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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 biden's speech today? he's trying to link our nations troubled past to the fight for democracy and january 6th. >>...

With that, let's 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 throw offensive in the mix as well. you know what is even more offensive? when you look at the fir...

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. >> we've seen people, including ruby freeman and shaye moss also testified about exactly as they did not have the january six committee about the i...

Of the many legal proceedings the former president finds himself subjected to. trump is potentially facing seven trials before next year's 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. there's a lot to govern. let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. pulitzer prize winning journalist philip rucker, he is the next national editor for the was...

Electoral count act does not give the vice president the ability to change the outcome of an election. we've said it before, we will say it again. president -- former president trump's woeful ignorance proves nothing. with that let's 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 federal prosecutor in former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. barbara, i want to sta...