border measure, blasted by trump. new york governor kathy hochul joins me live, to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state. and, about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and, dynamic duo. my conversation with the actors who betrayed dr. martin luther king junior and malcolm x, in a new series that gives fresh insight into the civil rights icons, and their lives. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. we begin tonight with the tale of two candidates and the court system. president biden was dealt both a legal win, and a political blow by the special counsel s classified documents investigation. special counsel robert hur, a republican, declined to file charges against biden, but accused him of memory lapses and, quote, willful willfully disclosing government secrets. top democrats have slammed special counsel hers report, especially his description of biden as a, quote, elderly man with a poor memory. vi
secretary of state, some of it heard on the infamous phone call. so, look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. now, trump is desperate to derail the investigation, because he knows what might be coming. a final decision on criminal charges from the georgia grand jury is expected before the end of the summer. all of this as special counsel jack smith s probe into january 6th is heating up, now faithful trading trump s inner circle, interviewing dozens of witnesses, people like trump s former attorney general, rudy giuliani, mark maddows and former vice president mike pence, who was one of the targets of the violent mob at the capitol that day. growing list of witnesses including hope hicks, and his son-in-law jared kushner, who were reportedly asked pointed questions about trump s criminal intent. they also spoke to the january 6th committee. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resig
into the official record what so many democratic voters have been complaining about publicly, and so many movers and shakers have been worried about privately. the president is not as sharp as he used to be. but the question for them is how is that worse than the alternative. another senior citizen who has serious memory and confusion problems and also facing 91 criminal counts for trying to overturn an election, hiding and endangering extremely sensitive national secrets, including information about our nuclear arsenal. a man found liable for fraud, defamation, and sexual assault, let me repeat that. a man who a jury found sexually assaulted a woman. listen, i get it if you want to tune out and talk about super bowl snacks. nachos sound great, especially if you add crab on top. as americans, we don t have the luxury of tuning out. there s too much at stake. join me as we try to understand the playing field. monica alba, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dil
christian will discuss what these developments could mean for both men. rare, working weekend. the senate is in session trying to pass the far-right bill, after republicans kill that bipartisan border measure blasted by trump. new york governor, kathy hochul, joins me live to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state, and about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and dynamic dual, my conversation with the actress that portrayed martin luther king junior, and malcolm x, in a new series that gives special insight in the civil icons, and their lives. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show! we begin tonight with a tale of two candidates in the court system. president biden was dealt both a legal when, and a political blow by the special counsel s classified documents investigation. special counsel, robert hur, a republicans, declined to file charges against biden, but accused him of memory lap
on midair scares that grounded the boeing 737 max 9s. and later, millions still under flood alerts, los angeles one of the many cities under water as a record-breaking system drenches california. thanks for being with us. a lot to get to. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill where we expect to hear soon from the speaker of the house. he s set to take reporters questions as republicans plan to move forward today with a vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. they allege he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors by failing to secure the border. it is unclear whether republicans actually have the votes to succeed. all this comes as gop divisions threaten to sink that new bipartisan border bill. nbc s julie tsirkin is joining us from capitol hill. we ll see the speaker any minute now. what should we expect to hear from him on this impeachment vote we know house republicans have just a razor thin