the way, of canada, australia, europe, everywhere, because there is a massive disincentive, particularly if your undocumented, to protect committing a crime. it is a myth that continues to permeate. it is just not true. it continues to permeate, because they continue to push it. they believe it is the strongest argument they have. i am glad you pushed back on its because it is just not. we got alecia in the text. i was like, if alecia were here, she would say, reads text message, okay. i loved it, it is great to see you all. have a great rest of your day. and velshi starts now. hey, good morning. it is saturday, june 22nd. 115 days have passed since the supreme court initially agreed to hear donald trump s outlandish claim of absolute residential immunity. and the weight continues. it will be at least several more days until the justices issued their own opinion on one of the biggest and most consequential cases in the court s history. with the presidential electi
influence, which turns into political influence that china has over these post-soviet parts of the world. it really charges causes us to have a discussion in america on whether china is and very, or somewhere in between, and what our strategy looks like going forward. trump had some ideas about china, but he was so uncorrelated about it, it never emerged into anything meaningful . i worry about that all the time. the average american does not know what to think about china and our future. r future. i think the average american wants to make sure that china is not ripping us off, stealing our intellectual property, breaking trade rules. but i think the average t american knows that we have to coexist with china. they are going to be a big, powerful, rich country whether we like it or not. and the last thing the world wants and that americans want is a conflict with china. and i think we have overcorrected this country. we went from a policy of engagement with china, trying t
news cofounder and nbc news political contributor jake sherman. good to have you. you have the federal reserve and the white house both saying there s no alternative to congress acting to limit the government s borrowing limit. is that how congress sees it? is anyone preparing for the white house using executive action with the 14th amendment? reporter: they keep saying no, but let s lay out what the facts are. today is may 4th. the government runs out of money on borrowing authority on june 1st. this is not a calculation that will shift much because the people who make this calculation is treasury, so all the folks saying, well, maybe we can last until july, that s not really operative at this point, and the two positions are in direct conflict, mccarthy will not put a clean debt ceiling on the floor. the white house is taken to saying they could do it at any time. biden could build the wall at any time. right? anybody could do anything at any
they need. several races still remain uncalled. thousands of votes remain uncounted. the uncertainty comes as republican leaders in the house and senate brace for tense talks after their party s disappointing election results. this week they ll hold a series of closed doors meetings to find out what went wrong and determine the fate of their leaders. speaker nancy pelosi said democrats are asking her to consider another leadership bid should democrats be able to eke out a win in the house. big questions about what that could potentially look like. we ll bring in harry inton to join us. this was once unthinkable that we re having this conversation on the monday after the midterm elections. how many races are still uncalled in the house and what are you watching this morning? let s lay out where things are. and sort of the uphill climb
let s lay out what we can expect from the witnesses. most of the individuals we re going to hear from today are conservative republicans who supported trump s election. that s what s important. it s not just what you re hearing about trump and his consistent effort to cheat. it s not just what you re hearing but who you re hearing it from. georgia, secretary of state said he wanted trump to win, but the math was the math. his chief of staff gave sterling, brought in a republican administration. remember gabe sterling after election. trump was saying i was cheated. sterling was one of the ones, this is december 1st, 2020, a month after the election. he knew this was getting dangerous. he asked the president, please i don t have the ability to do it and you need to step up and say this. stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. someone is going to get hurt. someone is going to get shot. someone is going to get killed. and yet, a month, remember, that s december