Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen
Mission, texas. Whats the story where you are there now . John, good afternoon to you. Our viewers might remember the day before title 42 ended back in may, dhs Secretary Mayorkas held a Press Conference at the white house where he promised there would be stiffer consequences for anybody caught crossing the border illegally after the end of title 42. What he had to say back then. I want to be very clear. Our borders are not open. People who cross our border unlawfully and without a legal basis to remain will be promptly processed and removed. Will be promptly removed, he said at the time. Well, that is not reality what we are seeing on the ground here in the Rio Grande Valley, we see mass releases of migrants taking place from the federal government. Our Team Shooting this video, Catholic Charities of Rio Grande Valley here in the mcallen area, we watched bus load of bus load dropped off, mostly family units, once they get to the charity they will be helped with travel, and dates in th
menendez. this week a first for america. seeing a president of the united states arraigned on federal criminal charges. today a bronchial prediction from trump s former attorney general saying his former boss is quote toast. we are going to unpack that in just a second. trump s arraignment will go down tuesday in miami he will face a judge on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents. today, trump announced he would illiberal about his arraignment in miami from his golf club in new jersey tuesday evening. the indictment the united states versus donald de trump, and walt nada, his alleged coconspirator lays out a damning case. 31 counts for violating the espionage act, which pars willful retention of national defense information, well laws of a witch hunt spew from trump and the elected republicans who have anointed themselves as backup singers, one member of trump s cabinet, we ll, thinking otherwise. if even half of it is true, then he is toast. i mean it s a very de
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
fraud. stone may regret letting the cameras roll in that room. there is new video from that session and we have it for you exclusively later tonight. we begin with news on a story that i can tell you some on the right are hoping the nation forgets. the kind of story they re hoping that you news viewers and citizens will forget because we live in a time of growing inequality and corruption. take supreme court justice thomas blatant taking and grifting gifts from insiders, or billionaires, shaping our politics and clashing with anyone who dares disagree with the power they think they bought over our democracy, or this ongoing rolling trumpian takeover of a political party which has resulted in rallying the gop around rank, transactional calculus, self-interest as a kind of new norm to be minimized or even defended. and i ll tell you this as introduction to some really important stuff we re about to show you. the modern republican party has long embraced capitalism, sure. bu