vladimir putin knows that. when he was president, donald trump was not smart enough to know that. but mitch mcconnell knew it. and so, this steady stream of trump appointed judges to federal courts, from top to bottom, from district courts through the appeals courts, all the way up to the united states supreme court, we re all certified by a right-wing organization that calls itself the federalist society, had rushed through senate confirmation by mitch mcconnell. at the trump judges have now so infected the federal judiciary that the department of justice, for the first time in its history, doesn t know what to do. they don t know what to do next in a criminal investigation. a trump judge who was confirmed in the last weeks of the trump presidency, a lean mercedes cannon, has issued an order and she did it to help donald trump delay a criminal investigation of don trump by the justice department. judge cannon is ordering the appointment of a so-called special master to stu
it s a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a prime time address. what do we expect toer hear from him today, thursday night, and the labor day parade in pittsburgh, which is my annual opportunity to watch mike memoli trying to run as fast as he can dodging the secret service agents. reporter: it might be a little harder this year. i i did bring my luning shoes as we re on the road with president biden. you can hear the marine corp. band all also here with the president today. we have been talking about the fact that white house advisers wa
putin s nuclear threats and the annexation of ukraine s lands. and fears of a chinese attack on taiwan. also, just what is vladamir putin thinking? i will talk to one of russia s richest men who knew the russian president well before putin jailed him. finally, the new term of the supreme court starts tomorrow. i will give you a sneak peek of my newest documentary, supreme power, inside the highest court in the land airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. but first, here s my take. italy and sweden are about as different as two european countries can get. one is catholic, mediterranean, sunny and chaotic. the other protestant, northern, chilly, and ordered. over the decades, they ve had very different political trajectories. but both are witnessing the rising parties that have connection to fascism, coinciding with collapse of support of the center left. all having to do with immigration. the likely next prime minister of italy is a charismatic 45-year-old polit
returns to primetime, promising to present its most compelling evidence to date, detailing the three plus hours that trump failed to about while the capitol was under attack. republican committee member congressman adam kinzinger released clips of trump aides describing what the president was doing as the violence unfolded. was the president in that dining room the whole time that the attack on the capitol was going on, or did he ever go, to your knowledge, to the oval office, the white house situation room, anywhere else? to the best of my rec recol recollection, he was always in the dining room. what do you recall? i think everybody was watching the tv. do you know whether he was watching tv in the dining room when you talked to him on january 6th? umm, it s my understanding he was watching television. when you were in the dining room during these discussions [ inaudible ] yes. one woman you saw is molly michaels. she was trump s executive assistant. we
with trigger laws. and a preview of the g7 summit in germany this weekend where ukraine will top the agenda. all right now a bomb shell decision by the u.s. supreme court is rocking the american political landscape this weekend. ending nearly a half century of constitutional protection for abortion. that right was abruptly erased on friday in a 5-4 ruling, striking down the landmark roe v. wade decision of 1973. it immediately triggered an outpouring of large and angry protests across the country, with many more expected. this decision is an outrage. this decision is absolutely terrifying, but more than anything, it just makes me angry. we, the people, who it is going to affect need to come into the streets that six people do not dictate our lives. it s important to note that roe v. wade has been challenged and upheld by the high court before, but this time conservative justices were in the majority, by ruling that abortion is not a right protected by the u.s. c