today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi
held in new york different from the dominion trial, which was held in delaware, new york tends to move a little bit slower in terms of their legal system, so that could be part of the holdup. but this is going to be a huge case for fox and a lot of us were watching the outcome of the dominion case because it has big implications for how fox is going to litigate the smartmatic case. but another thing to note that that s not the only lawsuit that they face you ll recall they face a lawsuit from one of their former producers. she is suing the company alleging that fox tried to sort of medal with her testimony. pretrial and then in addition to fox, you have a slew of other companies that dominion is actually suing so dominions lawyer yesterday who appeared on cnn, justin nelson said that it s not just fox. they have lost it out against newsmax one american news, rudy giuliani, sidney powell. there s a whole slew of them. and so for the next year or two, we re going to be seeing a
party. and what if he skips it? then he skips it. that s his choice. that was really interesting. i ve never heard her say that public her, had you understanding is that some of the his consultants are urging him to skip the debate. my understanding is there s a conflict within the campaign what donald trump should do. it s obviously up to donald trump what he will do. yes. she s very serious about this debate pledge. i even asked about chris christie, who has said i ll sign the pledge, but i ll be as serious as donald trump was in 2016, which means not serious at all. she said it s your intent. if you re openly saying, yale, i ll sign the pledge, but i don t mean it, she says you won t be on the debate stage. do you remember the whole notion of a loyalty pledge became an issue because of