flood waters beginning to recede in vermont leaving disaster behind. while the west and the south suffer through record breaking heat that shows no signs of letting up. this summer is worse than all of the past surveillance. i came to the park prepared because i knew without it i d die out here. and more breaking news out of iowa where republicans have passed a six-week abortion ban. we re live in des moines with reaction. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news overseas on this final day of the nato summit. president biden just about to meet with ukraine s zelenskyy in lithuania any minute now. you can see them in the room. they just sat down. let s listen. i m going to support you, and i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome in nato. it s going to happen, we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. so thank yo
hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agency s alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nation s capitol. good evening, kevin. kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in taking aim at the director for what they called corruption. and historically poor lead leadership. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the npr s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place then you are. you don t give straight answers. you give answers that later in court are deemed not true. kevin: wray fired back saying his agency remains popular. expect in your home state of florida, the number of people trying to come work
share information about ongoing investigations. including donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. what that means for the gop s efforts to probe the agency. plus, donald trump dropped the lawsuit against new york tierney general letitia james a day after he and his lawyers or saw plus 1 million dollar fine for another, quote, frivolous case brought against hillary clinton. could we see trump upending even more lawsuits? and, congressman george santos long list of lies and controversies just keep piling up. a small newspaper exposed much of his inconsistencies weeks before the election. but, no one paid attention, why? i ll put that question to the papers publisher straight ahead. we have a team of reporters from capitol hill to the white house and ukraine following the latest for you this morning. and a good morning to you, thank you for waking up with us. thanks for starting your saturday here on msnbc. house republicans have made it clear that they plan to use t
appease hard right members of his party who want major changes without the u.s. spends its money. this is how some of the same members he had to make deals with in order to win the speakership. joining us now is nbc nbc news correspondent allie raffa live from delaware where the president is spending the weekend. ali, the president is saying he is refusing to negotiate, republicans are saying they want to negotiate. where do things stand right now? yeah, unitia, well, a little bit of a hand yesterday with his remarks and president biden saying he is willing to sit down with speaker kevin mccarthy to talk about raising the debt ceiling to, quote, avoid a calamity that exceeds anything that has ever happened financially in the united states, president biden now saying exactly when and where that meeting will take place, just saying why he wants to have it, and then you have speaker mccarthy who we know has been under pressure from fellow house republicans. saying that they wa
so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi