i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack and defend. while donald trump and his allies blast away at special counsel jack smith, one of trump s former attorneys tries to explain away those classified documents. so, if they weren t originals, just copies, does that mean there s no crime? plus, the air in this city today isn t just nasty, it s historically bad. forcing the closure of everything from broadway to the bronx zoo. the thickening blanket of smoke now settling over philly, wilmington and beyond as well. so when is it going to go away? and a truly surprising decision. a pair of conservatives on the supreme court helping deliver a big win for voting rights in the deep south. we ll explain that in just a minute. we begin with federal prosecutors putting to rest any doubt about whether or not donald trump is directly in the special counsel s sights. nbc news has learned that jack smith informed trump s team on monday that their client
one item that made the cut restarting those student loan payments. if they just keep coming back to haunt. does all have all you need to know about the pause ending, and the long term impact that borrowers having to cough up the money again. plus, its pride month and we re talking to chasten buttigieg, his new book i have something to tell you about young of. outside the right-wing campaign to ban lgbtq books and schools and libraries. i m symone d. sanders townsend, and i have something to say. now that the president has signed the debt ceiling bill into law, it s becoming clear just what s in it. and today democrats and republicans are defending how they voted on the bill. now the bill is a far cry from the 843 billion dollars in non-defense discretionary spending initially proposed in the presidents 2024 budget. the steel cap spending at 704 billion dollars. according to the congressional budget office. and now here s an exchange for raising the debt ceiling until
this is the faulkner focus. i am in for harris today. so far no splashy events or speeches since the president announced his re-election bid one month ago and one day ago. his rivals on both sides meantime of the aisle already making moves. the president s low profile may be not hitting with voters. a new fox poll shows only 33% see the commander in chief as a strong leader. our own karl rove says it will be tough to change minds. this guy is in real trouble and do we think he is going to get better, people will see him as a stronger leader? only if there s an international or national crisis in which he acts in a way that goes against the type we developed in our minds of him over the last two and a half, three years. i don t see it happening. the president got more competition this week across the aisle. south carolina senator tim scott and florida governor desantis announcing their 2024 bids as biden slogs along. desantis hitting the ground running. he is having a camp
here he comes straight out of florida a record without a scandal oh, yeah oh, oh when ron launches his campaign if you are feeling blue ron desantis is right on cue [cheers and applause]. greg: [laughing]. that was terrible! i said make it bad. mission accomplished. during an audio stream with elon musk on twitter. there were federal glitches. biden asked any way to hook us up with the glitches in musk dealt with those responsible. you did it. great. greg: it looks like musk. the conversation got going and lasted about an hour. we pause now to listen to all of it. i am running for president. united states. greg: that s enough. not the first time i promised an hour and finished in seconds. [laughing]. greg: i don t know what that means. later ron stopped by to chat with our pal trey goudy despite their differences on what constitutes a good haircut. i think trey doesn t go to a barber. just sticks his head in
director wray is refusing to produce a do you recollect about the big guy himself. the fbi said that releasing confidential source information to james comber could put lives at risk. got to hide it. it s not a classicified document. there is no evidence of any on-going investigation. but the fbi needs to keep the anti-biden allegations top secret. more federal investigation into hunter biden. the high ranking irs investigator is blowing the whistle. multiple steps were slow walked by the department of justice. have you ever encounter that before? no, i have not. deviations from the normal process. they always benefit the subject. i took an oath of office. when i saw these things, it was no longer a choice for me. it s not something i want to did. to do. it s something i have to do pete: the evidence is clear. we have two major scandals. a compromised first family and a corrupt federal government driven by political bias. here is charlie hurt and amanda. comer wan