imminent? i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. after weeks of high stick negotiations, the united states is back from the brink. in just a few hours, president biden is expected to sign the bipartisan budget agreement into law. less than 48 hours after he cleared the senate with a final vote of 63 to 36. just last night, the president abused his first ever oval office address to take it well deserved victory lap, delivering a 12-minute speech flame throwing to champion the bipartisanship that got the deal done, including commanding republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, for his role in negotiating the bill that averted financial disaster. still, the debt ceiling has global creditors on edge. see nbc reported yesterday, the nations aaa credit rating will remain on negative watch by providence agencies like fish, when they consider the full implications and overall outlook of the united states. 31 trillion dollar debt. but, to silver linings appeared yesterday
chris christie on stage. somehow by hook or by crook. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news. the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel jack smith s ongoing investigations into trump s mishanding of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin who served on the january 6th committee, but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you have probably seen a picture of trump s florida resort. now, mar-a-lago is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land. it has more than 50 bedrooms, and has all the hallmarks of luxury, all the fancy stuff, italian stone and spanish tile, and lots of marble and gold plated fixtures and expense was rugs and also has a golf cour
this is a disgrace that they are looking at this stuff. there was nothing done wrong, nothing whatsoever. new reporting from the washington post details a widening investigation in fulton county, georgia, into alleged election interference by mr. trump, broadening into other states and washington, d.c. this hour, ron desantis wraps up his first campaign tour of the early states in south carolina today, after trading political jabs with donald trump on the campaign trail. when i heard desanctimonious talk about eight years we can turn this around so quickly. anyone that tells you i will be done in one day or six months, you know, they are selling you a bill of goods. president biden prepares for his first oval office address tonight after the senate worked through the night and overcomes legislative hurdles to pass the debt ceiling bill and get it to his desk, delivering a bit political win for the president and speaker mccarthy. good day. i m andrea mitchell i
tonight on all in. i have the right to take stuff, i have the right to look at stuff. the ex president caught on tape bragging about classified documents. tonight, the increasingly strong case against trump and the timeline of the investigation. then, as his lawyers lineup to defend him. if you have the authority to declassify you are not there is new trouble on team trump. plus, how joe manchin s pet pipeline project just got expedited from the debt bill. the president s former chief of staff on that deal in the latest mcgovern from republicans trying to investigate joe biden. let s put it this way that there, there s accusations. it s not for me to make a judgment about one of these accusations if they are accurate or not. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. the evidence is piling up in the special counsel s investigation into trump s mishandling of classified documents and the subsequent attempt to obstruct every inquiry
room one day before a doj official came for the classified documents. the worker was reportedly helping trump val l.a. matt nauda move the boxes but didn t know what was inside of them. nbc has yet to confirm that account. it comes on the heels of a similar the washington post report which says workers allegedly carried out a, quote, dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers his office received a may 2022 subpoena. and more shocking details from that report reveal trump showed those classified documents to other people. quote, prosecutors have gathered evidence that trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others. trump has insisted he s done no wrong. i have every right to under the presidential records act. you have the presidential records act. i was there and i took what i took and it gets declassified. i took the documents i m allowed to. but reports indicate special counsel jack smith