Ah, the first rule of public speaking, always start with a threat [ laughter ] after former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn followed a request by the Trump Administration to defy a congressional subpoena, the House Judiciary Committee today held an empty chair hearing. And trump was so impressed he made the chair secretary of commerce [ laughter ] you did great up there. You didnt give them anything. I like that. Keep up the good work chair. [ laughter ] cocacola announced that they will be rereleasing their failed 1980s flavor, new coke. Because if theres one thing america loves, its a failure from the 80s. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause today is the 87th anniversary of Amelia Earharts first solo nonstop transatlantic flight and to celebrate, trump invited her to the white house [ light laughter ] shes not answering im going to leave should i leave a message . [ light laughter ] chevrolet has announced its introducing a new safety feature that will send parents report cards trackin
Term . I dont know. Plus, delay tactics. The Supreme Court agrees to hear Donald Trumps president ial immunity argument delaying his criminal trial in the election interference case. They have to do the immunity thing because if you dont a president will not be able to be a president. How many of trumps criminal cases will go to trial before election day . And uncommitted. Democrats in michigan vote in protest of President Bidens handling of the war in gaza. It is raw and genuine pain that people are in. What does it mean for november . Ill ask democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingle of michigan and Steve Kornacki previews the challenges ahead. Plus, exit plan. 82yearold senator Mitch Mcconnell announces hes stepping down as republican leader this fall. Time for the next generation of leadership. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent aly vitali. Jeff bennett, co anchor of pbs news hour and Maria Teresa Kumar president of voto latino and marc short,
A little bit of our live addition of reliable sources this morning. A lot to talk about even in reaction to what Kellyanne Conway was saying. Let me start with the former covering obama presidency. And then devika patrick, the ceo and founder of taxonomy. Well talk about facebooks role in the future of news. They were covering the clinton campaign, and now doing abc six years ago, Kellyanne Conway just said the press is negative of the man we cover every day. Are you presumptively negative . Im cynical and thats my j job. Not skeptical cynical . I think we have to be a little bit of both given this administrations relationship with the truth. And how tough it is for us to get at that right now. Do we start our day, and i think i can speak with all of us to sit in the Briefing Room everyday, and a negative manner . Absolutely not. Thats not the tone from my perspective of our coverage. My sense is that this perception that there is an adversarial relationship much more comes from the wh
A little bit of our live addition of reliable sources this morning. A lot to talk about even in reaction to what Kellyanne Conway was saying. Let me start with the former covering obama presidency. And then devika patrick, the ceo and founder of taxonomy. Well talk about facebooks role in the future of news. They were covering the clinton campaign, and now doing abc six years ago, Kellyanne Conway just said the press is negative of the man we cover every day. Are you presumptively negative . Im cynical and thats my j job. Not skeptical cynical . I think we have to be a little bit of both given this administrations relationship with the truth. And how tough it is for us to get at that right now. Do we start our day, and i think i can speak with all of us to sit in the Briefing Room everyday, and a negative manner . Absolutely not. Thats not the tone from my perspective of our coverage. My sense is that this perception that there is an adversarial relationship much more comes from the wh
Committee on the future of the u. S. Armed forces and recommendations to improve the services. Including cost savings and efficiencies, incentivizing and managing the civilian work force. [ gavel ] committee will come to order. This week, the committee will hold two hearings that focus on the two major pillars of our agenda. Tomorrow well hear from the Service Chiefs on repairing and rebuilding our military. Today, however, well concentrate on the other pillar, which is defense reform. Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military health care, commissary reform, a rewrite of the uniform code of military justice as well as significant organizational reform. While a lot has been done, however, a lot more needs to be done. If world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomo