The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f
We made a deal, the highly respected Prime Minister of canada and the president of mexico are satisfied with the deal. Its good for all three. This is good for all three. Thats just that fact makes it good for us. But this is good for all three. But this is a much different deal. Than nafta. This is much or of a reciprocal deal for the United States, which is really good. Yeah, go ahead, peter . Can we move on to kavanagh briefly . No, why dont you just well do the kavanagh questions, you talk about being treated harshly. Lets finish up trade, because you have a lot of people that want to run over to the Wall Street Journal and start writing. Will you take a question from a mexican journalist . A mexican journalist . Go ahead. So youre going to keep the tariffs on mexico and canada . Until such time that we can do Something Different like quotas perhaps, so our industry is protected. Were not going to allow our Steel Industry to disappear. It was almost done, i tell you what, if your c
good morning. i m peter alexander. in today for jose diaz-balart. it is the story that s reverberating across the nation s capital. nbc news confirming the justice department is investigating former president trump s actions as part of the criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. plus inflation nation. the fed is meeting in hours expected to raise interest rates yet again. what it means for the wallet as fears of a recession mount. on capitol hill as we speak senate democrats are running out of time. a marriage equality bill. will enough republicans get on board to pass it? democratic senator hirono will join us to discuss that effort. wildfires, drought, punishing record heat. is this our new reality? this morning i speak with washington governor jay inslee what we need to do right now to combat the climate crisis.
concerns about inflation and joblessness down the road. we appreciate you. great to see you three. appreciate that conversation. next, democrats in congress are sprinting to get the agenda passed before the august recess. one crucial piece is trying to protect same-sex marriage. senator hirono joins us with whether the democrats will get the legislation before resez. you are watching jose diaz-balart reports. e watching fear no food. new poligrip power hold and seal. diaz-balart reports.