hello, everyone. as we begin next hour, the next gop contest, it is taking shape. new and familiar republican faces jump into the 2020 war contest, selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating evidence as we get in the classified documents case, and that is just one of trump s legal headaches. also tonight, legislating in action, president biden racks up another big win in washington post by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates as they work to find footing in a to be defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls go to them one at a fund-raiser hopes to by iowa senator, joni irks, noticeably absent, front-runner, donald trump. the chief rival, at least for now, met florida rhonda scent is what he was there. desa
Back from the brink. Democrats bail out House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy from the radical republicans who were intent on shutting down the government. I want to know if this 45day deal to keep the federal government funded is just a temporary mandate for a non fixable wound. Representative becca balint is standing by with her thoughts. Plus, must ctv. Well get to watch one of the for criminal trials of the most indicted former u. S. President in history play out on tv and the internet. But before trump is ready for his closeup, he could be on the Witness Stand in the new York Attorney generals 250 milliondollar fraud trial starting tomorrow. Msnbc legal analyst Glenn Kirschner is also standing by to break down all of the developments like only he can. And later, from jail to yale. How a Higher Education partnership is revolutionizing rehabilitation behind bars. All of that and more is coming up. A good Sunday Morning to you all, im katie phang. We start todays show with a down to the wire
states like florida, with a disaster no inflation rates that we re seeing. we have here in the state of florida, some of the highest inflation rates in the country. we are paying four times more, in property and insurance taxes. desantis campaign, right now, which is already failing, i think it is important for the president to make that contrast every time he goes around. especially in pennsylvania. he s been investing in manufacturing jobs, which are incredibly important. he is investing making significant investments on creating products that are made here in america. i think that s going to bode well for president biden, in pennsylvania, and in the midwest. rick, debbie, as always, thank you both so much for getting us started. up next, shut it down. trump s latest efforts to quash dea fani willis s investigation in georgia. plus, grappling with floods, a disaster declared in vermont. congressman becca balint on her home states road to recovery. next hour, a florida-based
hard. because you still got people like marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert, and other extremists, who aren t interested in governing. but we saw in the compromise that mccarthy made that at least he, on some level, understands the stakes that default was not possible for us, not just for our economy, but for the global economy. so i actually feel surprisingly a little bit hopeful coming out of this. i will take that optimism or i can get. it congressman becca balint, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. i would bring back in david jolly, and jennifer reuben, why did not allowed to leave because, friends, i am very happy to be sitting with you, and talking about how we are going to be playing out in the context of a presidential election thinking about whether not we are going to hit that june 5th default deadline, talking about the economic peril that we could be in. we get to go back to talking about politics. i mean, jennifer, this fits into multiple frames t
some democrats had to hold their nose and shoes compromise over economic demise. congressman becca balint was one of the democrat signed off on the steele, saying in a statement, quote, while there are parts of this bill that i opposed, the alternative of a default is unacceptable and would be devastating to vermonters. with me now, vermont congressman becca moment. congressman, you had your reservations about the steal, you voted, tell me how you got there. i ll tell you i got there. it really crystallized for me on the floor when we were talking about the procedural vote to bring the bill to the floor and that republicans didn t even have the votes to have the rules suspension, to bring the bill to the floor and it was clear that in order for us to get this over the finish line, we as democrats were going to do the work of having to bring it over the finish line, and looking at the numbers, 250,000 vermonters would have been directly impacted by a default. it would impact their ben