plus on to the senate now for a big bipartisan breakthrough. a month scramble of meetings, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yes in the house on a deal to steer the united states around a debt default. from wall street to the whout, one of the most powerful men in corporate america doesn t say no to a future in politics. up first for us, critical new cnn report ing on a special counsel investigation evidence trail that we now know includes a record ing of donald trump admitting he kept a classified record when he left the white house. trump right now is on the campaign trail between iowa. a reminder of the unprecedented place we find ourselves. a state investigation sb n georgia and two tracks of the federal special counsel investigation. and yet, he is at the same time the front runner for the 2024
just sick. it has no, no social redeeming value. just profit for the manufacturers. can you do anything about the gun laws in the lame duck? i will try to get rid of assault weapons. joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent kelly o donnell with the president in nantucket. charlie sykes at the bull work. donna edwards and harry litman. good to have you here. kelly, the president little vague beyond saying he would try. has the whout been anymore specific? reporter: they have not. this is a long standing issue for the president and talking at it it draws out emotion and feeling about it. he believes that he was successful in the past and the law banning assault weapons that had a 10-year sunset provision. we go back to this state of
because whout aides said he wanted to give them space to work out, he wanted to let the senators talk amongst themselves really. but today you saw that change, with president biden having one of the top negotiators coming to the oval office and speak to him about this. and the white house says he feels optimistic because he wa was in the senate once, he knows how much work it takes to come anywhere near consensus or compromise or agreement. they say he feels closer than they ve been in decades. but i did ask the white house if there isn t those if there aren t those priorities president biden called for in his evening address in whatever package he eventually gets, if it s just whatever bipartisan deal those senators come to an agreement, should they come to one, is that something president biden would sign? and don, they said they believe any step forward is a step forward. kaitlan collins at the white house. kaitlan, thank you very much. i appreciate that. i want to bring in now
forget. countries selling things in the world. absolutely. look, it s not just also increasing pressure by appealing to the legislature, to congress, you re seeing him to do this publicly, to increase public pressure, right? up until now these recent weeks, there has been i would say mostly praise, when you talk to members of congress, talk to those observing the whout, but from people i have talked to, it s you re almost moving to the next stage. now these countries, including rom romania, meal dova as well, and where anxiety is growing, you are expecting some of these resources to arrive. to the a notice that and nato was hag their support, but they re expecting that to be delivered.
who were part of trump s orbit who brought us to the precipice or whout in the world doing things like working for right-wing think tanks or launch a media career, like alyssa farrah. now, like many in the world of conservatism, particularly conservative media, she is a legacy case. her daddy is the founder of the right-wing conspiracy website world net daily, jokingly referred to back in the day as world nut daily. she is part of the vast right-wing conspiracy that tried to bring down the clintons. to be fair you cannot hold that against her. she s an adult, did her own thing. although she did write for the site as recently as 2014. after two years as mike pence s press secretary she became the white house s communications director and held that job during what was the deadliest year in american history up to that point. you remember that year. we all watched as the president stoked misinformation and fear and talked about injecting bleach and turned americans