if it s sunday, it s meet the press on your local nbc news station. msnbc coverage continues with geoff bennett, my friend, right now. it is great to be with you. i m geoff bennett. this friday there is high drama from capitol hill all the way to rome. several breaking headlines coming out of president biden s first day in a critical summit with world leaders. first, the president emerged from a private meeting with the pope, telling reporters that francis told him he s a, quote, good catholic and should keep receiving communion. it s a development that obliterates the argument from some conservative american bishops who say anybody who supports abortion rights should be denied communion. straight from his meeting with pope francis, president biden s first face-to-face sit-down with french president emmanuel macron since the united states blindsided the french by going around their backs to cut a massive nuclear subdeal with the uk and australia. when they found out, the french,
oklahoma, in the piece tonight you ll not only meet dr. whitfield and see what his life has become, you ll also get into a school in oklahoma where they re dealing with the exact same law and trying to find their way through this precarious situation. antonia, it s a terrific piece. dr. whitfield, i have to say, somebody walk a day in his shoes and you ll understand why we re spending so much time on this issue. i can t wait to see you later on this next episode, thank you for all your hard work. catch the full episode of meet the press reports streaming on nbc news now. it will be on demand tomorrow on peacock. i m running late. we ll be back with more meet the press daily tomorrow. msnbc coverage continues with geoff bennett. i owe you 30 seconds, buddy. it is great to be with you. i m geoff bennett. as we come on the air, we are awaiting a vote in which the
pressure the biden administration will be under, if the haitian government asks for law enforcement help, we know there s some fbi presence there. this will become potentially a pretty complicated national security challenge for the biden administration. gabe gutierrez on the ground for us, please stay safe, gabe. we ll be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. if it s wednesday, it means a brand-new episode of the chuck todd cast. jackie coombs and olivier knox in a fascinating conversation on whether we re compartmentalizing donald trump too much. msnbc coverage continues with geoff benefit heft. good to be with you. i m geoff bennett. breaking news out of florida, items belonging to brian laundrie may have been found in a park according to an attorney for the laundrie family.
citizenship? they know something is wrong because we re having to fight for the same thing our ancestors fought for centuries ago. it s a fascinating topic. catch civil war at 10:00 p.m. eastern on sunday on msnbc. chuck will be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. msnbc coverage continues with yasmin vossoughian right now. hey, everybody, good to be with you. i m yasmin vossoughian. it is an extraordinarily rare moment in modern american history when the passing of such a towering figure triggers such an outpouring across the political spectrum. the shocking word that came out at 8:00 this morning, colin powell, military hero turned statesman who dedicated his life
prosperity gospel and in many ways would seem to be the personifaction of the prosperity gospel. it s fascinating, thank you for a sneak preview of your report. msnbc coverage continues with geoff bennett. it is great to be with you, i am geoff bennett and we re bracing for a major escalation this afternoon in the congressional investigation into january 6. it s deadline day for steve bannon to cooperate with the subpoena from the committee. and his attorney has already told the panel he won t testify or hand over any documents. now, if he s a no-show for today s deposition, the committee could move quickly to