reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing the former president in the classified documents investigation. meanwhile, another republican senator is saying that the former president cannot win the 2024 election. we will have those comments and what they mean. it comes as the republican field in the race for the white house is about to add another name. plus, the naacp calls out florida governor ron desantis, we will have more on the organization s warning. also ahead, we will recap president biden s trip to japan for the g7 summit which included a meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and preview his meeting today at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy as both sides are trying to find a compromise that would avoid a default on the country s debt. with us we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us, also with us
thank you alex! have a great show. thank you. well this is the breaking news that i m holding in my hands. this is a letter from donald trump s attorneys to attorney general merrick garland. the letter to the attorney general says, we represent donald j trump, 45th president of the united states in the investigation currently being conducted by the special counsel s office. they go on to propaganda rise about hunter biden which acquires makes no sense. and then they say what the letter is about in the final sentence of there s a very short letter. we request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors. thank you for your attention to this matter. so there it is tonight, the trump lawyers asking merrick garland, attorney general of the united states for a meeting about special counsel jack smith s criminal investigations of donald trump which of course includes the documents
, . . a candidates age and camp competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it. i expect them to take a hard look at it, i take a hard look at it as well. i took a hard look at it before i started to run. i feel good, i feel excited about the prospects. but there are other truths that must be considered. as i wrote in the times, headlines and polls don t just measure and reflect public sentiments. they also influenced public sentiment. the persistence of a theme elevates and validates that theme. it s true that if he is reelected biden would be the oldest president we ve ever had. but he is already the oldest president we ve already had the first time he was elected. so what has changed? i would argue that the biggest
another act of violence targeting a member of congress. two people in virginia, in democrat jerry connolly s district office, are attacked by a man with a metal baseball bat. this is a gentleman with a long history of mental illness. he has been engaged in bizarre behavior in the past, including violent. he decided today for whatever reason to come to us and inflict more of the same. a trump justice department special prosecutor investigating the fbi over the russia investigation for bias issues. his report after four years. not recommending any indictments. i will speak to andrew weismann about the results. mike pence and florida governor ron desantis making big moves ahead of expected announcements to take on donald trump. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. this afternoon, the second big showdown between president biden and house speaker mccarthy over the debt ceiling. a critical moment says the treasury secretary, as the president is about to leave for a
one-on-one with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators back at the table tonight. the new signals a standstill may be over soon with the u.s. just days from default and the major meeting now set for tomorrow there is no agreement. we re still apart. presidents biden and zelenskyy face to face as ukraine gets new american support. and our correspondent pressing president biden, does his sign-off of f-16 fighter jets to ukraine risk escalating the war deadly stampede at a soccer stadium. a dozen people killed. nearly a hundred hurt. the terrifying videos as fans run for their lives. the suspect charged with manslaughter after that subway chokehold now speaking out for the first time why he says he d do it again. the idaho murder suspect set to be arraigned tomorrow and we have new nbc news reporting. did he break into another female student s apartment before the murders? and liftoff. late today a private company launching paying tourists into space, and the woman on