good morning. it is saturday, july 30th. i m michael steele in for my friend ali velshi. the january six select committee s historic public hearings may be done for the short term. but, the investigation into the insurrection continues on multiple fronts. the two former senior officials at the center of the latest leaked controversial chad wulf, and former beauty secretary, ken cuccinelli, has responded to a report in the washington post but their text messages leading him to january 6th and vanished. by saying, they did not do it. both former officials took to twitter to blame the former department they worked for, dhs, for the missing text. with wolf adding, quote, dhs has all my texts, emails, phone logs, and schedules. speaking of wolf, the ap report of the select committee has reached out to him could potentially appear. as an act of talks are looking to bring in another high-ranking trump official, including the former director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe
violent actions. you ll also hear from stephen ayres who was directly influenced by president trump s tweet to travel to washington for a day he said would be wild. and there is immense pressure on the committee today in what could be a put up or shut up moment to prove to the nation that there is a direct link between former president donald trump and those extremists responsible for the chaos at the capitol. there s a lot of expectation on new video clips of former white house counsel pat cipollone from his nearly eight-hour deposition last week. what did he tell the committee about what he advised the president on and around january 6th, and what did he corroborate from the testimony of others, specifically cassidy hutchinson. ladies, listen, just to get us up to speed on what we have seen so far, there s been a number of hearings, a number of weeks between them, just to catch us all up. remember the first one started with him knowing that he lost, being told that he los
taken over by drag races, drifters, critics are slamming the soft on crime approach. in chicago, kevin graham, and louisiana senator bill cassidy, both will be joining us in moments. john: begin with the fox news alert to kick off america reports. former president trump s legal team set to square off in court moments from now. both parties awaiting to hear whether a special master will be granted to review documents seized in the mar-a-lago raid. that court hearing scheduled to happen right now. hello, john roberts in washington. going to beat you to it, sandra. happy friday eve. sandra: and great to be with you. sandra smith in new york. trump s legal team slammed the doj for opposing a third party review. john: the department says trump has no standing, claiming the records belong to the government and review has already been completed. jonathan turley standing by with his learned analysis moments away, but begin with david spunt in west palm beach outside the court
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
misdirection or ignorance when it comes to inflation. charles payne weighs in. sandra: america reports with new details from the police just out in the last few minutes on the suspect arrested in the disturbing and deadly shooting that rocked a small north shore chicago suburb celebrating the 4th of july. i m sandra smith. police say robert crimo, iii, attacked his parade route, and he dressed in women s clothing to escape after the shooting. sandra: the gunman firing more than 70 rounds with adults and children running for their lives, when they realized what they were hearing was not fireworks. we will be joined with more in a moment. sandra: grady is live in highland park, illinois, and vigils announced as well by the mayor of the small town. what s the latest, grady? shocking developments from the press conference just a few moments ago. i want to go kind of line by line, officials said it started several weeks ago when the suspected gunman started planning