accountability in this country the american federal government today whatever rules you break or damage you do, problems you cause hate, hurt, harassed, nothing ever happens. you can fail and fail and fail again and you are rewarded , not punished. pandemic, fentanyl, baby formula, afghanistan and inflation now we hear they may not be able to get the election out the door on time because education department is a competent. number one denominator nobody s held accountable. they just keep on trucking. zero accountability because the establishment always looks after its own protecting the ruling class. tonight across the range of the most egregious violations we will lay out the accountability and will be joined by the one person in america to deliver the accountability right now james, who is about ready to be the investigation and prosecution and impeachment. all of it must be on the table. christopher wray, director of the fbi to criticize the rate on the former president s
greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. he blames candidate quality. but who s to blame for that? we re going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the party s escalating rhetoric. we re going to start, though, with that affidavit and the doj s investigation. joining me right now, nbc news correspondent sam brock in west palm beach, florida. nbc s julia ainsley in washington. also with me is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, and harry litman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds podcast. thank you all for being with me. sam, first, we want to go to you. the government has until thursday to submit the redactions it wants to this affidavit. what will this process look like and what else did the judge say? re
that historically thinking would mean democrats is should lose the house in november. there have been only three exception since the 1930s. 1934 after fdr passed the new deal, 1998 after republicans overdid the lewinsky scandal and 2002 in the aftermath of 9/11, which makes this moment so, so, so interesting because we could be in for another exception to that rule, at least partially. while holding the house is still going to be tough for the democrats, the senate suddenly looks a lot better and it is not just democratic spin. here was republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. i think there s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. senate races are just different. they re statewide. candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. quote, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome. he did not mention names but our friend at punch bowl news say it is an implied dig at former president donald trump who played a key role i
with ukraine s president zelensky and turkey s recep tayyip erdogan. leeds university has expressed dismay after one of its phd students was jailed for 3h years after tweets criticising the regime. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. around 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements the overall pass rate is 92%. our education corres
else might still be missing. the government says it found more than 40 folders with classified markings that were empty and roughly as many folders labeled return to staff. secretary slash military aid that were also empty. now, it could just be the contentf those folders were found elsewhere, and it could be those folders were packed up in the mad dash to move last year. we don t know. we do know that the justice department says it is still engaged in an active criminal investigation, so maybe we ll find out. and as we wait for the judge to decide on a special master let us understand what we can from this new inventory list. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley and clint watts who s personally executed search warrants, collected evidence on the scene. and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. all right, we re still waiting on judge canon and i want to get your sense where court went yesterday and how she might be leaning. first le