word that you and senator mccaskill had to say because i m sitting here kind of delighted so far on what is being reported in the new york times because on tuesday night here, i got to the point where no one had any idea what was happening behind closed doors in the debt ceiling negotiations. so i offered a wild guest, because that s all anyone was doing. and it is turning out to be pretty much based on pure guesswork and i came up with tuesday night and so i m hoping this thing kind of stays in this direction you say it s pure guesswork, but that s also someone who is a veteran of capitol hill and has seen negotiations and knows what they look like and also understand the stakes. that s the most important thing. here not just the political stakes, but what it would mean for the u.s. economy if we were to default. so we have congressman jim mcgovern, former chairman of the house rules committee, y all important house rules committee, now the top democrat on the committe
it s coming down to one thing. this has been about spending. the democrats have never wanted to stop the amount of spending that they do. they want to keep adding and adding and adding. i do not think it s right that you borrow money from china to pay people to stay home that are able-bodied with no dependents on the couch. this hour, a new washington post reporting ties donald trump to the movement of classified documents the day before a scheduled visit to mar-a-lago by the fbi. is the special counsel s investigation closing in? a former star football coach, alabama senator tommy tuberville blocking 300 military appointments. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. nonstop talks reported are moving negotiators closer to a deal, but they are not there yet. time is not on their side. joining me now, kelly o donnell and garrett haake, who have been going back and forth on all the details. garrett, to you. the speaker just spoke. congressman mchenry and
part effort to overthrow the 2020 election. we will be getting to that, shortly. but, first, do you remember this photo? what you are looking at is a highly sensitive satellite photo showing an explosion at an iranian space center. this photo from an intelligence briefing was tweeted out to the world in august 2019, by none other than president trump. the fact that he gets so rattled intelligence officials and its soon led to internet sleuths being able to identify the u.s. spy satellite that took the photo. there is something about iran that has always fascinated the former president. then new york times reported earlier this year how trump, who withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal, how we took little interest in most stuff that he was briefed on. for one major exception, iran. quote, trump almost took always great interest in military intelligence briefings about iran, squeezing defense officials about contingency plans for a war with the country, and asking detaile
biden and democrats thought it would be appropriate to hold a massive white house event to celebrate the passage of his so-called inflation reduction act, which actually does nothing to solve the problem. biden bringing 2,000 of his closest friends to the south lawn, including a soothing performance by james taylor. and how about james taylor? a voice that heals our soul and unites the nation and a good friend, exactly four weeks ago today, i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passed in the congress to combat inflation, the soul of america is vibrant, the future of america is bright, and the promise of america is real. this will cut costs for fam families. help reduce inflation at the kitchen table. jeanine: but it didn t. prices of foods spiked to their highest margins in more than four decades. and biden s tone-deaf event wouldn t be complete without the inaccurate ramblings of good old chuck and nancy. whoa! look at thi
details the potential offenses being investigated. you can see there, it says willful retention of national defense information, also concealment or removal of government records. also obstruction of a federal investigation. that willful retention that you see there, anderson, it s key because legal experts are telling our evan perez and caitlin polantz that it s that language that points directly to the former president as a possible subject of the criminal probe. something else that was released was the motion to seal, and it has federal prosecutors expressing their concern that, as you can see there, evidence might be destroyed. and, you know anderson, that could explain why fbi agents were really compelled to move in and spent hours taking, you know, 11 steps of classified documents in the end. could you just explain what the doj s main argument against releasing the affidavit is? yeah, they ve been arguing this in their papers, they also argued it forcefully in court