warning vladimir putin any military action in ukraine will bring a heavy price. we begin right there with the breaking news from the president of the united states. just moments ago trying to quiet international alarm about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. let s get straight to the whose and cnn s jeremy diamond. the president trying to fix his own mistake. reporter: no doubt about it. i was in that meeting with the president. he was supposed to sit down with the team working on the implementation of the infrastructure legislation, but he instead began right off the bat talking about ukraine and making very clear where he stands should russian troops move across the ukranian border. listen. i ve been absolutely clear with president putin. he has no misunderstanding. if any, any assembled russian units move across the ukranian border, that is an invasion, but, you know, it will be met with severe and coordinated economic response. let there be no doubt at all, that
house panel have privately agonized over how aggressive to be in pursuing sitting members of congress, weighing their desire for information about lawmakers direct interactions with former president trump against a potential legal difficulty and political consequences of doing so. now they are wrestling with whether to subpoena mccarthy, the man who is line to be speaking if republicans retake the house this november, setting in motion a process that could potentially lead to a democratic-controlled house holing him in contempt of congress with the midterm elections looming. investigators have rarely encountered such a situation. it is a situation with hefty stakes for their institution and their investigation as well given mccarthy s many conversations and meetings with the expresident, and given that questions are mount being what was said during those interactions. just days after the insurrection, kevin mccarthy told a local california radio host in an interview he proba
serves. watchful. do you think the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump? chris, i ve been very clear from the beginning. if you look at the number of states, they didn t follow the state past laws that govern the election. so you think it was stolen? what i said is there are states that didn t follow their legislatively set rules. last time, i promise. do you think the election was stolen or not? it s not just, states that didn t follow laws set which the constitution says they re supposed to follow. you see states like georgia cleaning up the mess and people calling that jim crow law. that s a flat-out lie. speaking of lies, congressman liz cheney, once the number three republican in the house until she was ousted by him and others in her own party for having the audacity to tell the truth about the results of the 2020 election responded to steve with a crystal clear fact check and a roaring condemnation of that. she tweeted this. millions of americans ha
heads for boundaries of a protective order issued friday by the federal judge presiding over the julk by attacking the special counsel and judge over the weekend. but it was star treatment for the former president at the iowa state fair this weekend. upstaging ron desantis and the rest of the field. plus, hunter biden s attorney s main prosecutor and the plea deal. they say a trial for him could still be avoided as controversy grows over why the attorney general grows. and the overwhelming tragedy in maui has victims furious with the rescue and recovery as the death toll nears 100 in the deadliest wildfire in a century. where were you guys? no. where were you guys to try and get us out, evacuate us? no. we re mad. we re mad. we lost homes, towns. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where former president trump is already testing u.s. district judge protective order against him, lashing out on sunday in a string of social media post, slamming jack smi
georgia where a grand jury meets today to investigate whether trump tried to overturn the election in that state. meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the search for answers after a home explodes near pittsburgh killing five people including a teenager. and a 3-year-old migrant child dies while riding a bus from texas to chicago. it s the first death texas has announced since it started busing thousands of migrants to cities across the country. this morning fulton county, georgia, district attorney willis is expected to begin presenting her case to a grand jury outlining donald trump s alleged efforts to overturn biden s 2020 victory in that state. tomorrow the grand jury will hear from former lieutenant governor jeff duncan and journalist george chidi, both who have been asked to testify. the former president has spent this morning and the weekend slamming the d.a. and her case saying he didn t tamper with the election. joining us now nbc news correspondent blayne alexander who