why america seems to be responding with an empathic this is american invoices. american democracy s doing undermined by election lies fabricated by don t donald trump and his allies. voters are fed up by those lies. trump is backing several it s not just trump s backing candidates and three other battleground states who falsely claimed trump s won the 2020 election. it s all part of the slow-moving crew to move the future elections. it s a crisis spreading in state legislatures across this country. you re reporting for the new york times reads at least 357 sitting republican legislatures in closely contested battleground states have used the power of their office to discredit or try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. the tally accounts for 44% of the republican legislators in the nine states where the presidential race was most narrowly decided. in an interview with the times, trump acknowledged he is looking for candidates who want state legisla
christi paul. president biden meets with the president of south korea, to strengthen their alliance. back at home, his domestic challenges are mounting. one of them includes the baby formula shortage. we have parents this morning that share their story as they struggle to find a supply for their premature baby. and the january 6th committee zeros in on a gop congressman over a tour he gave of the capital complex the day before the insurrection. plus, a scorcher of a weekend. over 35 million people bracing for record hot temperatures. we re going to break down your forecast and tell you what you can expect. we begin with a crucial overseas trip for president biden. the president in seoul, south korea, on a visit aimed at shoring up u.s. alliances and strengthening economic ties. mr. biden arrived at the state dinner in seoul just moments ago, giving a toast. this is his first trip to asia as president. he met with south korea s newly elected president yoon suk-yeol e
that contradicts republican denials in an ethics complaint about the allegation about the congressman himself. william barr has formally talked to the committee last fall. they want him to speak again, this time under oath. how likely is that? anderson, they have a tentative agreement for him to appear with the committee to do this interview under oath. so, we expect that this is actually going to happen. one of the interesting things with bill barr is he has spoken a little bit publicly doubting the committee and whether it s made too much of a big deal about january 6th. but obviously there s a lot of information the committee believes he has from the period before he left office. keep in mind he left office at the end just before the end of december. so, there s a lot of information he has from the period after the election that he can tell them about. the last time barr spoke with the community, conversation focused on interactions with president trump before and af
donald trump leads pennsylvania republicans, leaves pennsylvania republicans fuming while in georgia, the former president reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this very busy friday, may 20th. i m jonathan lemire. there s still no winner in the pennsylvania republican senate primary this morning with state officials confirming to nbc news that there are nearly 9,000 votes left to count. the effects of former president trump s handling of this race and other primaries in the state are already being felt. and could hurt his political capital in the future. nbc news reports that exacerbated republicans in the state say the end result of promoting candidates with far right views with such intensive media coverage could boomerang in ways that damage both the party and trump s own chances should he run for president again in 2024. officials reporting that trump s endorsement of celebrity tv doctor mehmet oz, now in
6th committee to testify. what we know about that. and burn bits. senators just announced a bipartisan bill to help veterans exposed to the toxic pits that have been linked to cancer. an iraq war veteran explains what this means for those that served. we will, though, start in seoul, the first stop on the president s trip to asia. and white house correspondent carol lee is with us. and i m joined by geoff bennett. this is his first stop. what s he done so far? and talk to me about the need for this government or the desire for this government to try to move away from some of the more integral parts of the economy? move them away from reliance on autocratic governments like china? that was a key message that the president had today, after he arrived in south korea, when he went to the samsung factory, which is a model for a factory that samsung is going to build in texas. that s what the president was emphasizing. he noted the economic alliances are a way to have a check o