colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanders-townsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the justice department s case against the former commander-in-chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. when the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. nauta
all right, good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are watching right now debate wrap up at this hour, as the house gets ready to vote on the crucial debt ceiling deal. that s the speaker of the house speaking right there. earlier today, the republican proposal passed a key procedural vote, but it only passed with the help from democrats. it did not have the votes to pass it on their own, after 29 republicans defected. as of now, the bill is being discussed on the floor. it s expected to pass within the hour, despite that fairly significant republican opposition. this debt ceiling vote has been a crucial task for house republicans. for the moment, they took control in january, the big question was how the maga caucus, the majority of whom, let s remember, voted for trump s coup on january 6th, after the sacking of the capital, how are those folks going to actually govern? empowered with one of the two houses of congress. one half of one third of the federal governme
$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
the gloves are truly off tonight in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson tonight. thank you for your time. even if you re just paying a little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantis and the former president openly throwing haymakers. never mind the old 11 d commandment. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that, and now it seems his fellow floridian doesn t either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight after the gop front-runner, most recently today on this conservative talk show. he s been attacking me by moving left, so this is a different guy than 2015/2016. 2 million illegal aliens he wanted to amnesty. we both faced covid-19, and we both responded in the way we did. he responded by elevating anthony fauci and really turning over the reins to dr. fauci. under the trump administration, he enacted a bill, basically a jailbreak bill. as for mr. trump, there s this, and, yes, listen close
captions by vitac www.vitac.com the gloves are truly off in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson t pay little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantie former president openly throwing hay makers. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that. and now it seems his fellow floridian doesn t either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight after the gop front runner, most recently today on this conservative talk show. he s been attacking me by moving left. so, this is a different guy than 2015, 2016. 2 million illegal aliens he wanted to amnesty. we both faced covid-19, and we both responded the way we did. he responded by elevating anthony fauci and turning over the reigning to dr. fauci. he enacted a bill, basically a jailbreak bill. as for mr. trump, there s this. and yes, listen closely, he s deliberately calling the governor rob, not ron. rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropp