survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
trump s first indictment, this may just be the beginning of his legal troubles, includin the doj true into trump classified document handling but appeals court prevente trump s attempt for preventing special counsel jack smith fro obtaining key documents from the former presidents lawyer meanwhile, in georgia, we ar still waiting if, any, could b filed after a grand jury there investigated efforts by trum and his allies to interfere in the 2020 election. the da said decisions were imminence more than a month ag now. joining me now, once again msnbc legal analyst joyc vance. here we go does the indictment here in ne york have any impact on if and one other charges could be filed against trump, especiall those in georgia could this open floodgates now, if someone has had the to go first, will othe prosecutors give this manhatta case room to play out before they act so, it s an interesting question, alex
let s get a check on cnn business this tuesday morning. looking at markets around the world, a mixed performance in asia. europe opened also mixed with paris down and london up. and on wall street, giving back a little bit of last week s solid performance. u.s. markets were closed for memorial day yesterday after a reprieve in the selling last week. dow fell eight weeks in a row and then finally rose last week. it was the best week for the s&p 500 and dow since november 2020. nasdaq is still in a bear market, 23% below its record high. we ll see what happens this morning but leaning down a little bit. at the gas station, record high prices on memorial day. aaa reports the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline nationwide is now $4.62, that is up 44 creptents from a month ag. illinois, new york and arizona just pennies away from $5. the drive to the barbecue costs
max boots, senior fellow on the counsel of foreign relations. he was talking about russia and china, calling them revisionist powers. what exactly is the tone this president is trying to strike with those two nations, especially since we ve seen him be so friendly with those two leaders in person. he was in ausia just a month ag and had a call with vladimir putin, two calls in fact in the last week. i think you raised the question with the national security strategy, which the the president s policies in many ways seem in contradiction with the strategy itself and what we saw today. the example of russia and china as revisionist powers is especially interesting. since based on the president s remarks today the country that is the most revisionist, that is
he doesn t follow rules very well. he wus seg not a month ag and now went to a dorm, apparently, and got in trouble in a dorm and no s just a revolving cycle for draper. can t deal with all the people in there. i like the peace. uh huh. it s jthere s always somebody. huh? there s always somebody. all right, well, good luck to you. are you going back to court soon? yeah. are you getting out this time? i hope so. uh huh, right. draper has been working on cat of the time he s been at louisville metro, and he s feeling pretty good about his chances. said i might really beat this case.óx no witnesses showing up. i m ready to go home, hopefully. and how is it you re going to because there ain to witnesses showing up. can t find the witesif you don witnesses, then you don t have nothing.