people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i
prosecution and district attorney alvin bragg to answer questions immediately. we want to talk to you and know what is going on and the communications that have taken place between federal justice department and your attorney office in manhattan. remember the justice department did not bring this case. they were not going to do this until mr. alvin bragg came along and that to me as a real concern here. be when brooke singman has more on exclusive reporting on this story, brooke, take it away. good morning, todd and ashley fox news says different branches of law enforcement discuss the logistics and closing down and putting lights up with generators, extra barriers and extra police and president trump s possible arraignment. we don t expect that to happen today as the grand jury has another witness to hear from tomorrow. yesterday they heard from robert costello who served as a legal advisor to trump s former lawyer michael cohen. set before the grand jury two hours te
you will see more and more lethal weapons going from china into russia. this is a red line, if this happens. you can t bifurcate them, they are joined at the hip and it extends to iran and north korea. todd: alexandria hoff live from washington with more. alexandria: the two spoke for four and a half hours yesterday over a six-course meal and president putin admitted russia envies china. china has made colossal leap ahead and it is causing interest around the world, we even feel a bit envious. we will discuss initiatives and cooperation in the international arena strengthen the global order. president xi told putin under your strong leadership russia has made great strayeds in prosperous development. russia said it is open to hearing how to settle the war in ukraine. according to the white house, china has not provided lethal aid to russia off the table and john kirby adds any peace proposal would only favor russia. we hope president xi will press president putin to c
signing the covid-19 origin act. accountability we will have to wait for. more than 400,000 children in the country s second largest school district. attending class 40,000 elmly nos. bus drivers are set picketing. kids and ultimately feel they are being left behind. she gets it. mcneil with the ball takes it. number one goes down and knocks off indiana on their home court baby, there ain t no mountain high enough ain t no valley low enough ain t no river wide enough good morning on this first full day of spring, officially started yesterday late afternoon. you are looking live there at a shot of washington, d.c. where this week will be the peak week for the beautiful cherry blossoms. looking forward to that not looking forward to the allergies maybe that will be coming along with it. but spring has sprung. and the flowers are beautiful. we will see. steve: right there along the titled basin. avoid the traffic in that area. it is terrible. katie: take