Extremists in the ranks of the military. Weve got a lot to cover for you this hour. Joining me now is cnns senior political analyst Kirsten Powers and former top aide to Paul Ryan Brendan buck. Good to see both of you. Thanks for joining. Brendan, you first. The gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. Only a few republicans really are standing up against them. Meantime, theyre opposing covid relief. What message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan . Well, i think theyre searching for that. And i think thats one of the reasons covid bill is so popular right now. Its one of the more popular bills major bills ive seen come through. I think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and thats got them behind the 8 ball. Look, theres a lot to argue the bill about and i think that theres a good argument that we spent about 4 trillion on covid so dpar and if
Military. Weve got a lot to cover for you this hour. Joining me now is cnns senior political analyst Kirsten Powers and former top aide to Paul Ryan Brendan buck. Good to see both of you. Thanks for joining. Brendan, you first. The gop really is in complete disarray, some pushing these bogus lies about the insurrection, telling us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. Only a few republicans really are standing up against them. Meantime, theyre opposing covid relief. What message do you think this sends to the american people, brendan . Well, i think theyre searching for that. And i think thats one of the reasons why the covid bill is so popular right now. Its one of the more popular bills major bills ive seen come through. I think republicans woke up a little late to messaging on it and thats got them behind the 8 ball. Look, theres a lot to argue the bill about and i think that theres a good argument that we spent about 4 trillion on covid so far and if you want to make the ar
Threatening storm surge. Plus, mark meadows making an argument he hopes could shield him and potentially his boss from prosecution in georgia. Is it a crime if you can claim youre just doing your job . A member of the Tennessee Three once again at the heart of a politically and emotionally charged scene inside the state house. The incident that justin jones calls a troubling abuse of power and prompted his fellow democrats to walk out. But we begin with less than 24 hours until Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in florida. And then the next 20 are critical. Residents in low lying areas are being ordered to get out now with a storm surge of 12 feet possible in some areas. And while right now idalia is a category 1 hurricane, that storm is forecast to rapidly intensify today as it rips over those unusually warm gulf coast waters. By the time it hits the coast tomorrow, it could be a cat 3 or 4. And the timing just couldnt be worse. Tampa bay is about to see what is called a king tide, some
plus, after the purge. we cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the constitution. congresswoman liz cheney defiant after her ouster from republican party leadership and with a promise. i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the oval office. this, as some who sought a removal try to justify it by rewriting history. you would think it was a normal tourist visit. i ll talk to two republican members of the house about this divide. dan crenshaw of texas and adam kinzinger of illinois. gas pains. we re out of gas. gas lines for the first time since the 70s. a big ransom payment. how safe are we from the next sieb cyber attack? joining me for insight and analysis, nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker. former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker and republican strategist, brendan buck. welcome to sunday. it s meet the pr
the state of play in south carolina. all this as michael bloomberg rises and new reporting focuses on his long public history, from stop and frisk to accusations of sexism. but first the story goes like this. president s long-time friend gets convicted of crimes and prosecutors recommend a sentence. justice department overrules its own prosecutors and reduces sentence. now more than 1100 federal prosecutors and justice department officials, along with nine democratic senators are calling on attorney general william barr to resign after he intervened in the roger stone case. and while barr claims the president s comments had no impact on his decision, he did convene the way things unfolded was problematic. the question is now what do i do? and do you go forward with what you think is the right decision or pull back because of the tweet? and that illustrates how disruptive these tweets can be. after that interview aired we waited and waited for tweets from the president p