from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
president mike pence responds to the federal indictment of donald trump. i don t know why some of my competitors in the republican primary presume the president will be found guilty all we know is what the president has been accused of in the indictment. been if you were president biden would you pardon him right now think this whole matter is incredibly divisive for the country. divisive for the country. as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains how he differs from his former running mate h as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains where he differs with his former running mate in 2016 donald trump promised to govern as a conservative, but he makes no such promise today his criticism in how trump would lead on the world stage. my former running mate has seen war raging in eastern europe is signaling an ambiguous message, not even able to say he would prefer to win war in ukraine. and now he thinks he can build support fo
i ve heard the argument, ted cruz tried this. it s the environment. we can go back to 2016 over and over again and we do see a fragmented field and the context is different and not only on those issues and he didn t build the wall which is his main argument in 2016 before we go, one year after the landmark supreme courtrnings decision overturning roe v. wade, we here at meet the press will be observing what it means for the future of the country. the watch the meet the press special this thursday evening at 10:30 eastern time on nbc news now and after that on demand on youtube and peacock. that is all we have for today. thank you for watching we ll be back next week because if it s sunday it s meet the press. enjoy father s day how strong is the special counsel s case on obstruction specifically a lot of the evidence comes