at the juneteenth, y all, and happy father s day. i m simone sanders, and i ve got something to say. we re looking ahead to the next january 6th hearings and beyond to the former donald trump s potential prosecution. but before we dive in i have a little bit of a disclaimer. i know some of y all may be frustrated. frustrated at how winding the path to accountability is, and how long it takes to travel it, but even if donald trump is not charged. if he escapes all consequences, these hearings will not have been in vain. this week marks the 50th anniversary of watergate. it seemed like a standard burglary led to the first and only resignation of the u.s. president. richard nixon. but it didn t happen overwrought night, y all. it took years of federal hearings and exhaustive journalism to finally uncover how deep the corruption went. though he resigned, nixon never faced charges. he was actually pardoned by his successor. but thanks to efforts to hold him accountable, history re
Will take. And today marks 100 days until the november election. President trump visited his golf club in new jersey. Its looking more and moore like his Reelection Campaign is struggling politically. Polls in Battle Grounds show trump trailing. Mr. Trump made a big campaign change, replacing his Campaign Manager two weeks ago. Today we canceled his Public Acceptance speech. Florida passed new york with the state with the second most cases in the country. California has the most. Calling off that big celebration came as a surprise to some of his allies and donors. Apparently even his aides did not see it coming. But we begin tonight with the Biden Campaign and some new reporting from nbc news on where it goes from here. The latest National Polls sew biden leading trump. The race is tight in some critical Battle Ground states. An internal memo from the Biden Campaign makes clear that the campaign will increase staffing and tv ad spending after some strong fund raising. Mike joins us now
Here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Heres what is happening. Breaking news. It seems like a new round of negotiations is now underway, trying to put an end to the partial Government Shutdown. Both houses of congress are in session. The shutdown is entering now its 1th hour. Actually, it is not. The senate is in session. The white house gavelled in pardon me. Not the white house. The house gavelled in but then was dismissed. The president said according to his tweet he is going to have lunch in the white house with a quote large Group Concerning Border Security. But an aide to democratic senator Chuck Schumer says the lunch will only be with republicans the Senate Minority leader was not invited to it. We heard him speaking on the senator floor minutes ago. He is not yielding. At midnight last night, roughly 25 of the government shut down because of one person, and one person alone. President trump. We arrived at this moment because President Trump has been on a destructive tw
risked their careers to hold folks accountable for the threat that was placed on our democracy. some of them have lost their offices. their work is important, and will not be forgotten. so joining me now to discuss it all is any lynskey. she s a white house reporter for the wall street journal. elena beverley is also here, she s a former obama white house aide. and jennifer is a former chair of the new hampshire republican party. welcome. on days like today, i want to make sure i have the avengers to break down information. and that is what we ve got. look, i think a lot of the discussion, as i just note, it has centered around referrals may come to the january six committee. i think the referrals are important, they will be historic. but i want to talk about the broader context here. elaina, what do you think about the january six committee s work? how do you think it will be remembered in the context of history, when folks look back at this? i think it s going to be remembered as o
assist migrants. i think that first of all, i am glad to put that on the screen. we found this because we hear a lot of talk about the surge at the border. but not talk about the plans the administration has laid out. elena, i would love to hear from you on how you think the administration because the effectiveness of the communication on this plan. the search is already begun, frankly. they ve been preparing for this for quite awhile, and when the rubber meets the road, they are sending the resources that are needed down to those border communities. as you mentioned, dhs has that plan, but it s executing on that plan. creating additional facilities, making sure there are balancing the need for security with a humane response. but honestly, going forward, we have seen that kevin mccarthy has talked about oversight