in the end it s veeck yags or oversight to harass the biden administration like hunter biden s laptop, for example. there s no equivalence. we were attacked. it s not the same thing as republicans are about to do. california democratic congressman adam shift calls out the republicans for false equivalency of investigations. it comes as the biden team is optimistic about the incendiary pernss serving the committee. the united states government hit i its debt limit as congress failed to act. we ll go through the treasury s extraordinary measures to make sure the country can pay its bills. also ahead ukraine s allies meet to map out what s next as far as military aid for the war-torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the treasury department now is forced to take extraordinary measures so the government can continue paying its bills. in a letter to congressional leadership yester
i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. that s exactly what we re doing. there s no there there. democrats brace for a difficult fight to hold their senate majority through 2024. florida governor ron desantis is appealing to the maga crowd with controversial policy moves against the national hockey league and schools. the future of abortion rights as anti-abortion activists hold their annual march today in washington. an eight-month supreme court investigation fails to find the culprit of last year s leak of the supreme court decision overturning a half century of legal precedent. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where after ducking the issue for days, president biden has now defended his office s handling or the mishandling of classified documents, answering a reporter s question during a tour of the storm damage in california. we found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place. we immediately turned them over
to determine who leaked the draft of the opinion and the ending 50 years of precedent. we ll break down where the fight on abortion rights is heading now. the treasury department now say it is has taken extraordinary measures to avoid default after the u.s. hit its debt limit. jared bernstine will join us with what happens now. and today the president will meet with mayors from across the country at the white house. i spoke with four of them about the top account issues facing their communities, including the migrant humanitarian crisis. we have an i want krblly complex and broken immigration system. and we need to demand from congress that they act and they act now. we begin this hour with president biden making his first public comments since the doj appointed a special counsel to investigate classified documents found at his delaware home and former office. the president spoke to reporters while touring storm ravaged california. we re fully cooperating and lookin
we re watching the white house where the president is set to deliver a speech any moment now. touting what he calls the achievement of the last 18 months. and while, yes, there are plenty of achievements for the biden administration to harold, like any leader, he faced his share of setbacks. if he runs, would he have the political momentum needed to win re-election. regardless, any 2024 plans announced by president biden will come under a cloud of covers. the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents is just getting started. we re learning more about why president biden and his top aides chose to keep the first discovery a secret for almost 70 days before it blew up in their face. former fbi chief of staff is with us. joining me now is monica alba and a washington post reporter. thank you for joining us. monica, let s start with you. in listing the wins today, is president biden laying out a case for his re-election before announcing his bid for re-elect
here from our nbc team, with the department of justice saying to republicans on the hill, hey, bring it on. the new letter to house oversight. and what it said about any possible cooperate on new congressional investigations. plus the white house going public against a private group who they are now labelling a transnational criminal organization, we ll talk about the sanctions imposed today. and i m hallie jackson and i want to bring in senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell joining us live from outside of the white house. i want to start with you here. and what we ve just heard now, from president biden, as he is casting his eye toward 2024, although with no formal announcement. at least toward the next two years of his presidency. while also having to manage the political footballs that he s got on his plate right now. to mix a metaphor and i m sorry about that. the white house has just released a clip of a conversation between the president and his vp. i want