at the very least, it s of course there s a lot of court intrigue going on in american politics and a small percentage is public. one day you wake up and kamala harris is the vice president. how did that happen, you wonder? nobody will say. you can be sure there s a story there. here s the latest example of unexplained weirdness in the news. mike pence of all people has swooped in to save joe biden. yes, mike pence. a man so pure he won t have dinner with ladies not his wife. mike pence had secret documents in his house just like joe biden. bet you didn t see that coming. it wasn t so long ago that pence was on television who said he was sure he had no classified documents in his possession. then he sent his personal attorney to search his home in carmel, indiana for classified documents. if he didn t think he had classified documents, why would he send his lawyer to look for them? it s entirely possible and likely that mike pence was asked to to this by federal prosecutors w
tennessee. on wednesday, a violent criminal ezekiel kelly had a rampage all over town. he even live shooting on the facebook page. he laughed, smile. ultimately he was apprehended by police and here he is smiling in his mugshot. you probably won t be surprised to find out that kelly should have been in prison all along as he was discharged with attempted charged with attempted murder in 2020. that s only two years ago. he only served 11 months of what was a three year sentence which should have been much longer. 11 months for trying to kill somebody? this horrific case is not an isolated incident. america needs to work this out. we need law & order so every american is safe and secure so every american can actually pursue happiness. also this week, in memphis, this one henderson allegedly abducted and murdered a kindergarten teacher and mother of two while she was out for a jog prior to this murder henderson had racked up quite a record with at least half a dozen violent
president biden looking to flip the script on republicans with a law and order midterm swing. we re live in pennsylvania with more on that. the news on another speech later this week, and why the president s advisers think now is the time to make a broader pitch to voters, besides the obvious pre midterm timing. two u.s. officials telling nbc news russia has combat drones from iran. what we re learning about how they plan to use them on the battlefield in ukraine and the push to prevent a nuclear disaster in that country. i m hallie jackson in washington. we start with the latest fallout after that mar-a-lago search. i want to bring in nbc s julia ainsley, ben collins, charles coleman, former prosecutor, sich rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst and clint watts, msnbc national security analyst. julia, let me start with you first. the dod ruling is expected to come down at some point today. we don t know the timing. that s what i m trying to say here. we do know it s expect
would get. the former president called this release today a total public relations subterfuge. the doj says that premature disclosure of more of this information could have a negative impact on their continuing investigation. here s president biden asked about this investigation, which he s been careful to keep at an arm s length publicly moments ago. the president said he declassified these documents. did he declassify them? i ve declassified everything in the world. i can do it all. come on. i m not going to comment. i ll let the justice department take it up. that a short time from the president. bret baier is standing by. first to david spunt, our reporter covering this live at the justice department. good afternoon. good to see you again, david. what is the latest? interesting document. 38 pages. here s page 30 and 31, which you can see. you can consume some information. then there s page 15 and 16. so it just depends on which page you look at. there is some new
pundits about whether we re in a recession. if you look at our job market, we see signs of economic progress in the second quarter as well. bank of america, citigroup, j.p. morgan, they have all said nothing in the data is consistent with the economy being in a recession. you don t think this is an indicator of an impending recession or one here? 64% of americans say otherwise. here s what some folks told fox digital this week. i believe we re in a recession. have you checked gas prices lately and the interest rates? clearly we re in a recession. people are not going to have money to adjust to the prices. people buy less. people don t want to buy anything. lauren simonetti and joe concha are standing by. first to the white house correspondent jackie heinrichs live on the north lawn. good afternoon. good afternoon. as far as the white house is concerned, this is not a recession at all. the administration has been trying to get ahead of the numbers since at leas