year s eve celebrations around the world. and, donald trump s legal life. a special counsel launches a new attack on trump s immunity defense while the former presidents legal team gears up to keep his name on the primary ballot in several states. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin today in maine where police are investigating a incident at the home of its secretary of state. the fake emergency call to the home of shana bellows coming after her decision to disqualify donald trump from that states primary ballot. fellas is telling msnbc that she is receiving nonstop threats of violence. i also want to call out the dehumanizing images that have been placed online of me. the threatening communications to people in my family, and to my staff. people who work for. me i is designed to instill fear, and to provoke silence, to keep people from speaking out. to send a message. that is
you re live in cnn newsroom from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy s whip team have been summoned to the speaker s suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. priscilla alvarez is up on the hill. manu raju, what are you learning about the negotiations? are they headed in the right direction? it is unclear. we do know they are close to reaching an agreement. they have been close for some time. there are a number of sticking points. they are having a difficult time resolving including spending to provisions to e
tomorrow s huge vote. their question, where is the clinical data to back this up? one of them, our own dr. nicole saphier who warns i will be watching. she is here live to break down what families need to know. all new at 2:00. begin with the fox news alert. sandra: the top republican in the house kevin mccarthy doubling down on comments suggesting if republicans win the house they could pump the brakes on free flowing aid to ukraine. i think ukraine is very important. i support making sure we move forward to defeat russia in that program. but there should be no blank check on anything. we are $31 trillion in debt. john: analysts are already sounding the alarm, warning any break or slowdown in aid would alter the course of the war at a time when ukraine is making advances on the ground and putin seems to be backed into a corner. nearly nine months since he invaded ukraine. general jack keane s response to that and trey yingst with a report what that would mean on the
senior economic advisor jared bernstein denies any hypocrisy, though. there is no both way thinking at all. it was putin s fault. when they are coming down he gets the credit. i think what s happening here is a president working tirelessly to address the largest constraint, probably the toughest constraint facing american households right now. we re showing you here today some real results partially partially derive from concrete efforts he has taken. harris: the national gas price average is still up by more than $2 a gallon rising since biden took office, long before the war in ukraine. only last month it hit $5 for the very first time ever. critically for biden, voters remember. a new survey has biden s approval on the economy at 30%, his lowest yet. lower than trump or obama ever saw. the president has said american families are doing just fine. that same poll shows them spending less money on entertainment, gas, groceries and using credit cards more often. stev
jurassic world held onto the top spot. new day continues right now. i m brianna keilar with john berman. chaos in the sky as airlines cancel thousands of flights over the weekend. is this the new normal? a member of the january 6th committee says subpoenaing former president myself expense a majority. house majority whip jim clyburn joins us. what he says about joe biden s bid for re-election and how information on how russia could take advantage of u.s. division during the midterms. morning viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, june 20th. i m brianna keilar in washington with john berman in new york. it s shaping up to be another harrowing day at u.s. airports. more than 900 flights were canceled sunday across the country. since thursday, there have been more than 4,000 flight cancellations and another 1,600 flights already canceled today. the airlines are blaming weather problems and ongoing staffing shortages. in particular, shortage of