here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour, president biden today will sign the debt ceiling bill into law. averting a disastrous default two days before that deadline. the president is using his first oval office address to praise the bipartisan agreement, and stressed its importance. it was critical to reach the agreement. and it s very good news for american people. no one got everything they wanted. the american people got what they needed. we averted an economic crisis, an economic collapse. in this debate, i refused to put what was responsible for all of this progress on the chopping block. i ve never been more optimistic about america s future. brand new details today, reports the special counsel has a recording of donald trump talking about a classified document regarding the new york times says the justice department issued a subpoena for that document, trump lawyer say they can t find. it last night msnbc s are allanburg
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with two major developments both of which could impact the election interference cases against donald trump. first up, we have the supreme court rejecting the special counsel s request for an early review of clumps claims that he should be immune from facing prosecution. a newly discovered recording of trump pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election. we are going to go right now to nbc s erin gilchrist here that the white house fourth. aaron, welcome. what does this mean for trump in the cases against him? alex, to potential impacts. hear this phone call could turn into damning evidence in one of the four cases against trump. now at the same time the supreme court could be just the kind of speed bumps the trump legal team could be looking for. reporter: the setback for government lawyers trying to fast-track the prosecution of former president do
attorney in the investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. he wrote in all caps, the tar and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. his legal team has been p preparing behind the scenes. trump is expected to present himself in manhattan following the formal charges and has expressed interest in making a speech afterwards. a source familiar with the situation says a trump has complained privately he believes he s only going to be indicted because he thinks that bragg, quote, hates him. some of his advisers urged him not to call for pros tests concerned about the ics of a mas protest growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment.
but it s likely to be an uphill battle, the subpoena is set to expire by the end of this congressional session and that s in january. news coming as the white house gets rocked by the last inflation report before novembes still at record highs, not showing any signs of coming down. president biden says america is making progress. today s report shows some progress, overall inflation is 2% over the last three months. that is down from 11% over the prior three months. that s progress. because of my economic plan, we are better positioned than any other major economy in the world to whether the challenges that come through this as a stronger country. if republicans win, inflation will get worse, it s that simple. dana: it s that simple, greg. she we had january 61st? greg: it was a beautiful backdrop, very inspiring for everybody and i think that they should name it to the hunter inflation, because it is always high even when joe claims it isn t. i am so surprised it was u
paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. president biden celebrated his 81st birthday as concern grows among democrats that the incumbent president could lose to donald trump in a 2024 rematch. nbc news survey finds biden trailing the former president in a general election matchup for the first time in that poll as his support among younger voters plummet in what could be a warning sign the key group is peeling away amid the israel/hamas war and doubts about his age. the string of bad polling news for the president. karine jean-pierre says the white house is not worried. no alarm happening behind the scenes and i m not going to comment on everybody who has something to say. our perspective is it is not about age. it is about the president s experience which i would put the president s stamina and wisdom and ability to get this done on behalf of the american people against anyone. paul: let s bring in fox news contributor karl rove. the white house press secretary can