revolutionary war, but we are. good to be you with. i m katy tur. america has been arguing about it for its existence entirely, the first debt racked up during the revolutionary war in 1776 when george washington borrowed $7 a million, a ton for that time, to pay for it. 247 years, and now $31.4 trillion later, we have hit our self-imposed limit. again, so what does that mean exactly? house republicans are promising a political showdown in washington, and it also means the beginning of what the treasury department calls extraordinary measures to stave off default. we will explain what those measures are and how they re going to impact you. we will also see what the white house has to say, jared bernstein had so much fun with this yesterday, he is back with us today and while the tug of war how to pay the debt dominated the headlines today, the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents after leaving office is just getting started. we ve got new re
and the justice department believes the trump team attempted to obstruct justice. i m not commenting on it because i don t know the details. i ll talk to adam kinzinger of the january 6th committee. the war in ukraine. we are fighting for the future of our children, the future of our country. a stalemate at the front. a nuclear reactor in jeopardy. a mystery murder of a putin ally. six months into the war i ll talk to former nato allied supreme commander and a former u.s. ambassador to russia. return to the moon. this time we are going back. we are going to live there, we re going to learn there. my conversation with bill nelson about u.s. explosion. about u.s. space exploration. join me for analysis. peter alexander will join me. kimberly atkins stohr of the boston globe. and rich lawrie and amna nawaz. welcome to sun. it s meet the press. good sunday morning. when the supreme court released its dobbs abortion decision, republicans cheered the culmina
documents. we ll have the very latest on the redacted copy of the mar-a-lago affidavit and what could be coming from the january 6 committee. plus, is the gop already conceding senate races in two states? what we re learning about the major pact that s pulling millions of dollars in advertising. and we re almost ready for liftoff. we ll be joined by a nasa astronaut ahead of the artemis launch later this morning. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 29th, i m jonathan lemire. glad to be back. thanks for joining us this morning. there s new reaction after a heavily-redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago was unsealed friday afternoon of the 36-page affidavit revealed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. th
have much more money so it is not as much of a hit? exactly. it is because middle class people consume a much larger share of their income than high income people, yes. jared, thank you so much. jared bernstein, we ll have you back tomorrow if you want to come back on. we will make a window for you, because i find these conversations fascinating. not dry at all. appreciate it my friend. thanks so much for coming on. sure. the other thing, we asked whether the white house s obfuscation over president biden s hands ling of classified documents would affect the 2024 ticket. today the white house says no. and nbc news reports the decision will not come until after the state of the union. joining me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell and washington post national reporter and msnbc political contributor, carol leonig. first the reporting from nbc news about when a 2024 announcement might come. certainly there is a lot of speculation about what the
of weather windows next friday and next monday. that s all we have for today. thank you for watching. we will be back next week, because if it s sunday, it s meet the press. it s meet th . i mean the hypocrisy of folks in my party that spent years chanting lock her up, about hillary clinton, because of some deleted emails, or quote-unquote wiping a server, are now out there defending a man who very clearly did not take the national security of the united states to heart and it will be up to d.o.j. whether or not that reaches the level of indictment. but this is disgusting in my mind. illinois congressman adam kinzinger calling out republicans who are defending the former president s hands ling of highly classified