response to the robb elementary mass shooting. and we re looking closer at the state of president biden s agenda amid more dismal polling with the midterms less than four months away. we ll discuss with senator lujan. we are going to begin with the major new developments in the investigation into the january 6 attack. nbc news has now confirmed the names of the two star witnesses who are expected to testify during thursday s primetime committee hearing according to a source familiar with the plans. they are sarah matthews and matthew pottinger who is a former member of the national security council. both worked in the trump white house and both resigned in the wake of the attack on the capitol. thursday will be the first time either will have spoken publicly to the committee. committee chairman bennie thompson is also revealing more of the panel s future plans which include likely releasing a scaled back report of its findings followed by a final report. each potentially in
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
of carpets that need cleaning today. weird. it is weird how even that holiday is considered divisive these days. and not even by britt s whose limey we kicked, right? i wasn t even born. i wasn t born and i take credit for it. but it s americans who don t like it. it s like only one half of the country gets to enjoy july 4th while the other half trashes, which is fine. if you want to make july for the right wing holiday, we will take it. add james bond birthday. by the way, happy 109. he was great and the joker. but it s not really the case that people hate july 4th. it s just the people with the pedestals who want you to feel ashamed of this country. if you are a fan of america for just one day, somehow that s a dog whistle. you are celebrating the birthday of hitler and not the cool one, steve. i thought it was funny. a guy named steve hitler. he didn t thank of changing his name. they are already mad that you are having fun. you throw-in family time, the old red, white and
through our tragedies. and while the nation mourns the seven people dead after monday s mass shootings of dozens of parade goers in the highland park illinois, the shooter in that case, though in custody and looking at life in prison, because otherwise unharmed. even after an intense police man hunt following the massacre. two states over, in akron ohio, protesters has stretched into the second week spread by the fatal police shooting of jayland walker last month and driven by the grim body cam footage showing the moment akron police wounded walker. more than 60 times after karen fauci s last month. two tragedies of gun violence. to glaringly different outcomes. and i will talk to akron s congresswoman, in just a moment. about what her constituents have to say about that difference. what they want from the states investigations into walker s death. and two weeks after the reversal of roe v. wade, how is the escalating abortion rights battle impacting her district and others l
he spoke with the committee for six and a half hours with details that we will learn in the couple of days. his testimony comes after a subpoena issued by the committee wednesday after extensive negotiations between he and the panel went nowhere. cipollone, who witnessed trump s worst moments after the election and beyond, reportedly pushing back on the former presidents plan to replace the attorney general, pushing back when trump floated the idea of seizing voting machines. but testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, cipollone was put in the crosshairs after she identified him of having firsthand all edge of having potential activity in the trump white house. that she made clear, pat cipollone knew about the legal liabilities of january 6th, warning the white house against letting trump join the riot. mr. cipollone some said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me, we are going to get