donald trump defies legal advice one-on-one. the former president with a live speech. he also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the classified indictment. plus, mike pence says he cannot defend trump s conduct while nickki haley is trying to get the answer just right. and dangles a potential pardon. and the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by hard-liners, establishment replicans will run out of what to give away. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, donald trump celebrates his 77th birthday at his golf club. look at the front pages of major papers, usa today, the wall street journal, the washington post, every head line flashes in big bold face type. the indictment is the political story of the moment. trump followed his federal court appearance with a defiant speech, to his team, the politics are clear and winning. but what is also clear, mr. trump is not helping his lawyers every time he
kevin mccarthy. which was part of what was just five minutes ago. yeah, basically, literally, five minutes ago. and as part of that agreement to lift the debt limit. and the white house was stern in its warning yesterday, cress secretary kareem jeanpierre told us, we re doing our part of the deal. and up in now, speaker mccarthy has done a pretty masterful job navigating all of this. but it is, you know, the challenge continues. and the hard days are ahead. and, of course, democrats are i mean, they want to get stuff done, just like the moderate republicans are saying that they want to get things done. jim mcgovern who is not a moderate, he, i think, would describe himself as say proud progressive is a ranking mechanic of the rules committee. he said this to the great carl halls of the the new york times. in what world should 11 most