trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia s efforts. it would later be revealed that trump had demanded loyalty from comey, and repeatedly pressed him to end the investigation into trump s first national security adviser, michael flynn. after he refused to do so, trump fired comey in shocking fashion. in a remarkable oval office meeting the following day, the day after he fired him. trump told russian diplomats that by firing comey, the previous day, quote, i faced a great pressure, because of russia. that is taken off. around the same time, he all but admitted to lester holt that he had fired comey because of the, quote, made-up russia investigation. with comey gone, andy mccabe became the acting fbi writer director. in one of his first actions, the very next day, was to open up a counter intelligence investigation into the president, in his ties to russia out of fears that he too would be fired. and
we have an entirely different show planned for tonight, but the business the former fbi director, james comey and his former deputy, andrew mccabe. both of whom president trump saw as enemies. both of them faced rare, supposedly random, but highly intensive irs audits. you may remember back when then fbi director james comey oversaw the early stages of the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. in the summer of 2016. with questions swirling about those ties, as trump took office, comey dropped a public bombshell in the early days of the trump presidency. i ve been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign, and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between
you covering. you don t with shootings. you never get better at. it it s just the repetition and the same stuff that you feel all the time. that is why people are fed up with. yes, we go through our ritual, our television ritual for this. it has become the single most predictable form of american television in this american way of death. there is nothing else that we can do, if we could think up a better way of doing, it we would. but we have no better idea of how to handle this. well, enjoy your show tonight, i ll be watching. thank you. fani willis speaks, and lindsey graham goes silent. that s a news day that we did not see coming. the normally silent full-time county district attorney fani willis gave an exclusive interview to nbc s, blake alexander. she discussed her grandeur investigation of republican interference in the republican election in georgia. she said that it was possible that donald trump could get hit with a subpoena to testify to that grand jury, jus
house announcing it will send another $360 million in humanitarian assistance to ukraine, as well as 400 million more in military equipment to help slow the russian onslaught in the eastern donbas region. and, to support the people affected by russia s war. while on capitol hill, the january six committee is gearing up for another hearing this tuesday. after securing testimony from a key witness. yesterday, former trump white house counsel pat cipollone, sat down for a marathon seven and a half hour interview before that panel. so joining us right now, nbc s laura barrick in delaware, liz mclaughlin and highland park illinois, and janice mackie flare from tokyo. welcome to you all, more we re gonna start with you here. talk about the abortion protests, but first, what do we know about the january 6th committee s hours long interview with former white house counsel pat cipollone? well, this is something very generous its committee has been waiting months for, to hear that te
one-on-one with a man in the oval office, he may steer clear even if it is legally dubious and they will let time. they ve got a lot to get from him, even without taking on the finer points of the distinction you are very properly racing. okay, harry lippman, always great to find your points my friend. thank you very much. and for all of, you be sure to watch msnbc, we have all day coverage of tuesday s hearings speaking with morning joe at 6 am, then k teacher, andrea mitchell, holly jackson, they ve got it after the hearing. and, if you can t watch during the day you can watch the recap at 8 pm with rachel maddow and her panel of msnbc holes. for all of their keen insights, it is tuesday for you here on msnbc. let s turn now to highland park illinois families are bearing their loved ones falling the july 4th mass shooting. this morning, eduardo vallow became the fourth victim to be laid to rest. families think by to jacqui sometime, steven styles, and nicolas toledo yesterday. last