of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the lan
hi, nicolle. i only ask of you one thing, and we make no predictions. i just ask that you don t go on vacation or stay near your phone or facetime and broadcasting abilities, okay? i feel like the whole summer is potentially hazardous for vacation planning. i haven t totally broken this until this moment on live tv to my family but i feel like between jack smith and willis it s dicey. to your family and everyone, we say, that s a little bit of personal breaking news. good to see you, nicolle. have a good show. thank you. our thanks to our colleague nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. while we try to do it all with good spirit, ace mentioned, there is a lot going on. facts and precise aspects of what we know, because we don t know everything and don t know the future. here s something i know, it will be a pretty packed broadcast. donald trump s number one aide during the insurrection in the classified documents handover, chief of staff mark meadows just w
news saturday night. it that magical time of year, fact, drunk and broke for a time to talk about resolutions. revolutions are by and large all lies. sure, well intentioned to get you will abandon and land in the orphanage of end of your promises past real good dreams go to guy but this year in addition to the typical go to the gym more nonsense, we should use collective goodwill to manifest a better reality from our leaders starting with zombie in chief president living in a dream world causing a national nightmare. the little kitty kitty steps. i m happy he didn t follow up then. president first lady and team of propagandists reportedly held urgent west wing media to address taking poll numbers which have the president s approval rating at dismal 37% according to the wall street journal . even lower, a number of 34%. this is not an outlier, this is reality. biden and and trip about economics incredible economic news, inflation dropping and wages going up. it s for the ca
answer. let s get started victory lap, in his first ever over office address, president biden touts a big win on a bipartisan bid to avert a catastrophic debt default. we re live on capitol hill, with the presidents message to both parties, ahead. and campaign chaos. the twice impeached criminally indicted disgraced one term ex president is trying to get his job back. sparred with his florida for ron desantis on the campaign trail by power of political panel is standing by with what voters think of this bickering. e , later, making a splash. one woman who helped buyout more than 100 theaters across the country, so little girls could see an aerial who looks like them. she will join us live. all of this and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we start with a historic win for the country. united states will detect fall on its debt, avoiding a full blown economic meltdown. hours from now, president biden will sign the bipartisan debt limit bill
really sad. that is absolutely heartbreaking. oh, brandi. you need to keep on keeping on. thank you for the work you do, and thanks for coming to talk to us about it. in the meantime, there are a slew of new headlines in the trump classified documents case, along with reports of that new audiotape. the implications of all of this with the author of these stories, our new hour starts right now. a very good day from all of you to msnbc world headquarters in new york, thank you to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with new reaction to the big debt ceiling deal, with president biden having signed it today. his historic first oval office address dominating the front pages of newspapers across the country, highlighting his pronouncement of crisis averted, and his message of unity and bipartisanship i know bipartisanship is hard. and unity is hard. but we can never stop trying, no matter how tough our politics gets, we need to see each other not as adversaries, but as fe