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Tonight with the help of our leadoff panel. it is a good one. jon allen is here, senior national politics reporter for nbc news. jason johnson, politics and journalist professor at morgan state university and an msnbc political contributor. and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee, former lieutenant governor of maryland and new host of the msnbc show, the weekend, which kicks off this saturday. jason, i turn to you first. how effective was president bidens speech ...

With that, lets get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. peter baker, zero chief white house correspondent for the new york times. -- pulitzer prize winner for the new york times and former prosecutor -- glenn, did we -- when i heard april 26th, i honestly thought i misheard, it i thought it was a typo, i thought it was april 26 2024, but no, three years from now, what do you think about that? >> steph, the nicest word i could come up with for that request is, absurd. i would probably...

And his allies keep arguing that there are two justice systems in this country. by asking for the special treatment, he is asking for special treatment. he is saying that there are two systems, and he wants to be a part of the goodwin. finally, as we expect to get a charging decision in georgia next week, the atlanta journal-constitution says indictments could focus on efforts to target some of the regular people that are at the heart of this case. >> weve seen people, including ruby freeman and...

Of the many legal proceedings the former president finds himself subjected to. trump is potentially facing seven trials before next years election day. three civil, four criminal. meanwhile, there is also news in the classified documents case. today, judge aileen cannon who is overseeing that case down in florida has asked the justice department to explain its use of a d.c. grand jury in its continuing investigation. theres a lot to govern. lets get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel ton...

Electoral count act does not give the vice president the ability to change the outcome of an election. weve said it before, we will say it again. president -- former president trumps woeful ignorance proves nothing. with that lets get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel and ice promise they have been working overtime. luke broadwater, pulitzer prize -winning congressional reporter for the new york times. kyle cheney, political senior legal affairs reporter. barbara mcquade, veteran federa...

Well be freeman and her daughter sheamus are suing giuliani over those false claims. during the january six hearings, they both testified on how those claims completely shattered their lives. >> i lost my reputation. ive lost my sense of security all because a group of people, starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter, shea, to push their own lies about how the president, the presidential election was stolen. >> i dont do nothing anymore. i don...

Person who voted in 2020 voted for trump, that is still only 158 million. a very important reminder that there is zero credible evidence of widespread voter fraud in that election. so he is saying that he has a giant number that he doesnt, and voter fraud existed, neither of the two are correct. it is not a motion, it is not opinion, that is just math and his mask is wrong. with that, lets get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. kyle cheney is here, political senior affairs repor...

Hackers broke into federal emails systems including, the one at the state department. tonight the washington post is reporting that u.s. officials say hackers breached commerce secretary gina rwandas email account. a cabinet member that got into her email account. a scary. you know, abortion rights groups are headed to court after iowa lawmakers passed a bill to ban abortion after six weeks. the vote took place laced late last night. the republican governor kim reynolds is expected to sign that ...

More vote than his opponent? >> what i knew is that we did not have any votes to find. we continued to look. we investigated, like i share the numbers with you, there were no votes to find. >> can you find 11,000 votes? absolutely cannot find them. tonight, there is also new reporting on jack smiths other big investigation, of course, the one involving donald trump and the classified documents. the government has asked for a december trial. the guardian has reports that complex rules about using...

Before it came out. justice thomas of course has also come under scrutiny for not fully disclosing his relationship with texas billionaire harlan crow. now, the senate judiciary committee is planning to move ahead with ethics reform, to address just this. >> let me state the obvious. there is something ron going on in the supreme court of the united states of america. when we return from the july recess, we will write a markup of the ethics bill in the senate judiciary committee. >> with that, l...