let s take a look at the week s top stories. we re following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 audio recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. the existence of the recording undercuts trump s primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trump s golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, margot martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trump s conversations with authors to make sure they re accurately recounting his remarks. so really,
they vote on it. that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking, just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are balking at the agreement. conservative members of congress in both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum a passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said. i want to bring in jen psaki, former white house press secretary, and host of inside with jen psaki, here on msnbc. she joins us by phone now. jim, what an evening. hi michael. hey, how are you. welcome, thank you so much. i m great. these deals are always saturday night. i know right? this is what we do. the white house has to be, i think at this moment, not pleased, but very comfortable. relieved. yeah, relieved with what they are. can you give us a sense of what you re hearing from your white house sources, and help frame for our audience how they sh
another embarrassing vote on the horizon, the speaker may take some solace in the fact that you can count on the support of at least one man, donald trump. here he was yesterday, expressing his gratitude for the disgraced ex president. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me for the beginning, somebody wrote the before he was there and he was all in. he would call me and he would call others. and he really was i, was just talking to him tonight, helping get those final votes. so during the four-day speakership spectacle that we just witnessed, trump lobbied hard for the man he once referred to as quote, my kevin. trump worked the phones, attempting to get members of his maga base behind mccarthy. in fact here you can see marjorie taylor greene during one of those votes trying to pass the phone to congressman matt rosendale. the screen shows the initials d t in green later confirmed trump was in fact o
the country s election results. does that sound familiar? we will break it down for you. the week leading the week, kevin mccarthy in donald trump s influence have bottomed out. congressman dan goldman is here to discuss this three ring circus that was the republican house speakership vote this week. plus, president biden has just landed in mexico city after the trip to the u.s. mexico border in texas. i will discuss his immigration policies with our sunday night panel. i m ayman mohyeldin let s get started! kevin mccarthy is officially speaker of the house, but what does he have to show for it? the california republicans quest for the coveted gavel has come as a steep cost. a new rules package schedule to a vote tomorrow includes a measure that will allow a single member to allow a motion to vacate the speakership. it also makes it harder for the lawmakers to raise spending, taxes, and the debt limit. if it does pass mccarthy will take office as the weakest speaker in
one of those position you give to elderly men who campaigned from the basement. if you want to be the guy secon in line you have to work for it. kevin mccarthy has worked for this week, in matter what you think of him becoming you get the feeling he would crawl nake through sewer to get this gig. if you take a deep breath and you think about it for a second nothing we have seen in washington recently is none of it qualifies is especially unusual or even bad, this is what democracy looks like when you get up close, i want one thing, i want another thing you schedule a vote to see who gets it or in this case, votes, but how is that disaster? it s not a disaster it s how that system is supposed to work very don t tell that moron community that. they re too overwrought to hear you, watch. and epic fail in stunning humiliation for kevin mccarthy who took the need for donald trump than gave away the store to the frame of his party. you can construct the elements with extremism,