by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now
hey, everybody, we are following big breaking news this hour. president biden set to speak next hour after the supreme court strikes down his student loan forgiveness plan. a decision with consequences for 43 million americans. we are live at the white house coming up. plus, what today s decision means for the economy long term, as millions of borrowers start making payments again. that means less money for everything else. also healed this hour for us, a frightening arrest near the home of former president barack obama, a january 6th rioter caught with weapons and materials to make explosives. and france and fury, over 40,000 police officers fanned out and hundreds arrested as violent protests continue after a teen was shot dead by officers. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments, and they are joining us now. we begin with nbc s monica alba, outside the white house for us. monica, what is president biden s reaction to the court s decision on the student
they made it within 125 mistlesf moscow. the kremlin announced the war lord could leave for belarus allegedly without penalty for mercenaries taking hold of a critical russian city. they were going to dismantle pnc wagner which came out on the 23rd of june to the march of justice. in day we walked nearly 200 kilometers away from moscow. in this time we did not spill a single drop of blood. now the moment has come when blood may spill. that s why understanding the responsibility for spilling russian blood, we are turning back our convoys and going back to field camps according to our plan. reporter: according to a spokesperson for secretary of state antony blinken, support by the united states for ukraine will not change. the united states will stay in close coordination with ukraine as this situation develops. and russian officials offer this, we warn the western countries against any hint of the possible use of the domestic russian situation to achieve their russia phobi
20 minutes joined by a friend of one of those people trapped in the vessel but we have a lot of news out of d.c. this morning. let s get to this. hunter biden is set to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges related to his tax filings. brian: many are calling his agreement a sweetheart deal that s why we put it in bold in the prompter. drop his felony drug charge after two years of probation. house republicans say they won t stop their investigations. ainsley: lucas tomlinson joins us. good morning. the chairman of the house oversight committee says he wants to see transparency. he says he s not getting it. unfortunately, we saw a lot of redactions in these documents. i would estimate that 55 to 60% of the two documents were redacted. it s just a complete waste of my time. it s another example of the fbi stalling, stonewalling, doing everything they can to obstruct the house oversight committee s credible investigation of biden bribery. bill barr says the justice d
it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes it s important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbc s justice and intelligence correspondent, ken delanen, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst, and u.s. former attorney and law professor at the university of michigan. walk us through this deal and the charges. good morning, josé. so hunter biden is agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes in 2016 and 2018. we know he paid back more than a million dollars, or paid a tax bill of more than a million dollars last year as part of the effort to resolve this case, and those