right now on andrea mitchell reports, the white house on defense as republican house members escalate their demands about those classified documents found at president biden s former office and home. biden officials try to contain the damage. [ many speaking at once ] still not answering questions. the battle over the debt ceiling. opening rounds in what could become a global economic meltdown if the u.s. fails to pay its debts. republican congressman george santos mysterious background now includes possible ties to wealthy russians, adding to the legal and ethical questions swirling around the freshman as calls for him to resign mount. we will talk to one of the reporters on the case. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. the white house is not answering questions about the classified documents from mr. biden s tenure as vice president now that a special council has been appointed to investigate. it s a gift for the new house republican majority. trying to ign
anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. he blames candidate quality. but who s to blame for that? we re going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the party s escalating rhetoric. we re going to start, though, with that affidavit and the doj s investigation. joining me right now, nbc news correspondent sam brock in west palm beach, florida. nbc s julia ainsley in washington. also with me is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, and harry litman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds podcast. thank you all for being with me. sam, first, we want to go to you. the government has until thursday to submit the redactions it wants to this affidavit. what will this process look like and what else did the judge say? re
iran. in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers described as a cost of living crisis? in the studio, stephanie baker,. stephanie based living crisis? in the studio, stephanie based in london since the late 19705. and even has reported from all around the middle east and was a speech writer on the thin conservative leader david cameron s campaign ian. le5 began in the middle east. let s begin. joe biden is involved in this trip. then saudi arabia. what does he want from this visit, and what is he seeking from saudi arabia i think this is a trip that you could say he didn t want to trip that you could say he didn t want tu . ~ trip that you could say he didn t want t. . ~ , trip that you could say he didn t wantt , ., ,., want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record . want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record oni want to make. it is controversial - because moh
hearing. cassidy hutchinson testified that donald trump and chief of staff mark meadows ignored warnings about potential violence before the attack and did nothing to stop it once the attack was under way. according to hutchinson, trump knew there were weapons in the crowd but during his speech at the ellipse, still ordered his supporters to march to the capitol. and new details about efforts close to trump to intimidate witnesses who have cooperated in the congressional investigation. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, june 29th. it seems that history bends every day this week. mika, we, of course, had the supreme court decision last friday. and yesterday, had the most testimony on capitol hill since watergate, what was your takeaway? well from my perspective, it was revealed, exposed really that the men around trump are weak, feckless cowards who had this pathetic need to be close to a failed president. and they almost destroyed our democracy. and