from vice chair liz cheney. we ll talk about how the justice department can handle that information now that it has been passed along. but with steve bannon now on to judge to do as of today, had incentive his contempt trial. president biden making his first trip to the middle east is present, on the ground in israel as we speak, that country prepares for yet another national election. what he is not saying about iran, and that key meeting with the saudi s, new this afternoon. plus, and abc news exclusive you only see here. one on one with an american freed from a russian prison. her advice to wnba star brittney griner, and what she is telling us about her own ties behind bars. i am hallie jackson in washington, with minnows nbc news sr. national political reporter, silas kapoor. justin corresponded key reporter for the washington post in front of the show, josh softy. good afternoon to all of you. let me start with you with the landscape on capitol hill. we have now hear
the prime minister has been replacing those members of his cabinet, who have either resigned or have been fired or shifted into other positions. that is a work in progress. a big work in progress for the prime minister, because so many of his senior officials have stepped down in the past 24, 36 hours, but that precise understanding of how the party will handle this moment is yet to be made clear. and if the prime minister, again, as he did yesterday, appears to want to dig in and refuse to go and wants to hold on, on his terms, until the fall, that could bring an addition to this already historic level of chaos that is surrounding this transition, absolutely huge. historic, without precedent, boris johnson had more people resign from his cabinet and senior positions in 24 hours than any other prime minister has had during history. these are monumental moments and monumental hours and minutes we re waiting for right now. bianca, what is the argument for boris johnson to sti
as the crowd size swelled and tempered flared. police say demonstrators were refusing to follow orders to stay off the road and several tried to interfere when an arrest was made. and in oregon pepper spray was used to disperse dozens of people. ten were arrested. in rhode island a fight broke out among protesters. police say off duty an off duty officer and state senate candidate punched his political rival, jennifer rork. she says it happened as she attempted to deescalate the situation. we have reportered on the kr ground covering on the latest. let s go to the u.s. supreme court first. we ve been seeing crowds swelling. how does it look today, this sunday? reporter: that s right. we certainly have. we re in the shadow of the supreme court here as you can see there is a large and very vocal crowd behind me. it has been growing slowly all day. and this frankly is the scene that we have seen outside of the supreme court for the last three days since that ruling came
on a day when the way critical issues are handled right now may well determine the outcome of the elections from primaries through november s midterm. not just for candidates, but for our economy, our safety. consider these new pieces of the puzzle. there s a brand new poll that shows 83% of americans describe the state of the economy as poor or not so good. prices for everything from clothes to food on the rise. the average cost of gas hitting another record high today. this hour we ll hear from americans about the pain at at the pump. plus this weekend saw another devastating round of mass shootings that left at least 12 people dead, 38 injured. among the communities experiencing these latest tragedies, philadelphia, chattanooga, saginaw, mesa, arizona. that s according to the gun violence archives. this weekend is pushing some americans to the brink. here s one philadelphia woman after the shooting there killed 3 and injured 11. i m furious. not just for my neighbor, but
Is up next the art of the deal by joe biden at Michael Smerconish and philadelphia. Did President Biden just snuck or President Trump with regard to the debates . By now, you know, the candidates reached an agreement this week, they will debate outside the framework of the commission on president ial debates. Theyll square off twice first in june, then in september, potentially with a Vice President ial debate inbetween, it seemed quick and organic, but i have my doubts two weeks ago, cofounder and cochair of the commission on president ial debates Frank Fahrenkopf was my guest here. I asked him if hed heard from either campaign other than the criticism that we just heard from the Trump Campaign with regard to trying to move the bates earlier in which we think weve answered as best we can, we can answer it. Weve had no contact with either campaign, which is not unusual cycle, where you normally dont have contact with pressed republican and democrat and other people who may be able to b