the epa arrived at the site of that toxic train derailment, but he shouldnt expect a warm welcome after residents spent hours last night laying into officials who insist the air and water are safe, des...

gun at three different shootings at atlanta area spas. lets bring in kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny in atlanta. jeff, first to you. what do we know about the meeting that the president and vice president are in right now? >> reporter: we know president biden and vice president harris have been meeting for more than an hour with seven community members including five state leaders here in georgia. theyre in the building behind me here on the campus of emeory univ university. its runnin...

declaring that science is back after another epic clash over covid restrictions on when we can finally get back to normal. senator rand paul and dr. anthony vouching feuding it from americans need to continue wearing masks after getting vaccinated. >> youve been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show. you cant get it again, there is virtually a 0% chance are going to get it and youre telling people that have had the vaccine and have immunity, you are defying everything ...

The lutent governor of georgia now saying i dont think hes going to be the nominee. his announcement was a dud. >> his kickoff speech was pretty muted and for somebody who once upon a time used this line about jeb bush, i dare stay low energy, because he was reading off the teleprompter and not talking about things he wants to talk about, which is still the 2020 election. thats not what most republicans are focused on. i think two things can be true at once. dave is correct that trump remains th...

Answer about social workers and the need for parents to get help raising their children in their home. and we all laughed about the record player, but he was really saying something that puzzled a lot of people on the policy. so there are these two competing aspects of his candidacy that makes it unclear to know if he can really value ggalvanize the community to come out and vote the way they need to. >> and im curious how the white house is looking at all of this given the perceived gaffes and ...

With the liberal justices was the individual mandate which is now gone. >> remember how many people were talking about. around 20 million people could lose insurance. this could come down to partisan lines again. but president trump in the kickoff speech of his campaign pledged to protect pre-existing conditions. watch what happens in court. >> i think the politics of this, errol, i have to imagine the democrats while they dont want people to lose health care plays right into their hands. >> if ...