views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
procedure. get this, not states have abortion bans have already gone into effect. and that represents 7.2 million women of reproductive age who just saw their autonomy erased, yesterday on friday. if you had taxes, which is we already operating under a total ban, that makes another 7 million. that is 14 million fellow american woman, who have been deemed by the supreme court that s they aren t equal citizens anymore. who their autonomy and their decisions about their future have been erased. altogether, 26 states are likely to ban abortion care in the coming days and months. according to the guttmacher institute, with just a research and policy organization that advocates reproductive rights. this court decision sets us back 50 years, and americans across the country are moving forward in protest. demonstrations began just hours after the supreme court decision dropped, and they are expected to continue today. nbc s jessi hart is tracking those developments for us, from manha
a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says those text messages were erased after, after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased as part of a device replacement program. it is important to note that the messages were erased only after they had been requested by the inspector general. and the inspector general also points out in this letter that her office has been repeatedly rebuffed while trying to obtain these records. a spokesman for the secret service responded to the release of this letter tonight, saying we take strong issue with these categorically false claims and he will be responding in detail shortly. well, it s been two and a half hours since that tweet and we have not seen a more full statement now from the secret service. you will recall that the secret servic
seeing cases in the u.s. plus, the u.s. is condemning russia s attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa, just one day after a deal was struck to get vital grain shipments moving again. we re live in ukraine. new day starts right now. hello, everyone. it is sunday, july 24th. thanks so much for waking up with us. it is nice to be with you again alex. it is early, but being with you makes it just that much easier. that just put a big smile on my face. thanks for that. we have a lot of news to get to, we start with the brutal heat wave baking many parts of the u.s., showing no signs of letting up today. right now, more than 90 million americans are under excessive heat warning, and advisories. high humidity mixed with sweltering temperatures are pushing some heat indexes into the triple digits. the national weather service warns it will feel extremely oppressive. philadelphia could see its hottest day in more than a decade, and boston is forecast to possibly break a
Allegations. Now, i wont even introduce myself by my name anymore. I get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the Grocery Store who says my name. Im worried about who is listening. I get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. Im always concerned of who is around me. Ive lost my name, and ive lost my reputation. Ive lost my sense of security. A lot of threats, wishing death upon me. Telling me that, you know, im ill be in jail with my mother. Saying things like, be glad its 2020 and not 1920. Were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature . A lot of them were racist. A lot of them were hateful. Giuliani conceded in a court filing last month hed made false statements about freeman and moss. He failed to produce any evidence in the Discovery Portion of the case, which led to the judges Defamation Ruling here. Freeman and moss said the ruling brings them one step closer to rebuilding their lives. Spokesperson for giuliani says he has been, quote, wrongly