missing after that apartment building partially collapsed. this hour officials are set to give an update on the search for survivors and caught on tape, new reporting this morning on a recording of former president trump talking about classified documents he kept after leaving the white house. in iran, a trial is under way for two women journalists who are among the first to report the death of massa amini. and on this first day of pride month, why some events across the country are coming under fire especially in one state. and we begin this hour on capitol hill with another major test on the horizon for the debt ceiling bill to avert an economic catastrophe. the senate will now take up the legislation one day after the deal negotiated by president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy was overwhelmingly approved by the house, and the house needs to act and act quickly. there are a few days to go before the government says it will run out of money and will be unable
democrats at this time. the whistleblower doesn t make committee rules, sir. that happened. jim jordan s weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. that s just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of republican presidential candidates and the misplaced perception that any of them can take the nomination away from donald trump. i m michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with the republican party. the party of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, the party i chaired for two years. the face of so many losses, you would think that maybe just maybe the party would take a beat and reconsider the brand. alas, the modern maga republican party looks failure in the face and says, please, sir,
of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here s a snippet from the january 6th select committee s final hearing. a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of husband outside advisers inside activist tom fitton about the strategy for election night. the select committee got this pre-prepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares we had an election today and i won, and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline
long-running saga of the ex-president s legal woes, with donald trump taking the stand in a civil lawsuit today and facing the prospect in taking the stand in the congressional investigation into january 6th, as well. and his private club and residence, donald trump sat for a sworn deposition in the defamation lawsuit brought by e.g. carol, who has accused donald trump of rape. the associated press reports this, the deposition will give her lawyers a chance to interrogate trump about the assault allegations, as well as statements he made in 2019, when she told her story publicly for the very first time. trump says the rape allegation is a hoax and a lie. his legal team has worked for years to make this day never come, to delay the deposition that was filed when he was still president. and the january 6th select committee is set to ask for the same thing, trump s testimony as soon as today. the vice chair liz cheney said last night the panel s decision to issue a subpoena to
good morning, everyone. here we are! don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is november 1st, and welcome to our very first show. so happy you re waking up with us. made it through an hour. we did. through the first hour and start of the rest of our lives. how do you feel? good. a really good first hour. not as bad getting up this early as you think is. once you get through the first few minutes. day one. and check in with me six months from now. it is day one. you doing okay? i m great. i m so happy to be with you guys. this is going to be fun. none of us ever thought we d actually sit together and do this together three hours a day. so it what happened like a week ago? and here we are. again, you re going to learn a lot more about us. we re going to take you all over the country from minnesota to louisiana to alabama maybe do a football game this weekend. and lsu/alabama football game. stay tuned. big question this morning. i