so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
wants to work with jordan here, but this is something that s likely going to have to go on to the courts, potentially. jordan has said that he s willing to issue a subpoena over things like this, if merrick garland and others in the justice department don t appear before his committee. doesn t look like they will, at least on these pending cases involving the presidents documents and the former president s documents. but this is all against the backdrop of some of these appointments we ve seen on these investigative committees. kevin mccarthy now the speaker, elevating some of the more far-right members of the gop conference. marjorie taylor greene, for example, scott perry, lauren boebert and paul gosar all getting plum spots on the house oversight committee, tasked with looking into the federal government and also as chairman comber of that committee has said into the biden family. so, this is definitely something to watch in a couple months. all these investigations parallel to one
but a real political problem. they immediately pressured barten to pull back that statement and he did so and he followed up with a written statement to make it more clear and wanted to get as muches as possible. really, barton has been in congress for 25 years and holds a very important position on that committee and he is the top republican and those decisions about who gets those plum spots, those belong to leadership and they threaten to pull him away from that if he didn t make the apology. today s sources say things have calmed down a bit but it s a friday and on capitol hill that s a slow day, typically. so, this story continues to fill the air space. there are other republicans, as you mentioned, who think it s not enough for him to simply apologize and that he shouldn t be in this position of authority going forward. chances are they ll watch and see how things go. barton has been an outspoken critic of bp on other matters and said they should be held accountable for all of th